Two Special Birthdays

02/07/2011

Hi Friends♥! How was your weekend? Did you have a good Super Bowl Sunday?

Last week we had a good time visiting with Papa (my Dad) and Nonna!

They flew out to Idaho from NY so we could celebrate 2 very special birthdays.

Big Brother turned 5, and my Dad turned 60!!!

It was a Toy Story themed birthday. Just what my Dad was hoping for ;-)

For my Dad’s special birthday I decided to make part of his present.

I found a special box made by a local artist.

And inside of it put a photo holder I made for his big day!

I love photography with words! There is something incredibly special and inspiring about it. In fact, after a weekend of working hard you can now find my new Inspiration photography collection in my shop.

For the Big Birthday we took everyone bowling, and to an indoor mini golf course. I did much better at mini golf than bowling. I am pretty sure I caught my husband holding his breath while I was beating him the whole time until he caught up with me on the last hole. Somehow I got lucky and had 2 hole-in-ones! With bowling I was just hoping that my score would be higher than my age ;-)

Little Sister wanted to kick the bowling ball. Right now every ball she sees is a soccer ball.

A few days beforehand, we all took a trip to Schweitzer Mountain. When we arrived at the mountain we realized that we had everything but my daughter’s boots :-O There were no toddler boots for sale anywhere, so we ended up buying a second pair of mittens to put on her feet and pulling her in the sled. Needless to say it was a short amount of time on the mountain.

The views were stunning, but the wind was howling and it was COLD!!!

Big Brother got to try out his snowboard for the first time.

He had a BLAST, and definitely did not want to leave!

Are you a skier or a snowboarder? I consider myself great at sitting by the fire and drinking hot chocolate! :-P

Comments

Monet link

02/07/2011 10:06pm

I'm all about the hot chocolate too! Give me a good book, and I can easily spend the afternoon in a warm ski lodge. Your family is precious. Happy 60th to your sweet dad! Thank you for sharing these photographs and your thoughts. You are a blessing!

pat

02/08/2011 6:17am

Love those photos! Especially the snowboard for the first time one and also the one of the kids looking at the toy story stuff. Too cute. It sounds like you had a great day doing all that but you sure look all bundled up! Brrrr winter....time for spring to poke it's head out. P

Wendy Irene link

02/08/2011 9:26am

@Monet & @Pat-

Thank you ladies :) xoxo

Katie H link

02/08/2011 5:26pm

What a beautiful gift!

I am definitely a sit by the fire with hot chocolate kind of girl :D

Wendy Irene link

02/08/2011 5:57pm

@Katie-

Thank you Katie! I hope we can do that together sometime :)

cakewhiz link

02/08/2011 6:41pm

My husband and I were supposed to go skiing/snowboarding for the very first time in December but things got so busy that were not able to go. *sighssss*
We are going at the end of this month and i am sooooo excited. Nervous but still very excited!:D

Angela (the diet book junkie) link

02/08/2011 6:54pm

i'm from Canada so you'd *think* i'd be able to ski or snowboard. haha...not so. my Aussie friends are so disappointed.

p.s. glad you had a great birthday celebration. that's a beautiful photo of your dad.:)

A little bit of everything link

02/09/2011 11:01am

happy 60th birthday to your Dad and to Big Brother.
Although I know how to ski, only in emergencies i practice it so I'll keep you company at a cup of hot cocoa.

p.s. love your photos in the shop, and LOVE the colorful dishes

have a wonderful Wednesday Wendy

Wendy Irene link

02/09/2011 11:06am

@Cakewhiz- That is awesome you are going at the end of the month!!! I am so excited for you :)

@Angela-
Thank you so much! My husband's side of the family is Canadian and they know how, but I don't either :)

Wendy Irene link

02/09/2011 3:14pm

@A Little Bit of Everything-
Aww, THANK YOU! That means a lot to me!! I hope you have a wonderful day too :)