The Prince Frog & his Princess

Joseph was dedicated at church this morning...thank you, Pastor Carl, for your challenge, encouragement and prayer to remember that Joseph truly is God's and will ultimately make His way known to Joseph no matter what life may bring!

Since Joseph (already turning one!) and Kate's (already turning three) birthdays fall only five days apart, we threw them a party together! Kate was quite the princess and wore her Belle gown until the other kids were on the ground playing with balloons and decided that a less fancy dress would be better for playing! Joseph sported the dapper look in his sweater vest and simply played with the balloons.




The coordinating cakes and cupcakes turned out to be so adorable (Thanks, Auntie Li, for a job well done. I could not have pulled it off without you!). Joseph did not have a clue what to do with his smash cake. He just poked at it and finally Michael took Joseph's hand, smooshed it into the cake and...well, he was not pleased with the sticky mess on his little fingers.



Kate, however, licked the frosting off of three cupcakes, loved blowing out her candles, and staring at the princess cake. Plus there are just enough leftover cupcakes to take to her play school class tomorrow. Very exciting for a young girl who is denied sugar at every turn!



They both did well opening presents and lastly we surprised the kids with a gigantic play scape that Michael (and a few other brave souls) tirelessly built and it looked AMAZING. Kate LOVED it and all the kids went outside to try it out.






A good day, a good party, good memories! Thank you to everyone who came and made Kate & Joseph's celebration so special! We missed you, Papa T and Mama Lynn!