Paw Paw Turns 60

 My dad turned 60 on Saturday, November 12th.  We threw a small surprise party for him, and I was in charge of decorations.  He is a classic car enthusiast, hence the car theme decor:

 We like to call him Crusty because of his gruff exterior, so I made this sign as a backdrop/centerpiece for the cake table.  He loves antiques and classic cars, and he was born in 1951.

 I found a metal sign on clearance at Hobby Lobby and covered it with this speed limit sign that I printed from the internet.

 I brought this gas tank from Rhett's room and changed the sign to say, "Senior Citizen Use Only".

 I found these items both at Hobby Lobby, and they fit in to our car theme.

 I added the license plate (made up of his initials and age)

 I used an old tire of Jeremy's as the cake stand

 I used the centercaps from some wheels pulled off of my car as a banner for the table.

 This is a baby pic of my dad.  Looks a lot like Gentry in this pic!

Cutest little party guest in his mechanic shirt to match the party!

Happy 60th Dad!  I love you and wish you at least 60 more!

5 Months

Gentry Grace turned 5 whole months old today!  What a joy it's been these last five months!  Time sure has flown, and I know, that I'll blink and another 5+ months will have passed.  We love this little one to pieces.  She has a smile that could light up the night's sky!

Fall 2011

 October has proven to be quite a busy month for us.  Here is the cliff's notes version of our Fall so far:

   Dress up day at school. 

 Teacher gifts : Thanks for Taking Care of My Little Pumpkin

Some of his classmates

 Pumpkin Patch Day at Preschool

We celebrated several birthdays.   This is Cousin Luke's camo party.

 We went to Boo at the Zoo w/ friends

 Pumpkin Girl!

 

Lightning McQueen (wearing last years costume a) because he was sick last year and rarely got to wear it, b) it still fit, c) it didn't mess up this year's costume, d) this year's costume was TOO BIG to cart around the zoo when he was tired of wearing it!)

 This year's costume: Monster Truck Rhett

 Our neighborhood has an annual Halloween Parade, The Monster Mile, that we hosted a small get together for.

We served Jack o' Lantern Pizza

and Frankenstein Pizza (thank you, Pinterest!)

 

Gentry's ride

 Monster Rhett had a crash, notice PawPaw carrying a tire :(

 We carved a pumpkin

 

 

 We investigated the "guts" of the pumpkin

 All lit up!

 The artists!

 Rhett wanted to take our pic

 My little Watermelon ready to Trick or Treat!

 Monster Rhett all repaired and ready for Round 2!

 We went to a Halloween and Trick or Treat get together.  All the kiddos and some of the parents

 Comfy Cozy Watermelon

 Revin' up!

We have had a busy, yet fun Fall.  Hope you all have too!