Wednesday, February 22, 2012

the big 30

so i turned 30.

my husband is pretty great, and my friends here are pretty great too, and so they decided to throw me a surprise party.
{and if you are thinking to yourself, they just moved there 9-months ago, i can't believe there are people throwing her a surprise party, then you too, like me would be surprised.}

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i can't believe they all came together to celebrate me. what generosity on each of their parts, i felt so loved by them. and i was surprised and speechless!

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the old 30-somethings looking on!

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now there were two cakes, the first one i cut into was supposed to burst forth with water everywhere, however, due to my calm, collected, non-take-charge, relaxed persona, when i went to cut the cake, i slit the waterballon, thus leaving me questioning everyone if there was supposed to be a puddle of water in the cake. to which they all said, oh, it didn't work. and boy, do i wish it would have. next time i will be more aggressive with my cake cutting!
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admiring the construction!
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this is the real cake. YUMMY!
Hilarie did an incredible job making this... yes, she made it!

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it tastes as good as it looks!

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since we didn't get a pic of the adults, here is one of all the kids! just 5 families represented... a lot of kids!

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we did a piƱata.
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it was fun!
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nothing like 30-and swinging a bat!
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thanks,
Grant's, Morozov's, Erwin's, Dixon's and Geiser's
for helping me roll into the next decade!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Heimer Christmas {part 2}

playing tea party!


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poor pierce, the only boy, couldn't handle the tea cups!


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then we had fun designing barbie clothes!


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pierce jumped in on this activity.


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it took lots of time!


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the finished product {cousin Brenna}!


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another great design {cousin Kaitlyn}.


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Heimer Christmas {part 1}

papa and grandma's house is always fun at christmas.


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matching girls in matching hoodies!


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underwear is still an acceptable gift from his mother ;-)


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uncle travis


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cousin K and Blythe


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christmas part 2

and we enjoyed Union Station on Christmas Eve... did I mention we got stuck in an elevator... yep! its true!


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Justin and Tenley waiting for present time to begin!


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granddad talking about the christmas story


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praying together


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Auntie Rara with the two youngest.


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this guy is always up for making things fun.


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christmas part 2

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all the cousins {tenley was napping}


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we made a gingerbread train. it was lots of fun, and lots of mess.


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lots of finger licking and fun smiles... all while dressed in our ballet outfits!


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happy birthday Jesus cake!


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everyone got their own candle to blow out!


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granddad telling the christmas story


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a little slobber on the cake!


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we went to Union Station on christmas eve!


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we enjoyed the train ride, boy style... lots of tongues and silly faces!


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more funny faces!


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Saturday, February 4, 2012

christmas part 1

we've been playing catchup on the blog. we took at 20 day trip, chicago, kansas city, and new life ranch. it was great fun to spend time with family and friends.




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we went to chicago's lincoln park zoo light display. it was amazing!


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there were so many fun cool lights, the kids loved it!


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the weather was just perfect. a little bit of snow in the late evening made it feel very chirstmasy!


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each of the kids picked out their favorite light display to take a picture in front of!


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there as also music that went to many of the different displays!


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3-D glasses were also available to enhance the light viewing experience.

Monday, December 5, 2011

give thanks

we got to celebrate thanksgiving with these people.
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and i am so thankful for each one {this is where our kids get their blonde hair}.


uncle micah with baby tenley
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my mini me {she looks more like me than her mama... love my rosie}. IMG_5990

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we watched the classic Annie. IMG_1124
carved a turkey.
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rode a carousel
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more to come....