Posts Tagged ‘birthday’
Easter and a Birthday: A Letter to My Teen Son
Happy Easter, y’all! What a glorious day. What a glorious savior. I pray your Lent was fruitful, your Holy Week blessed and Easter full of triumphant joy. It won’t happen often (if ever again), but our oldest has his birthday today. On Easter! How crazy awesome is that? He’s used to having the “Lent birthday”…
Read MoreA Stellar Star Wars Birthday Bash
Star Wars. The theme we loved so much we partied twice. Shortly after the first Star Wars shindig, John Paul said, “Wouldn’t that be fun to do for mine?” Yes, yes it would. Honest point of planning though – doing a party for 100 was much easier than for 10. I think it was all…
Read More90 Years Young
Y’all know how much I like to party. Earlier this year, my mom had the brilliant idea to throw her dad (my grandfather) a surprise 90th birthday party. It had all the feels. He knew a few family members were coming, but he had no idea nearly 100 people would show up and help him…
Read MoreMay the Party Be With You: A Star Wars Shindig
I hear there’s a small, low-budget film coming out today. {insert all the crying laughing emojis} Star Wars has been a film for the ages, literally. Just about every boy I know (and his dad) loves the film and all those Yoda quotes. Throw in a light saber war and they’re fans for life. But, this…
Read MoreThe 10-Year-Old Trip to Chicago: Part Three
When our children turn ten, we treat them to a 10-year-old trip. To catch up on the full story with Anna-Laura, read parts one and two. Last time, we loved on some art, some architecture and some Dominican Sisters. Our final day, we had no choice but to go big! We started our day early…
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