Date Idea - Movie Night Together

Kathyrn and I don't get out much with the kids, school and church, so we try and find ways to spend time together at home. My brother and I started texting about our favorite movies the other day, so I thought a similar activity would be a fun date with Kathryn. We were able to share some of favorite movies and learn a little bit more about each other - even though I knew most of her favorites already.

We had several categories and had to pick our three favorite movies in each category. We also had an Honorable Mention category because we like too many movies. (Some of these are R-rated movies. In that case, we mean the edited versions.)

Here were the lists:

KATHRYN

80s
Dirty Dancing
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Anne of Green Gables














90s
Men In Black
Pretty Woman
Now & Then

Action
The Hunger Games
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Bourne Trilogy

Comedy
Elf
Groundhog Day
Billy Madison

Romantic Comedy
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
The Wedding Singer
Sweet Home Alabama



Musicals
Evita
Grease
Moulin Rouge

 

Cartoons/Kids
Hercules
Finding Nemo
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Sports
A League of Their Own
Rudy
Remember the Titans

Oscar Winners
Les Miserables
Titanic
My Fair Lady



Serious Films
Pride & Prejudice
The Sound of Music
Shakespeare in Love


Honorable Mention
Easy A
Newsies
An American Tail
The Notebook
Mulan
Mean Girls
Notting Hill
She's The Man
Princess Bride





DREW

80s
Back to the Future
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure



90s
Jurassic Park
Groundhog Day
Toy Story

Action
The Fugitive
Independence Day
Batman Begins

Comedy
Galaxy Quest
Napoleon Dynamite
Maverick

Romantic Comedy
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Music and Lyrics
Sweet Home Alabama

Musicals
Hair Spray
Moulin Rouge
My Fair Lady

Cartoons/Kids
The Lion King
Cars
Labyrinth




Sports
Sandlot
Remember the Titans
Field of Dreams

Oscar Winners
Schindler's List
Gladiator
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Serious Films
Life Is Beautiful
Lean On Me
The Untouchables















Honorable Mention
Beauty and the Beast
What About Bob?
Monsters, Inc.
Renaissance Man
Titanic
The Mask of Zorro
Princess Bride
A Walk to Remember
While You Were Sleeping

And we watched Galaxy Quest to celebrate! I suppose we'll watch Anne of Green something some time soon to make up for Galaxy Quest.

Mickey and Minnie Birthday Party

This year I decided to do a combined birthday party for Luke and Grace. It will be a while before they care. I was struggling with what theme to do until I realized that we would be in Disney World just a couple months before their birthdays. That's when I decided Mickey and Minnie would be perfect! I can't believe I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old! I feel like I officially have no more babies :(

The party was a lot of fun! It helps when you invite amazing people and their amazing children.

The birthday super stars (Dress made by me, Shirt made by my mom):

Some of the decor:

We had a craft table where you could decorate a foam Mickey/Minnie head, a bean bag toss, and there was a park close by. I think the biggest attraction was the sand volleyball court that was next to the park. It was a huge sandbox for the kids to play in!

Food (Cookies, cupcakes, pigs in a blanket, Cheetos, raisins, string cheese, and strawberry lemonade):

Gracie's friends at the party (Tinley, Mia, Carolina):

Luke's friends at the party (Claire, Jude, Ava, Oliver, Dylan):

We sure had a fun time! Lots of playing and chatting!

The kids "blowing" out their candles. It was way too windy to actually light them, so we just sang. Luke got SO embarrassed. He's funny.

Drew also made a Disney castle to use as a backdrop for a photo booth. He did an AH-MAZING job!

We're so grateful for such fun and wonderful friends! Here's to being 4 and 2! It's gonna be great.

Happy Birthday, Miss Gracie Lou!!

My sweet baby girl is 2 today!! Wow. I remember all the details still from 2 years ago: going in at 5am for my induction, playing the waiting game, getting drugged up...ahhh, the memories. It was ALL worth it for my sweet little girl. Here's a little walk down memory lane...

Newborn - 1

1-2

Happy birthday, Gracie!! She is such a sweet little girl. She is pretty feisty but not to the point of not listening to me. She's so super smart. She's a mommy and daddy's girl right now but I can see her leaning towards her daddy :) 

Her favorites:

Food: Pasta, peas, chocolate, pizza, eggs, pancakes...lots & lots of different things!

Movie: Toy Story, Tangled

Book: Dr. Seuss books

Toy: Stuffed animals (esp. doggies & dollies)

Friend: She just has so many:)

Color: Pink?

Outfit: Anything with her pink cowboy boots.

Thing to say: Ok, no, Guke (aka Luke)

Luke's Birthday Day

Luke's birthday landed on a Wednesday this year and I wanted to make it super special, even though it wasn't the weekend. Drew didn't have school that night so he was able to come home right after work to celebrate with us. Here's Luke's special day:

Woke up to a doughnut & the three of us singing to him. Then at the table he had a wish to make and a present to open:

Then we went to the park and had lunch and played:

Then we went and got a little frozen yogurt:

I had put pictures up of Lukie on the wall and I wanted to take a picture of him with them. These are some of my favorite pics of him as a 3 year old:

Then the kids took a nap & woke up hungry:

Then we had to wait (impatiently) for daddy to come home! Once he came home, we went and ate at Luke's favorite place, McDonald's, then went home and opened his presents:

And of course, CAKE!

Happy birthday to my sweet Lukers!