Family Vacation: Let's Celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Jackson

They did it! Austin and Ashley are married. Time for us to all celebrate!

 

The reception was in the house and the tent of the Jasmine House....just on the opposite side of the venue from the ceremony.

There was a live band. The kids LOVED the band.

There was lots of family there.

Aunt Barbara and her beautiful family were there.

The cake was so beautiful.

The food was good!

Sharing treats with Great Grandma Mimi. She had set up shop inside at the reception. It was MUCH cooler in there :)

Charlotte was SO excited when Aunt Ashley and Uncle Austin came to the reception after pictures. She was so excited about the princess dress.

The cowboy hats I bought from the Target dollar section really did come in handy! Happy Fourth of July!

Uncle Keith's gorgeous family!

The girls are so grown up.

The wedding party was announced and the bride and groom were having their first dance.

Watching the first dance.

Grandpa and Grandma were posing for a picture and as this handsome little guy ran through, Aunt Sally picked him up quickly to join the picture.

Feeding Grandma chocolate kisses...

 

Oh Charlotte. Always putting on a show. She loved talking to Aunt Nancy and the girls.

I love this one. All three girls look so pretty.

This little guy was overwhelmed and tired. The best place to be is Daddy's arms.

It's toast and cake cutting time!

 

To Be Continued...

Charlotte's Birthday Night

Our busy February 8, 2014 continued on.

 

After Jennifer's baby shower, I came home to my babies that were hanging out with Aunt Bare. Charlotte went nap free for the day :) Sawyer took a short nap. Both of these factors together points to an early bedtime for our house on glorious Saturday night.

 

Aunt Bare babysat Sawyer the entire shower and Gigi dropped Charlotte off around 2 pm and she hung out with Aunt Bare for the next hour until I got home.

 

Charlotte got a piece of mail from Grandpa and Grandma Jackson!

She got some moneys (which she gets super excited about) and a bunch of coupons for donuts at a donut shop! (They know the way to this girl's heart.

We got dinner ready and waited for Daddy to get home.

On his way home he brought his pretty princess some beautiful flowers!

She was SO EXCITED!

Aunt Bare and Uncle Chad came over after we ate dinner. They gave Charlotte her present which included nail polish. Talk about the perfect present! It's a princess nail polish that basically rubs off. It stays for a day or so but just kind of rubs off. Uncle Chad and Aunt Bare were helping her put it on here.

 

I made our princess a pink cake with pale yellow frosting. It's a BIG donut!

Happy Birthday to this beauty!

Her favorite song is Happy Birthday.

One big blow!

She skipped out on eating her cake because she needed to paint her nails.

She LOVES it.

I swear that we clothe our children. I feel like anytime I take pictures of them at home, they are always naked or pantless at least.

Opening presents from Momma and Daddy.

Daddy did the shopping this year :) He loves to shop for his babies. He got her a new pink chair along with fun stuff to decorate her room!

Awesome stuff! A new princess cup, princess plate, princess bowl, and princess silverware!

 

Charlotte had an amazing birthday! :)

We had a great day and we ended up going to sleep without incident...and at a fairly decent time.

 

Happy Birthday to our beautiful baby girl. Happy Birthday to the one who changed me the most and teaches more everyday than I ever thought possible. Happy Birthday to the most hilarious, energetic, emotional, loving, caring, fun child I have ever met. Charlotte Marie, my world is so much better with you in it. Daddy and I love you more than we ever thought possible.