Happy Birthday, Carlie!!

On Thursday we celebrated Carlie's birthday with her friends at school with a surprise party at Larry's Pizza. My friend Jill and I had been planning this for a couple of weeks because it was her little girl, Skyler's birthday on the 10th and Carlie's is on the 12th. Anyway, they have been in the same class together since Kindergarten and with Jill and I being friends, they really haven't had a choice! So here are a few pictures that I took at the party. I feel like the most horrible mother because I forgot my camera and had to take the pictures with my phone, but to my defense, I was getting really sick that day :(

The cakes. Jill made Skyler's cake herself! Skyler loves

Razorbacks and lime green and lime green just so happens to be

Carlie's favorite color too, so we did our best to make it all go

together, and I'm very please with how it turned out!

Skyler, Carlie, and Heather

The table before the kiddos got there.

Sidney, Madeline, Hannah, and Abigail.

We had 12 girls plus Skyler's little sister, Halle. And of course

poor Trey.

Presents!

On Saturday, her actual birthday, we had a little family party at my parents house with Grammy & Papa, Bro. Jeff, Mrs. Cheryl, and Luke, The Simpson's, and of course, Nanny & Pop. We had some yummy deer steak, chicken on the grill, and steaks on the grill. It was a fun time, and really it almost felt like a Thanksgiving dinner.

Happy Birthday to Nanny and Carlie!!

She'll always be Nanny's girl :)

I think they were singing "and many more"

or as Trey says, "and any more"!

Just Dance 3!!

We have had the best time playing this, and just let me say

that I will never again wonder where Carlie gets her lack of rhythm from--

I watched Carl dance last night and literally rolled in the floor!! It was hilarious :)

The boys thought she needed help.

Carlie and Ellie Kate

Carlie with her Mexican birthday dessert :)

Happy Birthday, Carlie!! We love you so much and are very proud of the young lady you have become!

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