6

 we had a star wars throw down 6th bday party for  rowe yesterday.  super fun.  he was thrilled.  henry and jack already had star wars costumes from halloween and my mom's sweet friend joy gave rowe some hand me downs which were perfect. he was anaking skywalker and chap was obi-one or however you spell it.   my husband rocked yet another bday party - he is seriously the best bday party entertainment on the earth.  he was the lead jedi trainer and he upped himself by building the best pool noodle light sabers i have ever seen - am i looked at ALOT of different ones on pinterest:-)  shannon 'volunteered' to be darth vader since she was in her all black spa attire and she helped me with my princess leia sock buns.  all in all - the kiddos wacked the mess out of each other and had a great great time.  we are so thankful for rowe and his heart and loved celebrating him turning 6!

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one more and a shout out to my cousin - j.o.
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pics

my oldest cousin janet took some family shot of the extended stroud crowd/lee fam when we were all in for my sweet grandfather's memorial and i love 'em.  love love. i wish we would have dressed up a bit  - but really that wouldn't have been true to life:-)  i do have to brag - my 4 are staying true to the silly shot - come on  - the rest of you:-)

bday

hope this works - rowe is all juiced up for his bday party!

snow

snowfest 2013!  so the 'mountain' of snow might have been a little exaggerated by the media - you think?  we had fun anyway:-) 

goodwill

my favorite goodwill find for the day - put me right in the christmas spirit

ps - thought you would appreciate this, liv:-)

disney

So dandaddy, andy's dad, spoiled us rotten with a day at disney for the kid's early christmas and birthday.  it was a mad dash between the magic kingdom, animal kingdom, and hollywood studios, which is why the majority of my pics just have the back of anyone's head:-)  we had such a wonderful time - kiddos loved it - rowe the star wars ride, chap the little mermaid show, me animal kingdom as a whole  - it was awesome. thank you thank you, dandaddy! it was a memory maker for sure:)