Play by play of the most amazing day!!!
Very first time surfing!
Surf buddies!
Brothers, sisters <3
Birthday Mermaid!
We went straight to the beach the morning of her birthday and she was surprised with not one but two mermaid tails!!
Baby on theme with his Flock of Seagulls hair hahaha
In the afternoon more family arrived and we enjoyed…
Cake!
Vanilla cake with lemon curd filling and homemade buttercream icing. The decorations are Ghirardelli white chocolates that we made…
…plus a few fondant sea creatures. There are also homemade sugar cookies on there as well. The top two tiers are actually rice krispie treats. Cake inspiration from the ocean (obviously) and also Mako Mermaids (show on Netflix) and also from watching those dessert competition shows (especially Zumbo’s Just Desserts!) !
The birthday fun continued into the evening with a trip to Old Orchard Beach!
(By day)
Best birthday ever!
Merry Christmas! Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season!
Christmas Eve service was very beautiful, only causing me to tear up 7 or so times, ha!
And the service featured my absolute favorite Christmas hymn,
Once in Royal David’s City
Once in royal David’s city,
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her Baby,
In a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ, her little Child.
He came down to earth from heaven,
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall:
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour holy.
For He is our childhood’s pattern;
Day by day, like us, He grew;
He was little, weak, and helpless,
Tears and smiles, like us He knew;
And He cares when we are sad,
And he shares when we are glad.
And our eyes at last shall see Him,
Through His own redeeming love;
For that Child so dear and gentle,
Is our Lord in heaven above:
And He leads His children on,
To the place where He is gone.
And the main event…