Play by play of the most amazing day!!!
Surprised in the morning with his own surfboard!!
Helpful TEENAGER (!!!)
Here we go!
Very first time surfing!
Seal!!
Baby participating too
Surf buddies!
Brothers, sisters <3
Alllriiight!!!
Birthday Mermaid!
We went straight to the beach the morning of her birthday and she was surprised with not one but two mermaid tails!!
Mermaid scales painting by the birthday girl
She ran into a few friends at the beach and they got to try out the pink tail.
Baby on theme with his Flock of Seagulls hair hahaha
Getting a Stephen King vibe from this seagull
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!) ! 
This moon mobile she got has a very Mako Mermaid vibe!!
The birthday fun continued into the evening with a trip to Old Orchard Beach!
(By day)
Β And night!
Best birthday ever!
Merry Christmas! Hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season!
Checking out the lights at “Santa’s Magical Kingdom”
First snow of the season! (barn near Spy Garden)
Sledding
Christmas village under the tree
Train station
Hiking
Candy Cane Nails
Rainy windshield
A little duck herding show at Purina Farms
Making gingerbread dough
Baking the pieces
And voila!
Making cookies for Santa
And check out this cool dried orange garland we made
Christmas Eve service was very beautiful, only causing me to tear up 7 or so times, ha!
Mary getting ready
Almost time
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’sΒ 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.
The kids did a great job
And the main event…
Woodland creatures sewing kit; she made this one all by herself without any assistance!
Pretty winter morning in the Missouri River Valley
Two turkeys
