Joyce's Birthday Party

It has been a week of recovery. Last week was a little crazy. We had a baby shower for Ember, which turned out very well. (FYI she is having her baby on the 20th) Then Friday night was the big one, for Joyce that is. Many of you know Joyce and love her as much as me. You now how amazing she is and so you won't be surprised to know that I and my equally amazing neighbor Alicia threw her a fabulous party. It was so much fun putting it all together and it was great to spend the evening with friends both old and new. Unfortunately my camera took terrible pictures of the whole evening, so to see how it all turned out click here http://www.hickmanhaven.blogspot.com/ to view Alicia's blog entry about the evening. Saturday was a busy day. We had an relief society activity and then I was talked into playing volleyball with the ward. Needless to say by the time church was over on Sunday I collapsed into bed and slept for four hours. This week I spent a few days taking it easy and then I jumped right into a few sewing project one that includes an insane attempt at making a "beautiful beautiful princess" dress for Claire for Halloween. We did manage to take a trip to Gardner's Village to see the Witch's and to the pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins. But of course I left my camera at home, so I have no photos to share. This week we are gearing up for Reese's first birthday. I really can't believe it has been a year.