Friday, March 31, 2023

March and all the Celebrations!

 This month always seems so jam packed, and my body was fighting back the anxiety in dealing with it all. Even good things can bring stress when there is so much to do.
Shiloh's birthday is up first and we celebrated with a YES DAY.  We, also, got together with my family to celebrate, and my mom is always amazing with all the food prep.
We, also, celebrated Danielle turning 40!


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Beach and I attended the Irmo Chamber Gala for the first time.
The most amazing part was Beach won the Order of the Okra award for all his work in the community.
I do love this photo!  I'm in the background out of focus admiring all that Beach is.  I feel that sums up where I want to be in life.  I don't want to be the one out front and in focus but I am going to give it all that I have to support my man and have his back!
It was a scramble to do all the things, that I never got a good normal picture of us, just some silly photo booth ones.
There were, also, a couple of professional photographers (I was to late to get the super professional ones).
I grabbed an end of the night photo of us leaving outside with a centerpiece for Grandma (it was allowed), as a thank you for watching our kiddos.
Beach was glad to show his award to the kids the next day.

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Celebrating a sweet neighbor's birthday.
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Smurfs scavenger hunt downtown.
I was so task/challenge focused, I didn't take many fun pictures.  So while waiting for a light to change, I took this beauty.  It was so bright I couldn't even see what I was taking a picture of!
Make a wish!

I wasn't sure exactly what we signed up for in this activity.  But it meant a lot of walking many blocks downtown. The kids were pretty run down by the end of it.
This blue crew were troopers overall, though!

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A sweet celebration of our friend's 40th anniversary.
Complete with homemade pizza...
 and sweet friends!
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Keeping with the sauna workouts!
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We celebrated Beach's father's birthday as well!
Out to eat and homemade cards.
Apple pie to top it off.
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A highlight for sure...sweet baby snuggles!
Best visit with bestie and babe!
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Able to snag some peaceful minutes with coffee and Jesus with a view before the day got completely going!
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Snuggles with movie night.
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Learning more about practicing Sabbath and enjoyed a quiet walk with the Lord.
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Squeezed in a little time for more nature...
Which included a quick round of BINGO.
Ezra is my plant loving child and he enjoyed a trip to the nursery with me...
and even got to plant some seeds.
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Park with friends is always a highlight.
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Spontaions car wash for their grandopenning, kids were excited!
Mood changing lights in effect!
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When the tween finds your phone...
and I find her pictures.

This month, also, contained a special baby shower for Lauren, Ezra's birthday, and our church's women's retreat.  Such a busy season filled with joy and celebrations.