She was pretty excited about the decorations Mommy and Aunt Janie put up while she was sleeping, even though the day did start with a rather ordinary breakfast of Cheerios. :o)
Peter enjoyed the balloons every bit as much as Hannah! :o)
Hannah had been "planning" her birthday party for months, so even though our schedule was absolutely insane, we knew we had to try to do something for her. SO . . . we invited all of her friends and their families from her Sunday School class at church and had a big family picnic at the park. What a blast! :o) The Lord even had the pavillion set aside just for us (without a reservation!) :o) (And all I had to do was bring dessert and decorations--no games to plan!)
Since we live so far from family, our church family is very precious to us! What a blessing it was to have them share this special evening with us. 
What a cute group of girls! :o)
The boys were not as inclined to line up for pictures, but we'll keep them too! . . . 
Hannah was so excited to share her goodie bags with her friends and her grin stretched from ear to ear as everyone sang "Happy Birthday!"
Time to blow out the candles! (I was so glad she wanted a pizza cookie like Peter - I had neither time nor energy to do something more ambitious!)
And she was just as excited as any four year old about opening presents. :o) Crafty stuff was a definite theme this year (including a Crayola art desk which will show up in day to day pictures I'm sure.) She was very excited to receive her very own pink "princess tape." Another one of those requests which had been brought up for months! :o)
And after presents, more play time! :o)
We were so glad to have Uncle Bryan and Aunt Janie there with us, too! (Mommy was especially glad because the afternoon was pretty crazy and Aunt Janie was a HUGE help in getting ready for the party!) Everyone enjoyed watching Uncle Bryan fly his airplane!
Playing in the bubble with Mr. Dan 
Swinging High!
Sharing the day with "Barry the Birthday Clown" from Hannah's teacher at school
And a special birthday pic with Mommy and Daddy!
What a blessing to share the day with our friends and family!
3 comments:
The setting up of our church family as a second family is definitely a blessing from the Lord, isn't it?! Happy belated birthday to Hannah!
Looks like Hannah had lots of
fun on her birthday!
That park is so great. I know that you all had a wonderful time.
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