savannah's graduation party

i think for me,

some of the most memorable moments as a parent 

are those when i was able to witness my friends and family 

bless and love on one my girls.

this past sunday ( as i may have mentioned once or a hundred times)

we celebrated savannah's graduation along with sweet bailey, at our home.

i think we had between 250 & 300 people

come & do just that.

priceless memories tucked into my heart.

i can't imagine a wedding....this was so special 

& it was only a couple hours of an open house.

while we ended up with a completely overcast , unseasonably cool day, 

we missed out on our usual hot & muggy heat and we had no rain. i'll take it!

the girls wanted their colors to be red, pink, orange and yellow.

i ordered candies from (i think it was) candy warehouse

for our candy bar.

we made strawberry mint water, inspired by The Paris Market.

bailey's "gran" brought freshly picked blueberries for the lemonade

and watermelons from florida.

we served subs and chips.

we also had a kona ice truck that served up snow cones for everyone!

i apologize in advance. 

while there's only one highschool graduation party,

there's a few hundred images from a super fun day

that we'll never forget!

 

 

 

 i have the sweetest sister in law in the world.

she helped serve food & keep drinks filled

so i could visit.

thank you cindy lou!!

& to one of my besties, jill,

thank you for all your hard work!! 

i'm so glad that the anthropolgie apron you gifted me was debuted at the party!

the only time i saw you 

you were tirelessly scrubbing the porch floor.

i opted against capturing that moment on film!

 one of my dearest lifelong friends showed up

& brought smk and i both to tears.

we've loved you all these years sweet shannie

 

& thank heavens for precious friends 

who brought a treat for the mom of the grad!

love you pauls!

to everyone that came,

thank you

for taking time out of a busy weekend

to come & encourage savannah & bailey,

for your words of blessings,

for  your gifts

& most importantly

for your friendship

xo

just your basic friday night

caroline & i are watching the justin bieber movie, never say never.

i feel better already, 

just getting that off my chest & getting right with ya'll from the very beginning.

a little quality time, right?

i think any "other" child feels a little left out when all the fuss is over another sibling.

i feel this entire senior year has been full of so much focus on savannah,

yet none of the girls have complained.

hopefully they will each feel just as loved on & each as blessed when their turn rolls around.

goodness, i keep getting so distracted with the biebster in the back ground.

anyway...

i wanted to have a little treat for savannah & bailey, just to thank them for giving me the opportunity to host their grad party. it has been a joy collaborating with them & planning loads of little details.

all three of us share a love for lilly pulitzer, 

so i commissioned a local custom baker, my sweet things, to create some cookies.

i sent her an image of savannah's dress (bailey had yet to purchase hers) 

& asked her to make some lilly themed cookies.

she delivered these yesterday & i couldn't have been more excited.

today i set up a little fun after school snack for the girls.

a little reminder of how much i love them & a little toast to a super fun event.

 who says you can't mix waterford with plastic lilly?

love you girls!

here's to a great grad party weekend!


ok, back to bieber fever
thank goodness caroline & i are each "one less lonely girl"
...sorry, 
i couldn't resist ;)