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Doug & I were married on October 6, 2005 in the Salt Lake Temple. We are currently living in the Dallas, Texas area. We have two sons, Gavin Douglas born September 18, 2009 & Liam Robert born October 14, 2011. We are so happy to be a family of four & love our boys so much! It is always one adventure after another in this house.

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Sunday, July 11, 2010

My good friend Stephanie has a birthday coming up & it happens to be smack dab in the middle of the summer. Well that just doesn't work for me! We are always gone in July visiting family & friends & I never get to help her celebrate her special day. For those that know me, birthdays are a BIG deal! Well, that is where Steph & I differ. She would rather just skip over her birthday & I would love to celebrate mine for a whole week! Well regardless of how she felt, I really wanted to throw her a Birthday Brunch with some of our close friends. And so with the great help & brainstorming from Camille, we threw a pretty cute party!

We held the little gathering at Camille's new house in her back yard. It is such a great yard too! I love all the shade these old Buffalo trees offer. :) We set up a long table & had everyone's place set. I love the vintage table cloth. I found it at a thrift store for $2.50. {it's actually a sheet}

We seriously had the most delicious food! French Toast Casserole, mixed berries & dip, Pear Claufetti, blueberry muffins, egg casserole. I made a GIANT cinnamon roll for the birthday cake. It turned out great! She got some pretty sweet gifts too! Thank you Steph for having a birthday & letting me make you celebrate early!

9 comments:

Stephanie Evans said...

Ummm seriously, you out did yourself. It was so fun. I felt muy spoiled! Thank you for throwing me a b-day party despite my awkwardness. :) Your are the best friend! I had a blast.

(oh and I'm pretty sure I'm just going to steal your collages for my blog too! Spanks!!:)

Becki Madsen said...

I wish I lived there on my birthday! You spoil your friends! you are so creative!

Crescent said...

You did such a cute job!! It was so much fun and one of the most stylish birthday's I've been to:) Have fun in Utah...I'm going to be your little gym buddy when you get back:)

Jayson and Julianne said...

Martha would be proud! I love the mason jar cups. I am super excited to see you and let the little babes play! See you soon!

Retro Plants said...

Happy Birthday Stephanie!
looks like TONS of fun. . . and of course WAYYYY cute!

way to go with the tablecloth!
i see some Karli coming out in you! ha!

Tiffany said...

Oh my goodness this was the cutest thing i've seen by far. Rach...I really think you have a talent for throwing parties and hosting things. Seriously! Have fun in Utah!

Anthony and Kristie said...

How can you make everything look so good? Looks like so much fun. I miss hanging out with you. Have fun in Utah.

Elise said...

I want to come to one of your parties :) Where did you get your cute aqua cake stand? Love it!

Colby and Steph Stringham said...

Thanks so much Rach! We are so excited and still have a hard time believing it!! Your little Gavin is super dang cute, he makes me that much more excited to meet our little guy. Hope you guys are doing well! xoxo