Prepping for the Party and BATGIRL!

First pic...this didn't load right the first time, but this is after Brynn got off her big roller coaster in Dollywood...She was SO PROUD of herself!  And so cool to get to ride this together.

The week after Labor Day was also the week before Emory was going to TURN TWO and we were having her little family party that Saturday.  We spent the week just going through our normal routine at school but also had so much fun getting party stuff ready and decorating for the big day!

We hung some big posters in the house and the girls loved posing in front of them with the "photo booth" props..

We hear all the time how Emory looks like my dad, and then also how she looks so much like Ryan.  These pictures are hanging in Pam and Rick's house and I just see so much of Emory in baby Ryan...

We were trying to get Emory to make the baby Ryan face...think she did pretty good!  HA!

Friday morning we worked on some treats for the college kids at church.  We baked some cookies and I was getting ready to bag them.  We talked about serving the Lord through making care packages for the college students and I was just hoping some of the teaching stuck in...I went to get Emory up and when I came back...I saw this...

this girl had BAGGED EVERY SINGLE PACKAGE OF COOKIES!  Thank you Lord for a reminder that sometimes things we say sink in =) and for giving her a servant's heart!  She loves to make things for people and one of the best things about Brynn is how she loves to give things to others.  =)

Now lest I speak too highly...our friends Staci and Kate came over to put the bags together and we asked the girls if they wanted to help assemble everything...but no, they wanted to go upstairs and color together.  =)  HA!

Once the stuff was in all the bags we headed to campus to start delivering...these girls were some good helpers!

We would have to go to the front desk at the dorms to drop the bags off for the students, and Emory kept trying to escape down the dorm hallways...seeing her in there made me fast forward and think "are we going to be dropping her off in a dorm hallway in 16 years???"  OH MY...insert ugly cry...

More decorating...

 Did I mention that we also bought Halloween costumes (or some of them) this week? HA!  We got a catalog in the mail and Brynn had been looking through it for quite awhile and decided she wanted to be Bat Girl.  When we were at Party City getting a few Minnie Party items we saw "Bat Girl" and costumes for the WHOLE FAMILY!  Brynn was SO EXCITED and we started thinking how fun it would be if we all dressed up together this year!  I told her I'd have to talk to Daddy before we got anything.  Our next stop was Walmart to finish getting party supplies and wouldn't you know that Wally-World had almost the exact same costumes (ONE FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY) for about 1/4 of the price!  We found her size and I couldn't resist.  We also got Ryan's outfit to surprise him =) but they didn't have my size or Emory's yet.  When we got home she was SO PUMPED to dress up!

What a fun week!