Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

Sarah wanted to have a Disney ~ "Frozen" themed birthday party this year.  So last Saturday was party day!  We decorated with pennant flags that I made, silver garland, Frozen balloons and table decorations.

 Popee and Nanee were here to help us celebrate.  The weather started to get bad that afternoon (ice and snow), so some other relatives didn't want to drive in the mess, and that is okay, but Nanee and Popee planned ahead and drove to our house the night before... just in case the roads were bad... (Good thinking Dad!).

 Sarah was very excited to get the American Girl dog named "Honey" and some very cute new clothes from Nanee and Popee.

She also opened presents from Grandma Sharon, Uncle Bret, Aunt Andrea, and cousins Ayden and Kallin.  She was happy about Frozen books and a musical Elsa doll!

 Popee put his cake making talents to work again for us... He made a three-layer Frozen cake!  It had icicles, snowflakes, and snow!  It looked fantastic.

 We also had some blue icing cupcakes and blue Hawaiian punch.

Dad used the girls' Frozen characters to decorate the cake layers.

 For a party favor, I made white chocolate covered giant marshmallows on a stick for everyone to take home.  Phoebe helped me sprinkle them with purple, blue, and silver edible sprinkles.  Then we tied them closed in a baggie with a "thank you" tag from Sarah.

 "SISTERS FOREVER" ~ Sarah and Phoebe

 When the guests arrived they were all directed downstairs to "build a snowman".  Eric and I had all the snowman supplies laid out and ready.  Each person could build and decorate their own snowman.  Then they had to give it a name and tell us something that their snowman likes.  This goes along with the Frozen movie.  In the movie, Elsa builds Olaf, the snowman.  Olaf comes to life, and he likes "warm hugs".

 Our friend, Carl, came to Sarah's party.  He brought his guitar and sang Sarah her very own special "Happy Birthday" song.

 Here are our families snowmen that we each built....

Stacee- "Hi! My name is Olaf.  I like warm hugs."

Eric- "Hi my name is Willy.  I like Wildcats."  Sarah- "Hi my name is Witly Dog.  I like my name."

 Phoebe- "Hi my name is Elmo.  I like big snowflakes." and "Hi my name is Nanee.  I like snowflakes."  Dad- "Hi my name is Bobo.  I like lots of snow ."

 Party guests: *top row, left to right - Lauren, Sarah, Hannah, Lydia, Ivory, Anna, Morgan, *bottom row, left to right - Savannah, Kailyn, and Rian  (not pictured) Daddy, Mommy, Popee, Nanee, Phoebe, and Silas.  (Silas actually slept through the whole party!)

 Time for cake!

Happy birthday to you.  Happy birthday to you.  Happy birthday dear Sarah.  Happy birthday to you.

 Present time!  Sarah received many nice things from each one of her friends.  As she was opening the presents the girls all kept creeping closer and closer to her.  She told them a few times, "Okay, I think it is time to scoot back."

Thank you Popee and Nanee and all the girls for coming to Sarah's party.  We hope you all had a fun time celebrating Sarah's birthday with us.

Upward Basketball 2014 Games 1-4

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 ~ Eric Hendrickson ~ (my husband)

Sarah played Upward Basketball over the past few months and I helped coach.  The league had a total of four teams, with the girls ranging from 1st grade through 3rd grade.  Our team is called the Storm.  Now, since we played our last game of the season today, it is fitting to provide you with a recap of our season.

Back Row left to right - Coach Brad, Sarah, Georgia, Emily and Coach Eric.  Front Row left to right - Rebecca, Ava, Kehlen.

Game One

Our first game was against a strong team.  We had a good lead the entire game, but lost the lead and the game in the last period.  For the most part, we played timid, which was the case for all the teams on this first game.

 Game Two

We played very well this game and won.  We stressed playing aggressive and tough, which they did.

Look at Sarah being ready for the pass.  Good job.

Game Three

Game 3 was my favorite game of the year.  Coach Brad was out of town so I got to coach solo.  The opposing team was undefeated and as you can see a team of giants.  The girls played tough, giving it all they had.  The game ended up in a tie.  The other team won every game they played this year, except this one.

 Game Four

Game 4 was a rematch against the team we lost to in game 1.  We were victorious this time around.

Popee and Nanee made it to most of the games this year.

I am a very vocal coach and like to get right in the action.  Coach Brad would coach one half of the court and I would coach the other.  After 4 games, our team was 2 wins -1 loss -1 tie.