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Julia Cartee

“When I Grow Up I Want to be a Wedding Girl”

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I saw the idea on Pinterest to
have pictures taken of your little girl
 while playing dress-up
in your wedding gown. 
I LOVED the idea. 
I wanted to take the
pictures at the girl’s 
5th birthday but since
they are only 15 months 
apart it made
sense to do both 
at the same time.
They turned out beautiful! 
Thanks to my friend April Sawyer!
Nixon Grace ~ 5 Years
Isla Katherine ~ 4 1/2 years
We didn’t want to leave Lottie
out! Don’t worry! We will 
pull the dress out in 4 more years! 
Charlotte Rose ~ 10 months
“Therefore a man shall leave
 his father and his mother 
and hold fast to his wife, and
 they shall become one.” Genesis 2:24 
Lord willing, one day each of my girls will
fall head over heels in love 
and find a man to spend the rest of her life with.
I look forward to pulling 
out these pictures 
and showing the girls how
 they played dress-up
in their mommy’s wedding gown. 
I will remind them of a time when
 all they wanted was to grow
up and be a “wedding girl”. 
May their dreams come true
and God answer mine and Jared’s
prayers for two Godly
 men who love the Lord
and will lead and provide for them 
the rest of their days.
Until then girls, 
keep telling yourself
“Girls Rule, Boys Drool”! 🙂 

Cinco “Tomorrow”

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While Jessica and Jane Madelynn
are in Minneapolis we are 
trying to keep the kids busy!
Haley and I decided to throw the 
kids a Cinco De Mayo
 Party this afternoon!
It’s amazing all the things we could 
throw together with 
items around the house!
The kids had no idea what
Cinco De Mayo was 
and they kept calling
it Cinco “Tomorrow”.
It was cute,
 so it stuck! 
The kids decorated Mexican ponchos
made out of paper grocery bags!
Lottie even tried coloring!
Lottie loved her poncho
and showing off her walking skills!
No party is complete
without a little
karaoke!
They played a little limbo!
Nixon won!
We made yummy goodies!
Sombrero Hat Cookies!
Mexican Flag Pudding Jello!
Pretzel & Grape Maracas!
The food was a hit!
We had a fiesta picnic outside!
Lottie loved her jello!
It was a fun day!
Haley made an individual pinata
for each child! They turned out so cute!
Of course the kids loved them!
CANDY!!!!
It was a fun day with cousins!
Maybe we started a few new
Cinco Tomorrow traditions?!?!?!

Gue and Pop’s Egg Hunt!

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For the past few years
by the time Easter finally arrived
the kids had attended 3 or 4
Easter Egg hunts. 
For some reason or another this
year we did not go to any
which made the annual egg hunt at Gue
and Pop’s even more special and fun!
The cousins lined up waiting for 
Walker and Gue to 
hide all the eggs!
All the cousins had 
on their Easter shirts. 
Roman loved his because it had
a mustache like Pop!
Eggs were hidden everywhere
for the kids to find!
Ready, Set, Go!
It was Lottie’s 1st 
egg hunt that she was old enough to 
participate. 
When she wasn’t walking by her 1st birthday
I knew she would be walking by
Easter!
But she proved me wrong :/
Why walk when someone
will carry you everywhere you need to go? 
Even to pick up eggs!
Roman loved finding eggs!
Isla was so excited!
She found the silver egg!
I hope $1 always gets
her this excited!
Nixon definitely won the
prize for finding the most eggs!
Everyone was so excited to 
find prizes inside their eggs!
Nixon’s favorite egg 
prize was the baby chicks 
Roman’s favorite 
(and I’m pretty sure all the boys) 
were the army men!
Isla’s favorite
(besides the $1)
were the rings and candy!
Lottie definitely 
loved the candy 
inside the eggs too!
The kids always 
look forward to the egg
hunt in Leroy!
Even baby cousin Ivy joined
in on the fun!
The showing off their eggs
is a way we get them to line up for a 
group picture!
This is all the cousins
 besides Walker.
( he’s a little too old for Easter Egg hunts) 
I never really got a 
great shot of everyone looking.
Fun times and great memories
made at Gue and Pop’s!
We love cousins, traditions
and prizes! 

Daddy-Daughter Dance

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Tonight was our 1st 
Daddy/Daughter Dance!
Nixon has been looking for the perfect
dress for months!
It was one of the 1st times
I let her go shopping
and pick out whatever she wanted. 
She insisted that 
it sparkle and twirl!
(I vetoed a few one shoulder 
dresses and very over priced ones) 

I am pretty sure it was the 
butterflies that sold her on her final choice. 
She let me curl her hair for the big event.
(which she never lets me do) 
She was beautiful!
Jared surprised her
with a corsage.
Your daddy should always be
 the 1st man to bring you flowers!
She loved it!

At the dance they…
Decorated and 
ate cupcakes!
Played with the
balloons!
Danced!
Danced some more!
We actually watched Nixon
dance. We had no idea she
had so many moves! 
She danced and played 
with her friends!
She was so excited
when her best friend 
Jayden showed up!
They danced for a while!
Everyone had a great time!
I asked them both what their 
favorite part of the night was 
and they both agreed it 
was dancing together!
Towards the end 
they were both tired.
Jared worked up a sweat 
with all his dancing! 
They headed out a few minutes early
to finish their
date at Sweet Frogs. 
I couldn’t help but smile
 and laugh watching
Nixon on the 
dance floor tonight! 
I’m so glad I volunteered so
I could be there. 
She was wonderful! 
She is definitely my little
Dancing Queen. 

1st Visit to LegoLand!

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In January we took our 
1st visit to LegoLand!
Roman was super
excited! He is our
Lego loving child!
We learned how legos are made!
We took a fun roller coaster 
ride into the main room!
Lottie was unsure
about the ride!
The kids had 
so much fun!
Roman obviously did
not follow directions. 
But he was so excited they
had a “Roll Tide” 
made of legos!
I didn’t get pictures of
everything but there was a ton of fun 
things to do!
 Nixon was
at school and she 
missed out on the fun so
we have promised to
 go again sometime soon!