This last weekend we celebrated Chase's birthday...all weekend long! Friday night we kicked off the birthdays with Kevin's birthday celebratory dinner, but midnight came quickly & Chase wasted no time getting the celebration started!
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| Flaming Dr. Pepper Birthday Shot for my Birthday Boy! |
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| The Birthday Boys |
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| A Surprise Guest! |
Unfortunately my phone died after this & I missed out on pictures from the karaoke bar that followed this, but you can imagine it was a good time!
After karaoking the night away we didn't feel like driving back home so we bunked up with Chase's mom. The night went until the early morning & let's just say it was a very good thing I was cancelled at work the next day ;)
In the morning Chase had us all up early...guess he couldn't wait to celebrate his birthday with us! We kicked off the day with a family tradition, biscuits & egg butter!
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Family Photo!...missing of course myself & another very important lady,
Kristen we so missed you!! |
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| The Birthday Boy giving me the, "hurry up & take my pic so I can eat" smile :) |
Don't let Chase & Kenzie's smiles fool you, they were probably kicking each other under the table. The weekend was full of sibling rivalry; I'm pretty sure they made up for a childhood without each other, haha!
After the breakfast of champions we headed out for a day by the pool. I was too busy lounging in the pool to take pictures, but to recap...there was water bball games of HORSE, tons of water time for bailey, & tons of Chase cannon-balling in the water "accidentally" splashing all of us.
This is proof of the fun we had in the pool...
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| Bailey was worn out, but the rest of us looked about the same...lol |
We went out for a yummy dinner & then spent the rest of the night, in true Chase fashion, at Dave & Buster's.
Sunday was the day I had planned for Chase's Surprise Birthday Party. Due to the logistics of it I surprised him Saturday with the news that he had a day of paintball with his friends & family planned! He hid his excitement pretty well but once we started gearing up you could see he was pumped!
Here are some pics from the day!
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| Ready to get started! |
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| Playing it cool... |
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| My baby cousins aren't babies anymore, they're warriors! lol |
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| Time to gear up |
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| I was ready |
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| Tracy too, lol |
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| The paintball massacre & the photographer |
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| Cousins! |
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| Friends! |
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This is me telling Chase that those kids to his right said "it's really going to hurt..."
I was shaking in my nikes then... |
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| Chase not so much |
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| Waiting our turn |
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| Ugh...Blue Shirt, as he came to be called, completely annihilated the competition...& my arm! |
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| Intensity! |
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| Cody waiting for the right moment to strike |
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| My warrior :) |
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| Check out my moves, lol |
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| Rehydrating |
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| This did not feel good |
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| I decided to layer up |
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| Keith & 1 of my many bruises |
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| Fun Day! |
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| We smelled really great after this... |
After this we went back to the house for showers, food, & of course birthday cake!
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| Lots of candles & smoke, haha |
I hope Chase had as good a time celebrating his birthday as I had planning it. Thank you to everyone who came & made this day special! And a BIG shout out to my mom & MIL for helping plan and execute this special man's birthday.
My husband is an amazing man & in a time of stress and studying I am glad I could spend this weekend with him having fun enjoying our friends & family.
You earned it my love!
Happy Birthday
(Last one)
:)
XO-The Culpeppers