Tatum and I had a great idea! We wanted to have her girlfriends over, and this was a way to do it. We wanted to celebrate FALL (not Halloween), and we wanted to show how being grateful is the key to happiness. As a Hay Family, we spend every night on our gratitudes, so why not pay it forward.
I bought a ton of rocks, paints, and decorations so we could paint grateful rocks. First, here are the invitations:
And I made these for each girl:
Part of coming would be to bring some food to donate to Paradise Valley Food Bank (where Tot and I volunteer).
Look at what we got! Thank you girls!
Ok, so Daddy got the front all ready. So nice!
Out of the 9 girls in her class, 3 would come. Teagan was sick today, so she couldn’t make it so only the 3: Sophia, Ruby, and Carley.
Tot and Daddy got the outside ready and I got the treats ready. (Daddy cleaned up so much!)
And I got the treats ready inside. I made ghost kabobs (edible ink) and Hershey acorns
The table is all ready. We’d make gratitude rocks for them to use with their own families, and extras to give out. We also made some for the girls who couldn’t make it today.
Table all set up.
Sophia came early to play with Tot. We love her!
Then Ruby came
Carley now joins!
They got right to work after I read the card.
Daddy even joined us!
The girls were having so much fun eating, talking and painting.
Have another kabob girls! They were all about the marshmallows!
Look at the final results!
We gave a gift bag for each girl, and we assigned the girls to names of girls in the class so no one was left out.
What fun!
When the gals left, the three of us basked in our own gratitude with the rocks we made.
Later on, Daddy got the fountain working! What a another way to celebrate “FALL!”
It is even more beautiful lit up.
We are a GRATEFUL family, and we are GRATE”FALL” for the beauty of this season, friends, and family. Thank you so much!