We celebrated Gwen's birthday at home last night with a simple, yummy dinner of homemade chicken soup, bread & butter, and cucumbers and tomatoes, with a pudding pie for dessert. I really like this photo Scott took of the kids and I before Gwen blew out the candle on her pie~ nice composition, with our faces all close together and the glow of the candle in front. I liked it even better once I switched it to black and white.
Thought this one of Gwen and Caleb together was really sweet... both looking the same direction, his arm around her. Cute how she is brushing the hair away from her face with her finger, too.
We have a tradition at birthdays of hiding the gifts and playing "hot or cold" for the birthday person to find them. Gwen needed a big boost from Caleb to retrieve this gift from its hiding place up high!
Gwen was genuinely pleased with her gifts, exclaiming over each one. Love that look on her face in this picture! This miniature shopping cart from Seth and Madelyn had tiny packages in it, each filled with candies. What could be more exciting than that?
One of Caleb's gifts to Gwen was a real red lip gloss, which she put to use right away. How does she know how to apply it so expertly? I loved this photo in B&W also, but it seemed a shame to miss the bright red of the lip gloss and her bow, so I kept in in color.
Thought this one of Gwen and Caleb together was really sweet... both looking the same direction, his arm around her. Cute how she is brushing the hair away from her face with her finger, too.
We have a tradition at birthdays of hiding the gifts and playing "hot or cold" for the birthday person to find them. Gwen needed a big boost from Caleb to retrieve this gift from its hiding place up high!
Gwen was genuinely pleased with her gifts, exclaiming over each one. Love that look on her face in this picture! This miniature shopping cart from Seth and Madelyn had tiny packages in it, each filled with candies. What could be more exciting than that?
One of Caleb's gifts to Gwen was a real red lip gloss, which she put to use right away. How does she know how to apply it so expertly? I loved this photo in B&W also, but it seemed a shame to miss the bright red of the lip gloss and her bow, so I kept in in color.
5 comments:
those pictures were wonderful. kate has decorated a card for gwen that she picked out herself. take care and hugs across the many miles!
Such fun pictures! Your family is so beautiful and special.
I love the lipstuff, and I hopes to see the lipstick when I come there. Love Alyssa.
Gwen, I think that when we make my birthday, we're going to hide some of my presents. Do you like your candy in the packages?
Love Caden
Happy Birthday Gwen! I loved seeing some of the scenes on your birthday! It felt a little like I was there! Grandma
I love the B&W photo. Really great expressions on all of you - a keeper. Happy Birthday Gwen.
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