Some Seahawks Birthday Fun!

Last year, in November, at Jackson's 5th Birthday Party he requested next year for his 6th Birthday Party a SEAHAWKS PARTY.  This made me happy for so many reasons.  First- a Seahawks party, during Seahawks season, perfect.  Second- being HUGE fans we already have A TON of Seahawks decor.  And third- how proud am I of my boy?  Planning ahead, looking forward to his next party.  Like mommy, like son!  I was excited for this one... and I was determined for it to be simple.

So a year later we celebrated his 6th Birthday Seahawk-Style!

We started the party with an obstacle course.  The kids had a BLAST!  

First things first- Get your Seahawks gear on!

Then run like crazy through tunnels, passing footballs, and hold on to that ball!!!

It was intense!

Cheering on our friends as they race to the end zone!

(Pom Poms were made with tissue paper)

And finally a huge tackle in the end zone and a touchdown dance!

The birthday boy enjoying pizza with his friends

Decor included Pom Poms, helmets, jerseys, balloons and flags.

Instead of cake Jackson chose Seahawk donuts and SKITTLES!!!

We finished the day with a Seahawks victory over the Vikings.  It couldn't have been better.

THANK YOU to all who came and celebrated with us!

An "Autumn" Shower

My good friend Amy is due so soon with a little girl she will be calling Autumn Grace (isn't that such a beautiful name?!?)  Well I had the honor of helping throw her an "Autumn" themed baby shower.  My girlfriend's Lindsay, Katelyn and I really enjoyed putting this day together for Amy.  Here are some pictures and details of the shower.  My friend Katelyn of Domestic Charm also wrote a post sharing some more details.  You can find that post HERE.

 We held the shower outside and set the tables with burlap, wood stumps, and place settings which included mason jar water glasses.  We brought in some color with the cloth napkins, gold mason jar vases, pomegranates, cranberries, pumpkins and oranges.

 

For lunch we served an Autumn Vegetable soup and a Baked Potato soup with a salad and rolls.

For dessert we offered an assortment of pies which included cherry, pecan, chocolate peanut butter, apple and pumpkin.

As a thank you gift each guest left with a jar of Pear Butter (thanks Mom!).

Thank you Amy for letting us be apart of celebrating you and your new baby girl.  I cannot wait to meet her!

 To finish off the week of celebrations, tomorrow I will share some pictures from Jackson's 6th birthday party.

Party, Party, Party - Fundraiser Update!

This past week has been a blur of decorating, cooking, setting up, tearing down, celebrating, baby shower-fundraising-birthday madness!  And I've loved every minute of it... well, almost every minute! ;)

To start I wanted to share some pictures of last week's Adoption Fundraiser.  We had an amazing night eating chili, watching ELF, and taking trolley rides with so many wonderfully generous friends.  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!  To all who came, gave, and prayed for this event.  With your donations we have raised over $3000 so far towards bringing home our baby girl.  We feel overwhelmed and beyond blessed by your generosity.  Thank you!

Here are some fun pics from that night!

  

 

 

We really did have so much fun spending that time with you all.  We got to speak a lot about adoption, our journey so far and help educate others who are starting to think about growing their family through adoption.  If you missed this night do not worry!  We will be hosting other fun fundraising events over the next few months.  I will be posting soon about some other awesome opportunities to give.  Also, if you want to donate via Pay Pal just click this link HERE!  Again, THANK YOU for your amazing generosity.

Tomorrow I will share another fun event I had the honor of helping with... here's a sneak peek!

Lundberg Family Adoption Fundraiser- Outdoor Movie Night!

Friends and Family-

As many of you know for the past few years our family has felt God's calling to grow through adoption.  It has been a long and emotional journey.  Recently we have expanded our efforts in both hiring an adoption consultant and becoming certified to adopt through the state's foster care system.  We still don't know where God will bring our daughter from but we are anxiously waiting.  Because we have decided to pursue different routes of adoption we have recently felt an urgency to start fundraising.  We know that God will provide and are prayerfully asking you to join us on our journey.  

We hope you can join us for an Outdoor Movie and Dinner night at our house (kids included!!!).  It will be a fun night of food, friends, and treats.  Please RSVP to Alexislundberg@gmail.com by Wednesday November 6th..  The night starts at 5:30 and the movie will start right after dark. Feel free to invite your neighbors or friends!  If you are unable to attend but still feel called to give you can do so at the link below.  We can't even begin to tell you how much we have appreciated your support, encouragement and prayers over the last 3 years.  We are excited and hopeful that our daughter will be home soon.

To give please click go to the link below:

tinyurl.com/lundbergadoptionfund

You can read more about our adoption journey at www.designbylexi.blogspot.com

Thank you!

Chris, Alexis, Jackson & Malakai Lundberg