Ashton likes to celebrate her birthday for an entire week ( who doesn't?) so in honor of that we begin her birthday with Mimi and Pawpaw at PF Changs for dinner. We had a wonderful meal and a great time.
A few nights later we had a party at the house and Nana and Tom came. We cooked out on the grill and had a great dinner. Ashton got her bike that night ( we had her convinced that we had forgotten to pick it up! haha). I did NOT take a picture of Ashton with Nana and Tom....what was I thinking?? That's cake number TWO....
For her third and final party we went to Port Gibson for the weekend. Amber and Ellen were with us. We began the weekend in Natchez, where we shopped a little and had lunch at a great italian restaurant. When we arrived in Port Gibson Ashton and Amber headed off on the bikes...they went all over town! While they were off biking Austin decided to hide out on the upstairs porch and shoot some squirrels! He was very successful...he ended up with FIVE dead squirrels! yeah . . . Austin also set up a badmitton set with the help of his new friend Andre.
That night we had cake number THREE, a cookie cake, (yummy) and Pizza! Mark, Ashton, Austin and Amber played pool while Ellen and I tried to untangle the crystals that go on the chandelier...we got them all laid out and with the help of Ashton and Amber attached them to the chandelier...BEAUTIFUL ( There is still another strand to hang, but three of the attaching crystals are broken)...Beau was worn out, so we headed off to bed.
The next morning we got ready for our picnic ( another request from Ashton for her birthday).....The LAST DAY of Ashton's Birthday! We drove to the Battlefield Park and layed out quilts on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. It was a beautiful day for a picnic!
