Joy's Frozen 3rd Birthday Party

Cana having a rest outside before the festivities.

Ooh, a sleeping bag from Grandma!

 She doesn't throw a fit when Grandma combs her hair!

Paul got to play his Hoth game with Grandpa

Uncle Greg and Grandma

Olivia and J.J.

Emerson, Avett

 Emerson and Aidan

Grandma helping Joy eat

Gina and Ashlyn

Paul, all dressed up

Grandma kisses!

Pin the nose on Olaf

 I love this picture of Paul.

 I finally got to meet Carson!

 So happy to see Gina and kids!

 Pax and Avett

 What a smile!

 Snowman food craft

 Showing off what they made

 Present time!

 Little Mermaid costume from Grandma and Pappy

 The purple light saber she has been wanting for so long!

 Olaf cake

Tony, Elle and Eve

Lauren and Charlotte

Kim and Zoey

Beautiful Kaitlyn

Grandma cutting the cake

Finally, we get to eat some Olaf cake!

Light saber lesson?

Many things about Joy's party did not go the way I wanted them too.  Her Elsa costume arrived in the mail the Monday after the party.  That caused lots of distress about what she was going to wear.  Also, I was upset because it was our present to her and it hadn't arrived for her birthday.  The decorations were a lot more work than I expected.  It rained a lot (but some folks did get outside at the end of the party).  I burned the pasta!  After all my hard work!!  I woke up hoarse and could barely talk.  The balloons I paid a lot for and got inflated the day before deflated (except the 2 foil ones).  Despite all these disappointments, Joy had fun, did not have any major breakdowns, and I think all the kids had fun.  I think God is trying to tell me something important in all this, but I haven't gotten the message quite clearly yet.