Our family celebrated Hannah’s high school graduation, 18th birthday, and her and Josh’s engagement all in one day. Whew! It was such a fun celebration.
Also, Hannah’s decorating skills are on point. My parents’ backyard looked like a Pinterest board by the time she was done decorating.
Between Hannah’s friends, church family, and extended family from New York, my parents had 80 people at their house on Saturday. Though it was hot, humid, and stormy throughout the day, we didn’t let the weather stop us from having a great time.
Jimmy and I arrived a couple of hours early, and after I finished frosting cupcakes, I designated myself as the photographer for the day.
We ate Italian food, jumped on the trampoline, took turns holding babies, admired Hannah’s engagement ring, took a million pictures, and talked into the late evening.
I had a lot of extended family asking me to take their pictures, which made me so excited. My cousin had a baby in June, so I was beyond pumped to take her picture, feed her, and snuggle as much as possible.
The party ended with a bonfire and smore’s, the perfect ending to any party if you ask me 😉
All in all, it was a beautiful day full of spending time with loved ones and celebrating Hannah and the accomplishments she has achieved through Christ. Congrats, Hannah!
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These pictures are gorgeous! Family time is the best time. 🙂
Congrats to your sister!
Thank you, Christina! I agree that family time truly is the best time. It makes my heart so full 🙂
Your sister has so much life ahead of her! I am so proud of her 🙂 Where is she heading to college?
She really does!! I will make sure to tell her you’re proud of her. I know that will bring a smile to her face! She is heading to Penn State to get her nursing degree!!
Family celebrations are wonderful, and the photo of your cousin with her baby is precious. 🙂 You’re such a talented photographer!
Congrats to Hannah! It sounds like you all had a great time.
Aren’t family celebrations just the best?! Thank you so much for the compliments on my photography! That means so much to me :). It’s truly a passion of mine!
I will make sure to tell Hannah you said congrats!
Ah! What a beautiful celebration! Congrats to Hannah on graduating high school and on the engagement! So glad so many people could come and show their love and celebrate with you guys. And I love that so many of your family members wanted you to take photos for them. Obviously you’ve got skillz! That photo of your cousin with her baby is precious! 🙂
It was a beautiful celebration indeed! I honestly can’t believe Hannah graduated and is off to college and planning a wedding. So many blessings!
I was definitely over excited when my family was like “take my picture!” hahaha. I have to say, the photo of my cousin with here baby is absolutely one of my favorite pictures ever. It’s so sweet!
Party!! So many great things to celebrate. You are an EXCELLENT photographer too. 🙂
Yes indeed, so many happy things to celebrate! And thank you so much for the compliment on my photography!! That means so much to me 🙂
Awwww, I love that you decorated cupcakes!!! (You know how much I love cupcakes). 🙂
And congratulations to your sister! It sounds like such a special / fun celebration!!
I was definitely wishing you were with me to decorate cupcakes, haha. You have the major cupcake decorating skills, Nicole!
Truly sounds like an awesome time…especially if 80 people were involved! And the candy jars look so adorable (Class Rings, yesssss)!!
It really was an awesome time! I still can’t believe there were 80 people there! I was so tired the next day from all the socializing, haha.
The candy bar was a huge hit and the class rings were all gone by the end of the night!