Seize the Clay & Starry Nights

This past Thursday night, we celebrated Kayla's birthday early. Her actual birthday falls on December 23, and things are always crazy with Christmas, and we'll all be out of town that day. So, we surprised her early and had a big night of fun!

First, we met at Seize the Clay in Memphis to paint a piece of pottery. This was so relaxing!

Lynsi and Courtney


Lauren starts a platter, that will end up being very cute!!


Courtney is getting married in June and did her platter in wedding colors, very neat!


Julie and Lauren


There's Kayla down there on the end, huddled over her dish!


I made a little cupcake dish, just for fun. I decided to go with something small. I knew if I picked a big platter, I'd be there all night trying to perfect it. Plus, I have too many platters. Keith doesn't want any more in our house! :)


Julie in deep concentration on her dots! She was trying to match an item she already had.


Lynsi made a very cute treat jar for her cat. Lynsi is the artist in the bunch, she teaches it to middle schoolers! So, hers was very precise. Plus, she used to work at a pottery painting place!


Kayla's very cute and appropriate Happy Everything dish. This girl is always happy!


The gang with our finished (ready-to-be-fired) pieces. Can't wait to pick them up next week!!

Next, we went to Olive Garden for dinner. I'll admit, it was pretty good! I know, Kelsey, I felt like a huge traitor!! But, there's no Noodles in Memphis :(

We heart scarves. As you can tell.

Our dinner was hilarious. We sat girls vs boys at a long table and we had a time crunch to make it to the next activity. So, we ended up with an awesome waitress that had a great attitude for a group like ours! She picked on us a little and gave the boys are hard time. And, we made it on time to the next stop:

Starry Nights at Shelby Farms.
A drive-thru lights display.
It was beeee-aaa-uuuuu-tiful.

About to start the tour.



Good thing the Sisco's car has a 3rd row of seats, all 8 of us can fit!!


This was very cool. It was like mother nature blowing wind into a windmill that made like 3 other things happen.


This was something we drove under...


This was my favorite part, we sat and watched for a while.


It was a big chain-reaction, domino-affect thing. The whole side of the hill would light up, then these large round balls would bounce down the hill, hit the tree, and light it up. It was very hard to get pictures of!


The tree was big and beautiful when lit up!


Again, very hard to get pictures of!


This way, says the nutcracker.


Very cool blue tree by the water.


This scene went through all the seasons of the year. This was the Christmas part.


Driving under this blanket of stars was magical!


Awwww, how sweet!! At least one person has used this to propose :)


Classic nativity scene. I'm happy to see things that represent the reason for the season!!


At the last display, we got out in the frigid cold and took a few pics. I love this girls one :)


They were very cold and unhappy with us for dragging them on top of this hill.

Next things, Stop #4, was back at the Trammells for birthday cupcakes.

Group picture. We love those b-day hats and have gotten a lot of use out of them!


Umm, yeah. We're a close-knit group!!
No wonder they call us the Swingers Club.


Happy Birthday to Kayla!


Happy birthday to YOU!

It was a really, really fun night from start to finish! I think we were together from 5:30 til 11:00? Yep, that's love.

Happy EARLY birthday, Kayla! We're glad you had a big day that wasn't caught up in the busyness of Christmas week :) We love you!