Grace's Birthday...a lot of pictures

 Party favor was a water color paint set.

 The table set up.  The gold balloons were for the lanterns that were let go every year on Rapunzel's birthday in the movie Tangled.

 The birthday girl with the birthday cake.

In the ticket blaster.  Andrew went with her to help her catch as many tickets as they could.

 Her favorite card that her daddy made.....Transformers!

And her favorite present.....a Transformers t-shirt!

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

6.

Why is that so hard to say?  I struggle every year with his birthday!  On his 1st birthday I stood in the card section and cried.  Actually every year I have cried.  Last year I even bought his card a month or two before his birthday so I wouldn't stand there and cry.  This year we had the party early and I was fine.  Tomorrow is the big day!

Here is the birthday boy that brings so much joy to our lives.  He is so smart and loving.  Just recently he stopped giving his mommy kisses.  I hear it's a phase.  I sure hope so.  He still likes to cuddle on the couch and crawl in my bed in the middle of the night to cuddle(but don't him you know that or he may stop).  It drives me crazy and yet I know there will come a day that he never does it again because he will just be too old for that!

We are so proud of you Andrew!  You bring so much joy to our lives and I can't imagine this life without you.  God blessed us the night you were born!  We were so scared as new parents and didn't know what to do.  I still remember your daddy sleeping next to your bed that first night to make sure the dogs didn't get too close.  Not sure why we didn't just kick the dogs out of the room.  Then Big Mark flew out and surprised us and helped us take care of you those first few days and we are forever grateful that he was here.  Our lives are forever changed because of you.

Happy 6th Birthday Sweet Boy!  We all love you!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

At the beginning of the week, we celebrated David's birthday!  We didn't do anything crafty or get him anything really exciting but it was perfect for him.  We got him some shirts for work and a lunch pail and thermos.  Important stuff when you work in an office! We went to Sizzler for dinner and had chocolate cake for dessert. 

Birthday Boy

So I tried my hardest to ignore all the #5 cards and the #5 shirt Andrew was wearing all day and the 5 on his cake.  It was hard to do but I think I made it and I don't really believe he is 5 (until Aug 9th when he has to go to kinder).  We'll not deal very well with that deal with that when the time comes!  We had a great day with some great friends.  Andrew's friend Ty has the same birthday and is the same age so we all went to the park and had a picnic.  The kids had a blast.  Click here to see all the pictures!

Here are the birthday boys!

Here are their cute sisters all holding holding hands wearing the same swim outfits!  Ty has twin sisters and of course that's my Gracie in the middle!

It was a great day for fun at the park.  Here's a picture of the park so you get an idea of what it looked like!  And, of course don't forget to check out all our pictures!

There's a spray area over on the left that the kids can run through and the regular park is over to the right.  It's a really big area and the kids had a blast.  It was hard to keep track of them.....well, Andrew was mostly in the shade playing in the sand under one of the climbers so we could usually find him!

And here he is with his cake!  He had a great day and got a lot of fun things for his birthday!  Last night he got a tent, a pool, and some clothes!  I think we are all glad the partying is over for a while!

Tonight we get to go to an Angels baseball game.  My hubby's boss gave him tickets so we get to have another fun night!  Grace is staying with my brother-in-law and his fiancee and kids.  She will love playing over there if she can get over the fact that we are leaving her!

Party Pics

I downloaded Andrew's 5th birthday party pics and am a little disappointed.  My kids got my camera (a HUGE no-no) and must have pushed something but I'm not sure what it is so my pics didn't come out very good.  Very disappointing since it was his birthday party.  Plus, it was crazy windy and hard to do anything....have I ever mentioned how much I dislike the High Desert and the miserable wind?  We had a lot of fun even though it was a small party.  It flew by (must have been the wind!) and before we knew it we had packed everything and were home.  Andrew got a lot of fun gifts....Toy Story table and chairs with an umbrella, a collectible Jimmie Johnson car, a Jimmie Johnson car to play with, money, gift card, Buzz Lightyear, parachute guys, flip flops and t-shirt, and some clothes, and some pool toys that were super fun that day!  Oh, and the biggest gift of all was a cool Hot Wheels bike!

Above is Andrew and our neighbor who is like a grandpa to my kids and he was so excited for Andrew and they talked about every little detail of that bike!

Of course, Grace also got her bike that day...we didn't let her have it when Andrew got his but a couple hours later he said that he wanted Grace to have her bike.  He even wanted us to hide it under a sheet to surprise her.  Andrew always wants to share everything with her, even his birthday presents.  I'm pretty sure it wouldn't happen the other way around!

We still have Thursday to celebrate with Papa Wayne.  I don't think he needs anything else but I still have some presents from my mom also and of course Papa's big present which I will reveal after that night.  It may or may not be a pool!!!!  I'll have more to share after Thursday.

Click here to see the pics from his party and today when we went swimming with some friends!