Brooke's First Birthday

It doesn't seem possible that it has been a year already, but my young cousin, Krystle's baby Brooke is now a year old! We celebrated her birthday today as well...

We realized that Cal and Zac needed some outside running time after they started running circles around my aunt's house, where the party was held. Don't worry, Brooke held her own as well and was chasing them in circles too!

Here they are trying to throw leaves at me outside



and of course, the birthday girl, playing with her new toys!

Ayden's Birthday party

My cousin has just opened up a new play place in Fremont called Journey's. It is a great place to have birthday parties and this weekend we got to celebrate Ayden's birthday there.

Cal and Zac loved jumping around on all of the big toys... AND they have rooms in the back to have your party in!

You can see zac and cal sneaking tastes of the cake and then proceeding to put frosting on each other... boys will be boys, won't they?!? We will have to go back to Journey's soon!

Ayden's Birthday party

We were able to visit Ayden's (my cousin's kid) birthday party on Saturday, even though Cal was feeling a little under the weather. We had such a good time, even in the short time that we were able to be there.

Cal enjoyed the birthday cake at a table sized just right for him and the younger kids.

The birthday boy, Ayden, now 3 years old!!

And Reece, of course, Ayden's big brother (as if you couldn't tell!)

Ayden wanted a pic of his balloon and the little girl is Ariah, their friend... so cute!

Zac turns 2

It really seems like only yesterday when our little nephews were born. But I guess it has been 2 years... Recently we got to celebrate one of their birthdays with a party. Quentin turned 2 on August 4 and Zac turned 2 on August 12. We were not invited to Quentin's party but we celebrated with Zac on Aug 11.

First of all, I have to say, What a party!! It was so great, my sister got the fire truck to actually come out to the house (and no, she did not start a fire) and there were treat bags for all the kids (there were a ton of kids) and lots of good food AND Heather actually made the cakes! WOW

Cal had a good time catching up with everyone

Cal was dwarfed by the giant engine

Papa showed cal the fire truck

zac got to "drive"

All in all, it was a good time and I am glad that we were able to celebrate with our family...