The Birthday that Finally Came!!!

WOW, what a wait for Hailey. By Wednesday she was bursting with anticipation, wanting cake and presents. We made cookies to take to her class at school and that was fun, a little distraction from the wait.

Well, her birthday came and went and I think she had a great day! She really seemed so happy! She was a little shy during the gift opening process but she enjoyed EVERYTHING she got and tried hard to play with it all before bedtime.

Make sure you have your sound on when you play the movies below

Here we start with Hailey and all the bling, the cell phones, purses, jewelry, diva shoes, dress up clothes, REAL dress up clothes and more. She was in HEAVEN with all this stuff. Kept checking her cell phone in between opening gifts (no it is not real) she just loves this stuff! THANK YOU GRANDMA MARY!



Moving on to Golf. Hailey is so proud to have her own clubs in a real bag. She played in the yard for 20 minutes or more and wanted to go back out at 8:00 (we said no, it was bed time) but she absolutely loves to swing the club (and hit the ball!) Thank you Grams and Gramps!

And to sum it all up....the whole Birthday start to finish (minus most of the photos featured above) It truly was a great day for Hailey...hope you are enjoying the videos (don't forget the sound)

Be sure to check back soon because I have a couple more posts from this week to get up..We went to a "pick your own" Farm, Lauren built a coggy doggy... Posts....Coming Soon.

June 28th - Lauren's B-day and Fireworks

What a day! We had a great time at Lauren's birthday party. I think she really enjoyed and ultimately made the right choice for her to just have family. She also invited her beloved Ms. Monteith and we feel so blessed that she joined us (though I am sure she sees us all in a different light now!!!)

We had great food, a couple of games, presents and Maggie Moo Cupcakes. It was all "American Girl Sized" Mini Burgers, Mini Dogs, Mini Taco Bowls and Mini Mac's - little fruits on sticks - etc. We ate too much!

Lauren got some great gifts from all those who love her. A couple highlights -
1. Kits Tree House
2. Shopping Spree in a Box (tons of gift cards to stores that she loves!!!)
3. Great Grandma Slingerlends old school books (from the early 1900's!!)
4. Tickets and backstage passes to HighSchool Musical the Play
5. Crafts! DOLL CRAFTS even! She is stoked!

Here are a couple of my favorite photos followed by a slide show of more great photos!


Seeing the Tree House for the first time!


Grandma Mary and Grandma Maria bought the SAME card!!!!


Blowing out that last candle!



After the party and the clean up...we had an evening of fireworks with neighbors in the cul-de-sac. The kids had a BLAST (so did the daddys!!!) We had Dave and his daughter Nicole (4) Nikki and George with sons Evan and Christian (5 and 2) and of course us!

Again - a couple favorite photos followed by the slideshow!!!


The girls waiting on the lawn


Lauren, Nicole and hailey!


The girls watching the show!


Nikki with Christian and Evan watching the show!



Well, that's all folks! Off to bed soon, tomorrow I turn 35 (not that anyone reads this blog to hear about me!) then off to Beaver Creek on Tuesday (Todd to follow on Thursday) - I am looking forward to the trip!!