The Birthday Party!

This past Saturday we had the boys 2nd and 3rd birthday party. The plan was baby pools and slip n' slides and fun in the sun. We hadn't had rain in almost 2 weeks so of course it decided to rain on the morning of our party. At 9 am it was like a monsoon outside and I was about to cry! All my party plans were for outside - down to watermelon and popsicles to eat outside. The party started at 10 am and it was still raining as everyone started to arrive. There was no thunder or lightening so finally around 10:30 we decided to just to let them go out and see what would happen. Well, as you'll see from the pics it ended up being probably more fun because of the rain! I think most of the kids had a good time. The daddy's were awesome - they all stood out in the rain and helped the kids figure out the slip n' slide (which didn't take too long - after a few times you couldn't drag them away!)
Sis is ready for the party :)
Both boys had a great time at their party - but this little guy was a wild man!!
James was most excited about having all of his friends over. After his nap he kept asking where they were - he wanted to play more!

Oh, and he loved the party favors - water guns and sun glasses :)

And of course, they were both excited about more cake :)


There were way too many great pics to just pick a few so here is a slide show of pics my great friend Anne-Michelle took

After everyone left my mom and Papa Steve pulled out their gift for the boys:

Some serious driving going on!

Gracie Belle in her party dress :) No swimming for her this year -but I'm sure next year she'll be out in the middle of it with the boys!

We are so thankful for all of our family and friends that made it out (even in the rain) for the boys party. They had a great time and are already asking when their next birthday will be :)