Party Animals

We have been quite the party animals lately and it seems like we have had one or two birthday parties every weekend. The kids love getting to see all their friends and eat cake! We're lucky to have so many great friends close by and it is super fun to watch all the kids grow up together!

Jeffrey turned three at the end of April and Mikael and Erin outdid themselves with a fixer upper party complete with homemade tool boxes for the kids to decorate and tool belts from home depot. Clara was beyond excited that she finally got a tape measure like Dada and she did not want to take her tool belt off to get into the car (or sleep). We're so glad the Johnsons moved back from Virgina so we can hang out!

My little construction worker

Playing in the sandbox Mikael built

Girls just wanna have fun!

Impressively messy!

Reed made quite the mess too!

Next was Cinco de Mayo and George's birthday. We spent the evening at the McClarty's enjoying good food (and margaritas), and lots of fun. Clara insisted on bringing her new bike which led to all the kids wanting to ride bikes (good thing Reedcito and Kierito have quite the selection). It was a bit chaotic with the bigger kids riding pretty fast and the little kids putting around, but surprisingly nobody got hurt or run over!

We celebrated Evy's second birthday at the park the next day and the weather went from hot on Friday to windy and cold on Saturday. All the kids were freezing, but still managed to have fun. The party was troll themed and the kids all got troll party hats. They had a blast playing on the playground and eating pizza and cake. Kieran and Eli took turns throwing tantrums that were so hilarious we all couldn't help but laugh.

Sunday we headed to church for Isiah's dedication followed by his first birthday party. The kids had fun playing with all the moving toys and eating cupcakes and Otter Pops. Clara loved jumping in the bounce house with Grace and Rebecca and Emmett was content to ride bikes and play with balls. Both kids enjoyed the two week old kittens and Clarita is still talking about them!