Monday, August 16, 2010

A Weekend FULL of Birthdays!!!!

Sunday was one of my dear friend, Kristy's 30th birthday. Since her son's b-day party was that day- we surprised her quickly with a few donuts at the garage sale she was having Saturday morning.
It was a fun surprise-even though we were all only together a few minutes before we had to head our seperate ways for our busy weekends. And the Fultons was BUSY!
Started with one of the kids' church friends, Danny's 3rd birthday at the Orpheum Children's museum. What a fun place!
Al and a new friend loved the ship!
This is the big 3 year old!
It was a Diego safari and everyone got their own explorer vest and safari hat- so cool!

Everyone loved the cake!
Mara gets so excited at all the events!
After naptime, we headed to our neice, Veronica's Ariel b-day partyy at Little Gym! Grammy made the cake, of course!
Veronica is FOUR years old!
It was our first Little Gym b-day party and the kids ( and us) loved it! SO FUN! Mara enjoys her first time on the balance beam
Family and friends watched from the sidelines as the kids played, danced, and ran!
Chicken dance was a huge hit!
especially for brian, who hates it at weddings but loves it at 4-year-old parties!
Grammy and her BIG granddaughter!
Amara and V are kinda obsessed with each other. Neither can do wrong in the other's eyes. This picture is perfect as it just shows Mar's admiration
We are startfish, can't you tell?
This is my favorite picture of the day. many of the pics are blurry because the kids moved for 2 hours straight but this one is extra special because you can see everyone moving and the only two people who are clear are V and Mara and their faces show the feeling of the party- pure joy!
The thing they are on is this big blow up running and jumping track- the kids could have done just this the whole party and been happy!and then they deflated it and the kids loved that too!
Add ImageLook how happy that birthday girl is!!!
Grammy and Papa gave V a set of jammies with gumballs on it- because a favorite book at Grammy and Papa's is Max's money and it has a gumball machine. Amara got one too so she could be V's twin- they both loved it!It was such a blast!
We weren's done partying. Sunday night at 8PM, we headed to the pool for a birthday party for SEVEN year olds, Emmerson and Ethan! We were timid about going since our kids are usually already in bed and Bri had to work the next day but we had so much fun. The rules are different for parties and we could do just about anything.
Mar and Brian enjoy floaties in the big pool!
Birthday boy, Ethan!
Birthday girl, Emmerson!
First time down the slide for Alaric! During regular hours you can't wear a life jacket AND you can't be caught. YOu have to be able to swim by yourself to the side. This was a special thing and Al loved it. He went dozens of times. He doesn't weigh much though and the lifejacket slowed him down so many times he stopped about 5 feet before the end and had to walk out and jump.
Some of my dear Monticello friends...Lisa, Cara, Kathy, Liz, Kristy, and KristiHappy Birthday Emmie and Ethan!Brayden and Mara had been flirting some and playing together. I asked Mara to hug Brady for a picture and she just lit up and snuggled in like she was just waiting for someone to hug this big stud! Brayden was more than happy to take this photo too. Brayden's dad and I laughed and said we would have this in the slideshow at their wedding someday!

We are exhausted from the weekend but it was SO MUCH FUN!! Happy Birthday everyone!
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Below are random video clips from birthday parties!

1 comment:

The Buehnerkemper Family said...

Wow! You sure did have a lot of birthday celebrations this weekend! I'm so glad we were able to surprise Kristy! And I can't wait to have a private pool party again soon! So fun!