PARTY!

My boy is one. We'll take a walk down memory lane a little later. But first we had a huge bash for him! Over half of the guests came in from Utah. It was a BEAUTIFUL spring day and we had a fantastic time! Picture time:

Kinda dark, but here's his spread. We had a farm theme + balloons. Lots and lots of balloons

The decorated family room

Yummy food!

The birthday boy's seat. Thanks for decorating it Andi!

Da grub! MMMMMM

More grub! MMMMM

The cake me and my sisters built - he had a separate one, it was a cow but for some reason I didn't take a picture of it. So imagine a square cake that looks like a cow :-)

The birthday boy eating lunch. Pulled pork and strawberries- YUM!

Matthew and Lar came too! YEAH!!

My sisters surprised me! I really wanted them to come but they said they couldn't. Then 2 days before the event they show up at my house! What an AWESOME surprise! LOVED it! SO glad you guys came!!!! SO SO GLAD!

Daniels BFF Richie and his friend Andi made the drive for the U2 concert we went to that night! SO FUN!

Matthew and baby Jocy

All the little babies! Addi, Kason and Joslyn. All born within three weeks of each other. It looks like we went from smallest to largest....

It got a little too windy for the pool so they just played outside of it!

Tammy and Addi!

He sees the birthday cake....

AND ITS ALL HIS?!?!?! WOO HOO!

Oh he was so happy he got the cake all to himself!

Mean 'ol mom took away the marshmallow so he would actually eat the cake

Theres the good stuff!

LOVE this one! Isn't he precious?!

Again- love it

My little gremlin

The whole family!

He didn't want us so close to his cake so he was pushing our faces away with his cakey hands :-)

See- frosting all over ourselves. Tanks Al

Mmmmmm cake!

Then we had a little pinata - it was a cute barn. Everyone got to hit it with a tire iron (Daniel was in charge :-)) So fun!

Taylee taking a whack at it

Trace, the first boy to hit it, really made it swing

Tanner could hardly wait to get his turn!

Gavin- Alex's best good friend

Bree wanted mamas help. The boys are going 'what'?

Sadie closed her eyes every time she hit it- so cute!

Then Anna knocked it down...

And Matthew and Daniel helped finish it off!

Tay was so happy

They were quite selective in their candy choices... so strange. Usually you need cushions when it breaks to stop all of the craziness- not this time. They just kinda walked over and began selecting the candy of their choice.

Alex wanted some!

This boy loves sucking until something sweet comes out!

Wrapper 'n' all!

The loot! 8 1/2 lbs of loot. We have SO much left over! I was shocked! I thought the kids would be all over it! Ya, not so much...

My little birthday boy :-)

Tay showin us her blue tongue

I LOVE this girls faces- she is so adorable

So sweet!

We had a great time at his party! Thanks to everyone who came! Thank you for all the wonderful gifts! We are so so glad you came to celebrate with us! Happy Birthday little Alex! We love you!

Alex's First Easter

"Bunny Day" (Saturday) was dark and wet and cold. But it's possible to have a BLAST even though the weather isn't ideal. And a BLAST was had! Tammy, John, Tanner, Addi, Kayleigh and Anton came over for a fabulous easter egg hunt that Tammy put together. It was so much fun to watch Tanner gather up his loot! He was all alone with 6 cheering adults. Alex was set loose for a few minutes.

Initial taste test...

Not too interested in the eggs

Playin with daddy

It was chilly!

But in the end- the rocks were FAR more interesting than the eggs

Obviously you can't dye eggs with your shirt on.

Just practicing for his birthday... I am so lame- I know

He's learned how to un-twist things....

So Many New Tricks

I am constantly under the assumption that everyone is just as in love with and consumed with Alex as I am. I recently realize that that might not be the case. However, Daniel and I are FAR less interesting subjects. We should just rename this the "I Think Alex is Adorable" blog. And here is his latest trick