So Hallie's "real" birthday is in September. But Aug 25th was the day that worked the best for the party. Kimber is due to have her baby in about 5 weeks and we did her shower on Friday my parents wanted to be here for as much as they could so we decided we could do Hallie's party early she doesn't care. Since attending a friends birthday party in May she has been saying all she wants for her birthday is a bounce house and that is exactly what she got. We decided since it was going to be so hot it would be fun to have a water bounce house. It took a lot of help to get it up and down. Matt and the boys(Ez, Nate, Ky My dad) went to get it and set it up Sat morning while the girls(Kim, Mom, and Nic) started on the cake and the remaining food. Maddi is content to be with the boys and usually more interested in what they're doing. The bounce house obstacle coarse was 2 pieces one 400 lbs piece and one 200 lb piece....yeah it was big. 60 feet long and 16 feet tall at the highest to be exact.
Assessing the situation
It didn't take long once it was up to make sure it was safe for the kids...or that's what they were saying.
The boys + Maddi went down to flowrider to try their hand at surfing they had a ton of fun next time we will have to go when we don't have so much to do. They got back just in time to help decorate and set everything back up before our friends and family arrived. The kids played on the swings, jumped on the tramp, and of coarse the bounce house. The guy had told me that it was a smaller one great for kids 2 and up but it was a little hard to climb up so it was a good thing the guys wanted in on the fun.
My mom brought this hat for Hallie to wear for her special day I think we all wore it before we convinced her to wear it
But in the end it did work and we even got a smile.
This is most/handful of the friends that attended. Ethan, Kolson, Hallie, Kaylee, Addy, Carter, and Issac who belong to Melissa/Ryan, Nick/Brit, Jim/Tam, Erin/Brett
And here is the cake I have been so excited to make this cake(probably more excited than Hallie) and I couldn't be more pleased with how well it turned out. I hate fondant and I refuse to put it on any cake I think that a cake should be edible and I don't consider fondant edible so I am always looking for cute ideas without it. We did have a few problems in that the donuts settled and began to squish each other so we took it all apart froze them and added a few more donuts when we put it back together. Other than that with a solid structure to build it on it was actually really easy.
Nate although he acts tough really is a softy especially when it comes to the nieces and nephew. What a great young man he has become. Right before they came to Utah he was made the seminary president...couldn't be more proud of him.
Probably my favorite picture of the entire day. My sweet baby girl who now thinks she is 3 growing so fast
Blowing out her candles...I still remember when we sang to her on her 1st birthday and she cried. She has come a long way and loved the singing.
Hallie and her buddy Ethan he is so good with her.
Hallie with her piece of cake..the top of the tower. We also did ice cream sandwiches from Caspers a super good idea we will totally do again.
My dad and Nic..love this picture of both of them
Hallie got caught eating the frosting off the cake...I would act surprised but Im not. This girls LOVES frosting.
I really liked the order we did things in although it made for a long party. We ate after about an hour then let everyone play for another hour then we did cake and sang then played some more then finally we did presents since people needed to leave. So present opening is always interesting it seems like all the kids want to help open the presents which makes it really hard to see what she got and keep it together so it doesn't get lost and thrown away so this year we sat Hallie on the table...did it help? Who knows.
Hallie is very much into sparkly things and got lots of stuff that sparkles even the present wrappings.
Notice the Dora chair she is sitting in Kimber got it for her...she loves it and has spent a lot of time sitting in her reading corner reading in it.
She got some fun and super cute stuff we were very spoiled to have so many friends and family attend. We had a great day. We got Hallie a few more things we will save for her real birthday but for now she thinks she is 3 and Im not going to try and change her mind of that knowing that she will be 3 in just a few weeks. That night when we tucked her in bed she said he wish had come true she got a bounce house for her birthday. Im glad she wasn't disappointed. We love our Hallie bug and feel very blessed to have her in our lives.
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