Shaylie wanted a "purple chocolate" cake. The side of the cake was all purple and she got chocolate cake with strawberry filling:
Tycen wanted a "blue cake with blueberries." The side of his cake is blue and he had a white cake with blueberry filling...wish I could say I made them :)
Our whole family wore Mickey and Minnie Mouse shirts... I know, a little corny, but we had fun with it :)
We were so excited that Aunt Katrina flew up from California to stay with us from Friday night until Monday night! And of course, we're always happy to have Grandma Jan come up from S. Oregon and stay with us, too!!
Uncle Cory and Aunt Kolleen made the drive from S. Oregon on Friday night. It was Zaiden's first long car ride and let's just say it took them a bit longer than expected ;) We're so very grateful they made the trip up to celebrate Tycen and Shaylie's birthday with us!
Gramps, Oma and Kai all came down, too!
We're so happy Grandpa Jack came to celebrate with us!
Two of our favorite little people (who both happen to be very tall for their age :), they're only one month apart:
We were a little bummed that it was raining again this year for the kids party. We had planned to borrow cousin Gracie's bounce house and do a lot of the other fun activities outside. We still did the pinata, though, which was a lot of fun for all the kids :)
We also played a couple of fun dancing games: The Hoki Poki, freeze dance and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes:
Cake Time!
This picture makes me laugh...it was taken right after Shaylie blew out her candles and then without hesitation took a bite out of her cake! Haha, I'm not really sure what she was thinking...apparently she didn't realize she was supposed to share her cake :)
Tyce was pretty funny when blowing out his candles....he had a little difficulty and quickly realized that a little saliva goes a long way in putting out a little candle fire ;)
Tycen and Shaylie got so many great gifts for their birthday this year. Every year before their birthday, I've tried to go through all of their things and set aside a large amount of toys, dolls, books, etc, to be donated or loaned to friends/family. This year was more fun than the years past because Tycen and Shaylie could help me pick out which things they'd like to give away. They even helped me drop off a big bag of their things to The Fish, a local donation bank in town, which I am really proud of them for being happy about giving some of their things away to kids who need them more than they do.
Opening presents:
A few pictures of the fun dress-up clothes they got:
We truly cannot thank everyone who traveled near and far to help us celebrate Tycen and Shaylie's birthday! You all mean so much to us and we are beyond blessed to have you in our lives. Thank you for all of your love, support, laughter and prayers. We love you!!
