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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Logan's 2 year old birthday party

Logan actually turned 2 on July 2nd in Detroit.  They celebrated his birthday with Chase and Morgan back there, and a week before with Marcie, Jamie's mom while she was there, but this was the REAL celebration!  Jamie made THE CUTEST farm cake for his farm party!




I've been to some very fun birthday parties, but this one was one of THE funnest ever!   Jamie spent the summer making all these amazing decorations for his party.  


These were for the photo booth.  As everyone arrived, they had them choose a prop, from pig noses to cowboy hats, and go sit on some bales of hay they got to have their picture taken.


The birthday boy and his family


Me and Mike


Lani, Dad and Logan


Chip and family


Josh and family


Krista's family


and Jamie's family


We did a 4 generation picture with the all of the guys.






Then one of my favorite pictures of the day, our 3 boys and their boys!


Next came a delicious dinner.  She had darling name tags by everything.  "Old McDonald Macaroni and cheese"  "Logan's vegetable garden"  by the vegi platter  "Chicken feed" by the chex mix  "Farm fresh fruits" by the fruit platter and "Farmland pops" by the marshmallow pops.  


She had darling happy birthday wrappers on all the water bottles at the watering hole.


She had cow print table cloths on the tables and tractor cups holding the forks, everything was sooooo cute!




After dinner it was time for fun and games


The tractor dig was a favorite for all the little kids.  Jamie filled Logan's water table with chicken feed.


Devin and Paige


She made a ring toss with root beer bottles painted like cow print


Jamie testing his skills


She made 4 darling stick horses for the barrel racing activity.


  This was a favorite of the bigger kids.  Taylor was HILARIOUS as usual.  We had a stop watch to see how fast they could make it around the barrels and his number was the highest, (because he was the slowest) so he was thrilled to get the highest number.  We told him he was the winner!


Aida


Hailey


These 3 ran the stop watch.


No farm party is complete without a horse roping contest.  Here's Abbie doing a little bareback riding.  (Thanks Robynn for the awesome horse)  Logan has loved it since he was tiny.


Next it was time for presents and he got lots of fun ones.


We got him the gas pump, and


a trailer for his Cozy Coop.



And finally time to sing happy birthday and blow out the candles.  It was a shame to cut into that amazing cake.  Jamie spent hours and hours making  the fondant animals and tractor.  


It tasted absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!!





















Monday, August 10, 2015

Karen and Mike's wedding

My cousin Sandy's daughter Karen got married to her sweetheart Mike a few weeks ago
 in New Jersey.  They had a reception back there and then Sandy did a reception in Nampa for them.

Dad, Marie, Michelle and I drove up to Nampa for the reception


One of Karen's friends did the delicious cake and cupcakes!
Sandy's family helped do a yummy dinner for the family after the reception.


Karen has a son Kyle 20 years old, and a daughter Morgan, almost 17, Mike has twins that are 15.  
Such a cute family!


Karen has one brother Kevin


and a sister Kim


and her parents, Sandy and Dennis


This is Sandy's sister Brenda


and her brother Mike (with Wanda)


Wanda took me over to see the new Meridian Temple on our way to visit her darling daughter Kristin and her 3 adorable granddaughters.


We all spent the night at Wanda and John's beautiful home and headed home Monday morning.  It was a quick trip, but sooooo fun to see our Nampa family.
Thanks dad and Marie for letting me be your chauffeur!






55 years for Boyd and DeAnne

Saturday August 8th we were invited to help celebrate Boyd and DeAnne's 55th wedding anniversary.


Tina threw quite the party for her parents.  They invited family and friends and had about 50 people.


Randy and Stacy's family


Ila Fae and Chris


Boyd and DeAnne with their grandkids


Lee's family


Lani and Dad


Another cute one of Lee and his kids


Marie, Michelle and Chris



Several people brought pictures for a memory book Tina was putting together.


They decorated it with Hawaiian table cloths and gave everyone leis when they arrived. They served Hawaiian Haystacks.  It was such a fun night,



They're back, Horray!!!!

I have never been so excited for the summer to be over as I have been this summer.  
It meant that this adorable little family would be coming back to Utah!  


They arrived home Aug 2 and we are so happy to have this smiling boy back in town.



Checking out the slide with Opi.


"Hopping" on the trampoline.


Playing tether ball 


oh yea!


  In the playhouse with Aida.  


Please don't leave again, we miss you when you are gone!!!!!