Birthday Party!

Since John's birthday party was on a Thursday, we had his party the following Saturday.  We had a great day of fun with family and friends.  John had a blast celebrating with Lily the most...they spent all day playing and enjoying pool time outside.  It was a wonderful day and we feel so blessed to have our family and friends here to celebrate. 

The birthday boy....with his Toy Story Alien hat!

Nana and the birthday boy! 

Waiting outside for Lily to come to his party

Aunt Shauna and John

Ready for the party to start!

Ooh, look at all the presents!

Time to rip into the goodies!

John received a book from Mawmaw that had her voice reading it.  Love it!

More presents

John and Lily admiring presents

Sweet Lily!

Chocolate ice cream cake from Cold Stone...mmmmm! John's favorite!

Blowing out the candles

Pinata time!! They make them "safer" now, no beating, just pulling strings. :)

Here comes the candy!

Look what I got mommy!

Time to bag our candy...oh boy!

Just chillin' with Lily! Nevermind the chocolate spot on his shirt.  :)

Hug time!

So sweet!!

Let the pool fun begin!

Wheee!!!

Ready, here goes Lily!

Action shot of Lily flying off the slide! Kind of cool if you ask me.  :)

Sponge Bob keeps staring at me! heh! heh!

After John slid down the slide backwards, he jumped up and said "ta da!"  As indicated by the pose.  :)

Just being silly later in the day.  :) Love my boy!

John's 3rd Birthday!

John turned three on July 15, 2010.  I can't believe how quickly time flies! His birthday was on a Thursday, so we had a fun celebration of Chuck E Cheese, outside play time, and opening presents.  Here's some pictures to walk you through the fun. 

The gifts waiting in John's room

John's excitement seeing the presents

Woo hoo, a Poncho (aka Bullseye) from Toy Story (thank you for the  name Poncho Leah! :))

Ooh, what's this??

Time for some football fun! Bring on the NFL!

A Home Depot power tool work bench! Oh yeah!

That's right, it's Lotso from Toy Story 3! Daddy was not too thrilled about buying him a big, pink bear.  :)

John was so happy to get Lotso! How could we not buy it?? 

So cute, right??  I think Lotso is laughing at daddy saying "heh! heh! your son has a big pink bear!" :)

Prepping Lotso to be one of his bedtime friends. 

One last hug before seeing him at bedtime later. 

Ok, back to the  manly stuff.  Power tools...argh...argh!

This should make daddy happy, he used his drill on Lotso's belly.  :)

Cutest football player ever!

Action shot!

What's a birthday without birthday cake???

Mount Nebo Trip

Every year in July, we head to Mount Nebo in Arkansas for a family reunion.  This is a reunion of people on Barry's dad's mother's side of the family...whew...that's a lot to say.  :) We have really been enjoying this trip the past few years and having John be a part of it all has been so much fun.  He gets a lot of quality time with his Aunt Alicia and Uncle Mike and their kiddos...Rachel, Jacob & William.  William is three weeks younger than John so they are experiencing a lot of the same things in life.  I captured a few fun photos this year...enjoy!

John, Rachel & William

Big Boy on the playground!

William giggling at Alicia

Jacob relaxing

This one has an artsy feel..if it wasn't for the red truck and fold-up chair! :)

Sunset...so pretty!