PAR-TAY

Rian's party was the beginning of May (due to all the events at the end of April!).

Since our house is a bit chaotic and under construction, we had it at the firehouse.

Another reason was the weather in April is always ify..if it rained, there was no way everyone would fit in our house.  Firehouse it was and it worked out just fine.

Rian asked to have a costume party for her 5th birthday.

So, we obliged.  

Mike gearing up.

We had green body paint for arms, leg and neck..but didn't get to it.

Maybe next time he has to be the Hulk.

Hulk and one of the Three Blind Mice.

Duck Dynasty representing.

Phil and Uncle Si.

Next time we have a party, I think I'm going to designate a photographer.

Between taking care of kiddies, food, games etc.  

I barely got any pictures.

I missed The Three Blind Mice, Pioneer Woman and girl, Ninja, Rapunzel, Cowgirl, Hockey Players, Firefighters, Military personnel, Superheroes, Pirates, Princesses, Fairies etc...

Even Wonder Woman a.k.a. the birthday girl!

Insert Big Frowny Face.

Anyway, here are a few of the pictures I did get.

Color and decorate your own masquerade mask.

For our youngest guests..

Carina lost a tooth during dessert..

cupcakes and make your own ice cream sundaes.

Presents.

I don't have a single picture of the games.

We had a pinata, pin the tail on the donkey, marshmallow races, hula hoops etc.

Remind me, next time-- I need a designated photographer.

Anyway, I did have a couple of the kids come up later on and tell me they were having a "fabulous" time..so that makes it all worth it. :)

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME

April through mid-June was consumed by T-ball and Baseball.

Michael moved up to the next level and practiced on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with games on Fridays and Saturdays (depending on the schedule for the week).  The girls played T-ball this year, with practice on Mondays and Wednesdays and games on one of those days plus Saturdays.

I'm thankful that we only had two Saturdays where we had overlapping games.

Here are some pictures from Michael's season.

Let me just say, it was a HUGE difference from T-ball.  HUGE.

Field at Great Meadows.

Playing catcher for the first time

End of season celebration with cupcakes..

and pizza.

Some pictures from the T-ball season.

I know there are more floating around somewhere, but I can't find them right now.

Mike helped out whenever possible with the T-ball games.

Team picture, minus a few players.

We had a big team!

End of season celebration with trophies..

and ice cream!

Future ballplayers learning the ropes.

It was fun, for the most part,

but now

 I'm glad for a bit more "free time."

FINISHING APRIL

The reason we could not celebrate Rian's birthday on her birthday-- 

we had a bridal shower!!

Steven and Kira were out for the wedding the day before and were leaving the following morning..

so the ONLY time to throw a "surprise" shower was Friday night!

The bachelor party was also that night.

Not many in attendance, but sometimes it works out better that way.

Surprise!  Bridal craft night was put on hold...

Bride to be

We did actually sing to Rian and she blew out a candle.  :)

Later on, after the guests had left, we did have that craft night--working on stuff for the wedding and reception.

Hope you had a nice shower!

Stay tuned..wedding pictures in the near future.