4th of July weekend

Grammy and Grandpa Jamie were in town for Emma;s blessing, so we convinced them to go to the hot air balloons. They loved it! Derek and Jonathan joined us for extra fun, and Eric was still at scout camp. :)

Then we went up to the MacKays for a Hansen party.

Katelyn made this for Eric to see when he came home from scout camp. a Lego preview of what would happen when we saw him. :)

On the actual 4th we hung out with the Murrays, good times! 

I didn't get good pictures obviously. :)

Katelyn's Picnic at the Pond (the big 11!)

Guest author post by Katelyn!!  (I love this girl so much. She is getting so old and responsible and she's almost as tall as me! Okay on to her post!)

Ooh! Presents!

A mystery...

and a new book by Rick Riordan!

My cake: chocolate with chocolate frosting and edible emojis on the top!:):)

Party guests (left to right).  Back: Liam, Brianna, Abby, me, Katie, Natalie, Owen.  Front: Mari and Ariel.

Three-legged races,

and sack races (I won!),

and tug-of-war!

Victory dance. Hooray for beating the only boy's team:)

Swimming!!!!

Owen wanted to take Jenna and Maris for a kayak ride-ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!:)

Aunt Raycelan went with them, just in case...

Canooing-so hard:()

but Uncle Derek had to swim out to help them anyway!

Derek and Raycelan and the super cute, amazingly adorable...EMMA!!!!

Swimming and more swimming!

I just love birthdays, don't you?

Mallory and Emma, checking each other out.  Aren't they SO cute?!?!:):)

Whitney Mae's 9 Year Old Sports Party (Olympics)

Whitney!!  Was so excited for her Sports-themed birthday party.  And for the books she got for her birthday!

I was super excited that Kristi came to visit me that day and helped me get ready for it!  It was so great to see her, I could have talked with her for about 10 more hours at least, but the time we had was fun and it was so nice to catch up.

And then it was time for the party!  We had athlete registration:

Then the parade of nations:

Then came the games!  We mixed around the teams for every game, so everyone got a chance to be on Whitney's team.  Which was a good thing because her team won every game!!  It makes sense I guess because she picked all her favorite sports so of course she would be good at them. :)

We had 4 teams of 3 for each sport, and then had a championship game from the winners of the 2 games.

We did soccer:

Basketball:

and volleyball with a giant ball!

We had a snack break with fruit and "gold medals" made from golden oreos and fruit by the foot:

And then we had a super fun track relay (laps around the house):

And the long jump.

Then of course we had a medals ceremony!  Everyone either got gold, silver or bronze, based on how many winning teams they were on.  Whitney, Morgan, and Joaquin were the gold medal winners.

We had Olympic brownies and gatorade. :)

And a photo booth where everyone got to take a polaroid home with them.

Whitney's friends were super cute, good sports, and fun to have over.

And lastly, here are all the adorable things the kids gave me for mother's day, and the flowers and chocolate Eric got me for mother's day!!!  I loved it!