Stop growing up so fast, little one!!

 Emma's big 6th birthday! She really wanted an Ocean party. NOT a beach party, an under-the-sea type party!  So we went for it!  She had a lot of strong opinions haha. 

Here she is wearing Christmas pajamas on her birthday morning!  And with the cake that she designed and helped decorate.

The one thing that was probably the most important to Emma, was to have an "underwater room" like you were going under the ocean.  Well you know I love a great theme/challenge/creating an experience!  So we made an obstacle course in our "underwater room". It was super fun!  Katelyn helped make the sea turtle, and Owen and Maris helped with some of the other decor.  I especially liked how the hanging seaweed and jellyfish turned out!!  And of course owen and maris were a big help with running the obstacle course.

All the cuties ready for cake!  and playing of course- the fishing game. Thanks Whit for running that one!

The kids with their decorated dollar store pails, ready to play the Cakewalk on the sea animals Emma had drawn and colored!  Cute Korver was the only boy who came to the party. Also you can see that Emma asked Katelyn to do facepainting for the kids, thanks Kate!

Owen being a shark for the obstacle course- they had to paddle six times to get away from him.

And here's all the kids having free play time under the sea.

Present opening and the lovely cake.

The sign for the door that Emma made, and doing a puzzle for part of the treasure hunt. Eric helped by putting on an ocean screensaver haha.  

hailey doing the balance beam part of the obstacle course, and more fishing.

After the party we went to the Nicklecade for a family activity. Emma and Maris purposely dressed to match!

We had fun!

One last shot of the side of the cake, and the invitations that Emma also made.  

We love our Emma so much, 5 was SUCH a cute year for her. She had a lot of fun being the family goofball. She jumps at the chance to play with anyone.  She loves to pray and sing. She loves to learn.  She has great musical, athletic and academic talent. Go Emma!!