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Monday, July 8, 2019

Happy Birthday B!!!

Our sweet B turned 3!!! When the boys and I headed up to northern Minnesota on our fishing trip, the girls stayed behind and started planning out Blythe's birthday party. She wanted a princess party with sparkles and twirly dresses. Girls only would be invited and her brothers would be the servers! For the menu: Princess Hot Dogs, Cucumber sandwiches, fruit wands and cupcakes. The plan was made and now the day was upon us!

We started the morning with breakfast donuts! She already got "3" figured out!

She is ready to party!

I cut out a big 3 from cardboard and spray painted it gold with gold glitter! Heather found these fun balloons with gold crowns on them!

We used toilet paper tubes to cut out crowns, sprayed with gold glitter and they made great place settings!

Pink pom's with gold crowns for the table

And the table is set and ready!

The front door sign greeted Blythe's Royal Guests!

And her very own castle on the front door!

Now for our guests, Princess Grandma

Princess Christa and her daughters Princess Morgan and Princess Piper

Princess Grandma Great

Princess Nana

Princess Mom and her royal server Dad

and of course, Princess Blythe!

We started the party with Blythe's favorite game, Disney Princess Enchanted Cupcake game!

Then it was time to open presents...

The boys picked out this card themselves!

Pink Jeep remote control car!

Her very own dress up shoes and jewelry!

Trying on the new shoes (my favorite part of this picture is G in the background checking out her shoes!)

Then it was on to supper.

The boys did an excellent job of serving the Princesses, making sure they had plenty to eat and that their glasses were full!
Happy Birthday Blythe, we love you a ton and are so thankful to have you in our family!

Friday, July 5, 2019

4th of July

Every 4th of July, we have a block party with our neighbors! It's been happening for years and the tradition continues. This year, Heather had the idea to step the party up a notch...with this giant, 30 foot inflatable slip 'n slide. Each family chipped in and we rented it for the day!

We offered our backyard as the landing spot, the slide was dropped off about 7:30 in the morning, so we got it inflated and filled with water. We waited for the sun to warm up the back yard and by 10:00 am it was ready to go. Blythe was the first to test it out!

Then Garrett!

By 10:30 or 11, most of the neighbors had come over and joined us in the fun!

Water + kids = fun!

Trigg loved it!

Garrett getting a running start!

down he goes!

So much fun!

By 2 pm, the adults were testing out the slide and the bigger kids were going...needless to say, the water and yard were getting a little muddy! But still fun!!!

We stopped the slide around 4:30 or 5, that's when the city dropped off the barricades for the street and we set up tables in the street for a big pot-luck! I grilled 50 burgers and 50 hot dogs, everyone else brought a side dish to share and there was plenty of food to go around!

A quick selfie with B!

As we were eating, the Johnston/Grimes firetruck rolled down the street...right up to our barricades. It made us a little nervous, but then the firefighters explained that they get a list of the block parties (we had to fill out a form in order to get barricades) and so they try to stop by to see if the kids want to check out the truck! The firefighters were great, they let everyone check out the truck, ask questions and try on their gear!

What a fun surprise!

Happy 4th of July!

Hyperion golf course (literally right next door to our neighborhood) shoots off fireworks, so we found a good seat on our front step and enjoyed the show!