Birthdays

We've celebrated our first round of birthdays of 2012.

Last Saturday (the day of destructive weather) we toughed it out and gathered at my sister, Joanna's, house. The boys and I got there early to help Joanna with her city wide garage sale she was having.... so Reece tagged along with Uncle Ben and caught a few fish!

He claims he caught this same tiny fist multiple times!

Silly fishy ;)

Here is a peek at the yummy desserts....

Joanna's famous sugar cookies.

Yep. You name it, it's in there. Joanna got this chocolate chip cookie, Oreo, chocolate syrup, and brownie recipe from Pinterest. I call it "Death By Chocolate." It was a hit with the kids..... I behaved and totally resisted!!

Joanna also saw these on Pinterest! I think the kids hogged these.... they are supposed to look like Dairy Queen's chocolate dipped cones. She did a great job!!

Also from Pinterest, Joanna made some homemade sidewalk cake. I was concerned that the food coloring would stain her driveway.... it rained that night and it did not stain at all. However, the food coloring on the hands, feet. and clothes may need more than a rain to take it away. So just be prepared!!

They all collectively (starting with Owen, below) thought painting "Angry Birds" would be fun... then one thing lead to another, but Owen was without a doubt the ring leader....

A back story about my adorable nephew, Owen.... to keep it short and sweet, he is OBSESSED with "Angry Birds!" At the sweet age of 3, this kids lives and dreams only about the game. If you cross this cutie's path, he will ask if you have "Angry Birds" on your phone. If you say no, he will ask you to prove it. Several weeks ago, a new version came out, and bright and early Owen ran into his mom very excited and said, "It's March 22nd!!!!" Any guesses why March 22nd is so special? Well he knew exactly when this game would come out, and he probably lost sleep over his excitement. This kid talks non stop about the different kinds of birds and how the pigs and buildings die, and he follows it up with acting it out. I don't remember the last time I heard anything come out of his mouth! He is a hoot, and his sweet, 3 year old voice just adds to the good times! I wish I had this on video!

Alex in on the fun.

Hannah and Camryn working together, looks like someone scored 5,000 points.

Here is Riley's work.... and it says DON'T TOUCH!

By the time all of the kids joined the fun, it turned into a museum!

All of us adults got a special tour!

Good thing the tour was free!

Finally, we got to sing to the birthday kids!

Colby and Camryn were the kids of honor... the other 3 live in Utah, so we didn't get to celebrate with them.

And that's where we wrapped up! We all decided to rush home before Mother Nature got too exciting.... it did get too close for comfort this time, but we were all safe!