Sunday, October 09, 2011

2nd Birthday Party (AKA..Doraville)

Saturday we celebrated the girls 2nd Birthday!  We had the party at a local park and the weather could not have been more perfect!  I think the girls really had a great time and it was nice not having to clean the house before or after the party this year :)  I think the park is definitely the way to go for birthday parties!!!
I also think having an amazing family is key!  So thankful to Mom and Ron for setting everything up!  Everything that made the party look like a party is thanks to them...and thankful to my VERY talented sister for making the best birthday cake ever!! I love my family so much :) 


Deanna really outdid herself on the cake this year.  The girls were SO excited to see Dora on their cake!  It was just amazing!

Check out the side!  So cool :)  Can't even imagine how long that took!

We started the party with pizza...Bella chose to eat hers with Ms. Heidi!

Doesn't Heidi look like she is having fun :)  HE HE HE

Sam and Prisicla's beautiful little girls

Preparing for cake time!

Dancing as we sing to them



We lit the candles twice because they liked blowing them out so much!


Cesar did the honors of cutting the cake!

Leah's first bite!


YUMMY!

Leah saying "cheese" for the camera


trying to shove in one last fist-full before using the fork!

Jacob enjoying his slice of cake!

Gianna

Julia

Kai wasted no time digging in!

Ian wasn't so sure about the cake :)

Cute family picture!!  Look at Ian's beautiful eyes :)

The Hudsons!

Savoring the last bite!

The finished product!










Opening Heidi's gifts!  They LOVED the pink & purple rubber ducks she gave then (they even slept with them last night!)

How cute are these lunch boxes?  Heather even put their names on them.  So fun!!

Daddy setting up one of the gifts!  Who knew basketball hoops came in pink??

Cesar & Sam

A little one-on-one time with Daddy


Cesar chasing the kids around

Sam's turn to chase

It wouldn't be a party if Cesar didn't hang from a tree :)


Fun on the playground!





My beautiful niece!  She is just SO CUTE!!! 



Leah taking a juice break with Heidi


Cousins hugging goodbye.  Love it!





Our little family :)  Can't believe it has been 2 years!












The morning after...still not all Dora-ed out (I sure am!)

They went straight for the balloons when they woke up

Check out the awesome new Dora PJs that Heidi gave us!

Saturday, October 08, 2011

Just Pictures...

A few more dinner-time photos!  I LOVE that we have worked our schedules out so that at least 5 days a week we can eat dinner as a family!!!  We have such a great time and Daddy loves taking pictures of the girls during our dinners!



Isabella's super-model face again!







Heidi brought the girls this awesome easel on Thursday.  They LOVE it!!  So awesome.

7am and my girls are ready to start another fun day!

Words can't describe how I love this hair!  Too bad I will never be able to recreate this.  Heidi braided Leah's hair (twice that day) and Leah just sat still and read a book the entire time!  So cute!

Being goofballs!


Very focused on her drawings!!




Bella and Daddy pretending to be "night night".  They girls love this game!


Isabella got tired of the game and just wanted to play with the phone...Daddy wanted to keep "playing"..lol