Adventures in Motherhood

Last Saturday was the kids joint birthday party. Ever since i started doing it this way I have decided never to go back. Until the kids are old enough to complain and want their own birthday parties. lol. It's so much easier to just plan one big party and only have to do everything once. The only downside is with that many people I am going going going and doing doing doing that I never get to really just sit down and talk to everyone. I was SUPER nervous because moms from Avalon's school were coming and I wanted to make a good impression. :o) And Jessica who was my Internet friend came. But now that I have seen her in person I think I don't have to say Internet friend anymore. haha. And our husbands work together. Whenever I feel stressed over Dan's job she always says something that makes me feel better. It's easier knowing someone else understands what we are going through. But i never got to talk to her. But she has the CUTEST kids ever!! Rochelle and her family came and I have not seen them in about 2 months. And Rochelle is preggo with baby # 4!! Congratulations!! Dennis and Karen and their son Alex came. Again, so busy I never got to do anything more then say hi. :o( But, Karen and I take belly dancing and yoga together. So, I just said hi to her in class. lol. Hi Karen!! My friend Veronica came. She is 8 months pregnant. We went to high school together. She is soo cute with her big pregnant belly. Of course all the family came. Even my grandpa who had just had heart surgery a few days before. Crazy man.

Thank you to everyone who came. I hope you guys all had a great time. And we need to hang out one on one now. :o) So I can actually talk to you guys.

Here are some pictures from the day:

Our pinata. I wanted a donkey so bad. And I was so glad I found this one. :o)

Some of our decorations. I put them up the night before. And i got up in the middle of the night to get some water and they FREAKED ME OUT! I forgot about them and thought someone was in our backyard. lol.

The Wagner men. BBQing and drinking a Newcastle. Tradition. lol. j\k

ah! Ggma and Logan. I loved my great grandparents very much and I know my kids will love theirs too. :o) I love pictures like this.

Auntie Wendi and Logan

Some of the kids that were at our party. Rochelle brought along Danielle's kids too because lucky Danielle was in Europe on vacation.

Connor. Isn't he sooo cute!! I just love his little face.

Nikol and a very pregnant Veronica.

Time for Cake and Ice Cream. We went through that whole cake. There was no left overs!! And we went through a 5 gallon bucket of ice cream. Can you believe that? A special thank you to Jessica. Who I found out is the official ice cream scooper at birthday parties. Can we believe we had 60 people. So fun. We are so blessed to have so many friends and family. :o)

This is what always happens in my family. Nikol and Rose were trying to take a picture together. Then I jumped in the picture. Then sara and Anthony jumped in the picture. We are always doing that to each other. lol My dad took a picture of all 6 of us kids. But I have yet to see it.

This picture is funny because me adn Vicki were standing at the stove cooking and takling. And we saw Nikol out of the corner of our eye trying to take a picture of us. And we both stoped mid sentence and turned and smile for her picture then went right back to cooking and talking. And Nikol said our kids all did the same thing. lol

Everyone kept looking through the fense at our new puppy Emma. We got to pick her up the day after the party. She is still having a really hard time adjusting. :o(

My dad. lol. What can I say. Dad, you look like a gnome here. lol. Nikol went around to everyone at the party and had them take a picture with the birthday hat on. Expect Alex. He really did'nt like the hat.

All the kids lining up to hit the pinata. I thought I was smart going by height. Boy was I wrong. lol. I should have went girls first then boys. :o)

Owen was like only the 4th kid in line and he decapitaed the pinata. That kid is strong!! He kept telling me he would break the pinata and if he did'nt then his brother Liam was gonna break the pinata. I said sure!! we will see. He sure did. On the second swing I think. Jess - you guys need to put him in little league. He can make you a ton of money one day in the MLB. ;o) Trust me!!

I love this picture. He's just so serious in it. We ducked taped the pinata back together so everyone else coudl get a turn. The girls were cheering for everyone but then yelling "But don't break it!" But no one broke it after we put it together. Duck tape is pretty strong. I saw Riley standing off to the side. He seemed so shy. I asked him why he wasn't stnading inline to do the pinata. He just said "I don't know". But he looked like he wanted to do it. THen at the end when no one broke the pinata I asked if he wanted a turn. He hit the pinata twice I think and broke it and candy flew everywhere!!

Avalon and Nolan kept asking to take Logan in the jump house. So after everyone left I let them. It was cute. They were trying to teach him how to jump. Logan loved it.