This post is a pretty long one... I have slacked off in posting because of the move, and I won't be able to post for a while... so I crammed it all into one big post =)
I can't beleive three years have already passed since that wonderful January 27th when my Karly girl entered our lives and just lit up our whole world...
... the night of her actual birthday we decided to do a small little simple dinner at Shakey's pizza (NEVER AGAIN!... I remembered Shakey's as a small little pizza place with a few games, just perfect for a quiet yet fun night for a birthday.... didn't know it had turned into a big pizza place with not enough tables to hold their growth. Anyways, didn't get a lot of pictures because of the chaos... but Karly did have a lot of fun!)
Abby June was excited to celebrate her sisters birhtday too...
Afterwards we went to Baskin Robbins (Aunt Kate and Uncle David got Karly her birthday ice cream!)
Then Karly wanted to open her presents from Grandma Kelly, Auntie Maym, Uncle David and Aunt Kate that night,
You let me open my presents or else =) Not really, i don't know what she was saying but thought it was a cute picture =)
Karly always has a blast with her Auntie's!!!
And these blue eyed chicks love to smile for the camera!
US =)
Karly Ann and Kelly Ann
We got little rest before it was time to celebrate some more the next day...
Karly wanted a Lion King Birthday... which all of us pulled together to make an awesome poster (thanks Amy for Drawing, Katie and Mom for Coloring) don't worry I did the writing and coloring too... didn't just put my family to work completely =)
Aunt Kate made these Timon and Pumba treats.
And what would a birthday be without one of Grandma Kathies gorgeous and DELICIOUS brithday cakes!!!
Mmmmmmm .... Mexican food, the food of the jungle right =/
Karly helped Aunt Kate with the grub decorating...
.... actually she just kept stealing the gummy worms!
Pretty Girls!
and more pretty girls...
Grandma just loves her Karly girl...
... and OH DO I LOVE HER TOO! She is just such a little sweetheart these days! I just ADORE my Karly Girl!!!
She was SOOO excited to have her "jumpy ting" (as she would say)
Owie Monkey having fun!
MayMay and her Tarly
Girls on a slide!
Tanner Knox... sooooo close to walking and just a cutie!
Bella and Aidan
Me, Mom and Grandma June in the center (light ray =)
Karly and Brooke were buds all night long!
We had a brilliant idea to play a game that we have seen Tracy play before at one of her birthday party for the kids, thought it was very appropriate for our HAKUNA MATATA theme. We blind folded the kids, and they had to search through squishy spaghetti to look for gummy worms/spiders etc. Suppose to be fun because some kids actually think its real worms they are searching through...
... well after putting a few kids in tears, and some just not wanting to do it at all, and some just cramming spaghetti and gummy stuff all in thier cups... we weren't too sure if that game was a hit or a miss =/ Ah the memories =)
Still Karly's favorite part, singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
In the words of my brother in law when he drove this commander over that morning... "Look what I bought myself for Karly's birthday! =)" Too much fun! He took all the kids for rides! (these two kids were first!)
E-man, Jenna, and HailZ
My BFF Amy and her cutie of a son!
My Beautiful Mothe in Law and neice!
Nick and Sarah have settled into parenthood so naturally... here is their beautiful little blessing Reese!
And man do I just love this little calm beauty... miss Emmy Bleu!
Here is her exactly opposite yet still a beauty of a cousin who is into EVERYTHING! She was sooo excited to meet her new baby cousin Liam...
.... who wouldn't be? Isn't he gorgeous?!?
Pinata time...birthday girl first...
Owen
Brooke
And it was our slugger Bella who did it in =)
Some of the adults were way excited about some of the prizes...
some peoples kids =)
I think we wore Jenna Bleu out!
Karly got so many neat presents...
But her gift from us (a F150 truck) was what stole her away for a good portion of the night! =) She is so cute in it!
The people for the bouncer didn't come pick it up until about 10 that night.... and we did not let that thing go to waist. They had to kick us out of it when they came to get it.... soooo much fun!
Happy Birthday my beautiful little 3 year old... you light up of lives and are such a joy to be around... LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY!!!
With moving, we wanted one more night to enjoy the spa.... TOTALLY going to miss that! (yes abby is going without a diaper, and yes she peed right before this shot =)
On super bowl, I got bored with game so I decided to have a photo sessionn with these three pretty girls..
.... make a funny face...
Lost Ab... thumbs up!
Hugging cousins!
If you don't know where she is.... just look for the highest thing she could climb on!!! The other day I lost sight of her for a second and she was on top of two boxes on top of our pool table =/ SHE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE!
Luckily I have this one to help me.... she is a great big sister!
Two big sisters!
Darnit, they put up the gate...
How can I get around this???
One last dress up before we pack them away...
Sister Love!
Watching Mulan with Auntie Maym!
This picture makes me soooo happy!
So does this one! =)
Sooo, of course, our new house was suppose to close this past saturday and didn't... we had packed EVERYTHING ready to go for Saturday =/ So we woke up that morning and decided to do a last minute trip to the Living Desert with the kids...
... let's get the show on the road huh ab?
Karly was excited for the first show too...
.... it was a cute little show... the hawk was my favorite, it flew so close to the audience!
Ab loved all the animals, she would get soooo excited every time a new one came out! =)
Doing a number with Granmda Kelly's hair!
We actually got the idea to go from my bff Amy who had told me she was planning to go with her sister and her kids... we kind of suprised them by showing up the same day they went =/
I had to take a picture with Kar by the turtle... my fav =)
This little guy was one of my favorites too though... soooo cute!
Here are all the kids in Gecko Gulch... Karly, Andee, Ava and Tanner Knox!
Karly had a blast with these girls! She went home and said her prayers that night... "Tank you Dod for my friends!"
YAY TANNER!! =)
This is one animal that I can't believe Disney could make cute in Lion King =) That is one UGLY sucker!
We ended the day just perfect... the giraffes were out and about for some BEAUTIFUL picture moments!!!
I mean come on... how gorgeous are they! Karly would say "oh how cute!!" about all the animals!
the giraffe eating in the background =)
Abs favorite were the long horned bulls!!!
She would cry when Ricky would take her away from them!
At the end of the park they have a really cute train track set up...
... the kids just LOVED it!
And for the ride home, Karly decided to crochet with Grandma Kelly...
and Ab decided to suck on the crochet hook =/ FUN FUN times lately... and busy busy with the move too! And always so blessed!
