Bailee's Runway Birthday Party

Bailee had a fun 8th birthday party. It was a runway party, fasionista style. Stephanie hired a photographer who took pictures, provided runway outfits, accessories and cupcakes. The girls had a really good time! The mom's were invited for a light lunch and to watch the runway show. It was a fun mother/daughter afternoon.

Sunshine! Dash Point Beach

A couple weeks back on Saturday I had wonderful plans to start organizing the house. Cirdan said he would help out which made me even more excited. We ended up waking up to a bright light coming from the sky...something that we hadn't seen for a while...the SUN. So, we decided to go to the beach. Cirdan had talked to one of the guys in a different office where he works and that mentioned it was going to be a really low tide so we decided to check it out. The water was further out than I have ever seen it.
Ella loved every minute of the beach. It was fun watching her walk out on the sand looking for sand dollars, crabs, jellyfish and clams. She is deathly afraid of spiders or bugs but wasn't afraid of a crab. She even picked up the crabs! She loved putting her feet in the little water puddles.

Mom and Casey's Birthday

On Saturday, June 5th we celebrated Casey's birthday and went to Point Defiance Zoo. Kaiya was at her dad's house that day so she missed out. Amy and Emma was able to go with us, which was wonderful. It had been raining a bunch around here but we were lucky enough to have a nice warm sunny day. Ella got a sun burn on her head where her hair was parted. I need to remember that I have a pasty white child who needs lots of sun screen. We started with the Elephants (my favorite) and ended at the kids section in the Zoo where they can hand feed the goats.

On Sunday the family (including Gram and Brad) came over to our house for a feast to celebrate both Casey and my mom's birthdays. Casey's birthday was Saturday and my moms on Monday. My mom loves Cirdan's cooking so Cirdan loves cooking for my mom. Everyone pitched in food and we had a ton of delicious home cooked food.

BBQ Chicken (with the Imbler BBQ sauce)

Garlic shrimp, Jerk shrimp

Fish

Ribs

Crab Legs

Mac and Cheese (homemade by Stacey)

Potato Salad

Red potato's in white sauce with peas (homemade by Nathan)

Green Beans with caramelized onions and almonds

Rolls

Chips

Corn on the cob

Caesar Salad

Instead of cake, Stacey bought some big cupcakes from Costco. It was nice to having something different.

After dinner and cupcakes a block war got started. Everyone was throwing these rubbery blocks that we had and the kids had a blast. Greg came over later and even got in on the action.

Happy Birthday you two!!