A Birthday Party for Alex!

Alex's 2nd birthday is Memorial Day, May 30. Due to the fact many will be traveling and that week we are moving 2500 miles, we decided to have a party for Alex Friday evening. With temps in the mid-80's, we had a very nice evening at the pool. And, while the pool was open to the public, we pretty much had a private pool party.

We went with a barnyard theme, and the baker from our church came up with this awesome cake.

Everyone loved the pig rolling in the mud. All of the cake was edible, except for the silo, which was made of PVC pipe.

The food spread...we went with a six-foot party sub from Subway. What you see is half of the sandwich. I guessed pretty well on food, as we didn't even have a couple inches of sub left. Dinner also included pasta salad, fresh watermelon, and fresh cantaloupe.

The inspiration for the party. I found these plates and thought they were too cute.

The birthday boy posing with Daddy.

He had so much fun running through the splash pad area.

Luke swimming in the pool. Luke was so sick of wearing the floaties that yesterday at the pool, he finally was able to swim the length of the rope. If you can do that unassisted (and without sinking), you don't have to wear your floaties and are allowed to go off the diving board. He's been trying to do that for awhile and finally did it!

Party-goers

More at the party. We just love this pool. They've done a major overhaul of it, and it's extremely nice. The pool itself is awesome, and they have a really nice patio area.

Baby Kara wasn't quite ready for the pool, but she did come with a swimsuit.

Time for cake! The hardest part was keeping all of the kids from eating the animals! And yes, there was no homemade ice cream, to everyone's disappointment. Moving in two weeks=not enough time!

View from above of all the barnyard animals

Eating a horse

Waiting for cake

Everyone loved the cake, and it was delicious.

Cold and in need of food, Round 2

Brotherly love

Luke had a blast.

Enjoying the presents

Catapult!

Cold, yes, even in Arizona, the pool gets cold. The no humidity makes the air a little breezy.

No fear

Ready to jump in again

Giving Daddy a hug

Tired, cold, hungry again, and ready to go.

Food-Round 3. This kid can really eat.

Thanks to all of our friends who came to celebreate Alex's birthday. It's hard to believe when we moved here, we didn't have him, and he's now two-years-old. Wow.

All birthday parties have now been completed. On to the last party to host, Edward's promotion party the week we leave!