Monday, July 31, 2017

Happy 12th Birthday to Our Cady!

 Last year before she's a teenager! Can't believe it!  We had an early birthday party for her, the weekend before leaving on vacation.  She wanted a pineapple theme and we had fun with it. She made and decorated the majority of her cake, even though I told her she didn't have to!  Here are some of the decorations I did:
Besides her Grammy, Grampa, and Nana, she had three friends over, Lela, Emily and Colette:

 My favorite pic:

 An ice cream maker in her favorite color:
 Cake decorating book:
 With her Grampa Mac:


 Her friend Colette, gave her this cool mermaid blanket:

 Water balloons on the trampoline:
 Colton and I got the trampoline outlined with white lights for their sleepover and they slept in the camper:

 So much fun!
 
Her actual birthday happened on our 2nd day of vacation. She woke up to find decorations her Auntie had put up special for her:
 Of course, she had to open some more presents on her actual birthday (a beach towel and beach bag for our day at the lake):
 Her cousin, Kayden, celebrated his 12th birthday just 4 days prior to Cady's so Auntie got them a cake and cupcakes to celebrate while at the lake that day:
Cady's cake was beautiful but we set it in the storage area to keep it out of the sun, and someone pulled a tube out and knocked it down!  It was the saddest looking cake ever, but tasted good and she was still all smiles!

Cousin Time with Papa and Gramma

 Each summer, the kids and their cousins, Jaycelyn and Trevor, go spend quality time with Papa Jimmy and Gramma Suzy.  This year they once again joined them for the bowshoot in Sunrise, AZ.  I didn't get as many pictures as I usually do but I guess that just means they were having too much fun.

Here are Cady and Colton relaxing in their hammocks while waiting for their cousins to get there.  Rough life!
 The 4 cousins:
 At the Lazy Trout, which is near where we stayed for Thanksgiving last year, in Greer.
 
The highlight of their trip was catching, cooking and eating crawfish! They had so much fun!
 





Again, I can't say how thankful I am that they get this time with their cousins and grandparents each year!  Special memories they will hold onto forever!