Abby & Jake turn 2

My niece and nephew turned two years old on March 20th. Since their little sister was born earlier that week, the party was postponed until May 9th. I would have done the same thing! They are still young enough not to know the difference. So we headed to my brother's house Saturday morning for Abby and Jake's 2nd birthday party. When we arrived John Mark was just finishing up the back yard preparations and the kids were ready to go play.

Their big gift was a very nice new swing set. It was a well designed piece of equipment. The kids immediately were in love! The stairs were perfect height for the kids and I loved the tall sides of the wave slide. They were safe enough to go over and over by themselves. They all absolutely loved the swing as well!

Down goes Jake with Paigey right behind him.

They have a small bounce house that was of course a huge hit with all the kids.

Go Abby Go! I had to blow up this picture because she is just too cute!

Down she goes...


Paige and Abby having a blast swinging.


Lily Grace, 2 months old. Grandma BB holding our new angel.


I love capturing pure bliss on the face of a child.


My big boy sliding his heart out.

The 'roller coaster' was one of our kids favorite toys! We will definitely have to get one of these asap. We don't have enough toys already, HA!

Weeeeee!

They insisted on carrying it back up the ramp by themselves.


Weeeeee!


Love her tongue out! Daddy even played t-ball with the kids.


Strong man Jake gave Paige a ride. My niece and nephew are monkeys!


So stinking cute!


First round of food... fruit & chex mix... then straight back to playing.


Notice the big kid in the picture. Grandma BB and Ethan.

I love the next set of pictures.



So dramatic :)


By the end all the kids were in the bounce house, but Jake and Paige totally had a moment together.

My boys playing ball. Aw!

They grilled hot dogs for lunch. The kids could barely stop playing long enough to eat. Then back outside they went until time for cupcakes.


Our boys are definetly our sweet eaters!

We ended up not leaving until 2pm! We had such a wonderful time! I could not believe the kids made it that long without a nap. We headed home and the kids were fast asleep in a few minutes. They only slept about 35 minutes on the way home but surprisingly were in very good moods the rest of the day. Dallas and I were exhausted and canceled any plans we had envisitioned earlier that day. Thanks for the great time John Mark and Wendy & happy birthday Jake and Abby!