Thursday, September 27, 2012

A My Little Pony Birthday

 Macey turned 4 and so we partied in style, My Little Pony style. This party was highly anticipated for weeks, at least by Macey. It acted as quite the bargaining chip many a time along the way. :)
 No Pony party would be complete without "Rainbow Dash" cupcakes. They turned out pretty darn cute if I don't say so myself.
 The birthday girl hanging by the food table (wearing the outfit Aunt Charla gave to her 10 minutes earlier) complete with "Pinkie Pie's Popcorn balls", and Flutter Shy's Watermelon- not pictured are the "Apple Jack Caramel Apples" the girls made.
 Another must at a pony party- Fruit Loop rainbow necklaces- fruit loops seriously lack in the blue loop department, that was all the blues in the entire box!
 "Belyse", Brielle and Brooke- Macey's Cotter cousins in attendance
 Jane showing off her hand work with the footloops
 Miss Kalei was full of smiles- Oh- and she is showing off her "Cutie Mark" all the girls got to pick out and put on their own cutie mark upon their arrival, because what's a pony without one?
 Some of our cute party goers. (Macey was ANTI pictures the moment the party started- silly girl)
 We played a rigorous game of "pin the cutie mark on the pony"
 Of course there was a pinata

 Present time! And Macey refusing the picture
 This picture is so funny to me. It portrays Bella and Macey to a T
 That little  cupcake looks pretty pathetic with that big candle, Macey didn't seem to mind too much.
 Rainbow Cupcake and Rainbow Ice Cream for all!

 Bree- she wins for best pictures of the day. She was pulling faces like mad. Love that girl!
Crew must've used his 6th sense and woke up just in time for cupcakes

Thank you to all who came and helped make Macey's birthday so memorable for her. She was in heaven and still talks about her pony party to anyone that will listen. I can't believe Macey is already 4! We sure do love you and all your sweet spunk!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Huntington Beach

We spent our Labor Day weekend laboring away in Huntington Beach. It was hard work, let me tell ya. We had to spend countless hours on the beach, suffer through perfect weather, walk down beautiful streets and were forced to visit cute little shops in Huntington and Balboa Island. If that wasn't bad enough, we also had to share a beach house with good friends and eat delicious food. Talk about misery. We persevered and ended up having the best time!!! I hope to spend many more Labor Day weekends this way.

Crew is turning out to be a regular beach bum
One of the moments we captured of these "frenemies" being friends
Splashing in the waves, but only if mom or dad were there with a hand to hold


Taking a break from the fun
This sassy girl posing on our front patio
This was just cute
The beach house
Our attempt at a family picture
This girl was born a  beach bum/ Macey did Not want to take a picture with us. At all.
The whole group: Hatch's, Lewis', Standage's and us ( and a peek at my huge 17-week prego belly)

Funny, I think 98% of the pictures we took are of the kids playing on the beach. Next time I'll have to get more of some other people.

Between all that sun, late-night game nights, and kids waking up at 6:30, we were exhausted by the time we got home. We can't wait till next year to do it all over again!