We like to Party!

Actually we're not big party people, except when it comes to birthdays. So here are some pictures from Ethan's first birthday party and my little sister's 12th birthday.

Decorations and the cake table.

The cakes. The '1st' was a freebie from the bakery. It was a little big for such a little guy, so we saved it for later and dug into the blue balloon cake on the right.

Ethan's party was the Friday after his actual birthday and we celebrated at Roaring Rapids Pizza. It was great to have everyone there - grandparents and great-grandparents, aunties, (second) cousins and 4 friends (6 including a couple of the spouses) from High School, 3 of which also have 1-year olds. We had 5 1-year olds in total. Four handsome little boys: Birthday Boy Ethan, 2nd cuz Jackson, Bennett and Perrin and one adorable little girl: Kaitlyn. We sure missed Sean's family, though - they celebrated in spirit from SoCal! We decided not to do much of a 'theme' - it was sorta just classic birthday: bright, rainbow color balloons and party hats and blowers for the kids. We had a great time eating pizza, chatting and then singing to Ethan - which he loved - and watching him 'eat' his cake - which he did not love. This was sort of a compliment to me, because he went to town on the cake I had made him to eat on his actual birthday. :)SHS grads and our adorable 1-year olds!Party people!

We stuck around for a while after most everyone had left and had a couple of mini air hockey tournaments and some high speed car races.Lizzy's birthday and party were last Wednesday - the 30th. She decided to celebrate at the local Rec center so her and her friends could play with the Nintendo Wii on the big screen. They ended the party by rock-climbing. Very fun. Lizzy and I also got to play a little one-on-one basketball, which was fun.