Yesterday we had our (almost) annual summer party at the farm where we enjoy a summer evening with family & friends. The party always includes a hayride through the corn fields as well as watching a BIG group of kids play in the sand, on the trampoline and on the soccer field. We also use the party to celebrate our boys' July birthdays. I had such a great time, only wishing I had more time to visit with everyone. We had 55 people here and actually finished the big Costco birthday cake for the first time! Thanks for coming everyone!
Hosting a party always forces us to get things done around the house that have been on our minds for a while (ok, probably more my mind than Chad's :) which means lots of lists! Here's the final list of things to do for the party (yes, there were lists before this one)!
A few days before the party, Chad got a dump truck load of sand for the backyard. On the day of the party, the kids helped some with cleaning and set-up but there were times where Chad and I just wanted to get stuff done ourselves so we sent the kids to the sandbox and told them they had two choices: 1) play together in the sand without arguing or 2) help us clean. That resulted in a couple hours in the sand and some pretty intricate sand tunnels of which they were very proud.
This looks like trouble doesn't it?! Cade, Pascal, Max, Jack
The kids had a blast on the trampoline. All I can say is thank goodness for the side netting!
Sheri, Sandy, Christy, Julie and me
Mel and Ces
Kendall, Chris, me and Mel
Such a cute picture of Payton and her daddy, Jake
Donnie, Pancho and Chad
Genevieve with her Opa!
A big thanks to Searra (with help from Mariah) for being the picture-taker during the party! Here she is with Genevieve who, apparently, didn't want her picture taken!
Ready for the Hayride!
It was a great night for a ride!
I love this picture of Payton and Mateo (at the baby calves during a stop on the hayride)
Max and Ben on the Hayride
Mariah was such a good sport on the hayride as Peyton & Mateo kept putting hay in her hair
Of-course, Willem wanted to sit up front in the tractor for the hayride (please disregard the writing :)
Getting ready to go again on the hayride
Sydney, Selene, Jessica, Natalie and Lucia
Cousins! Gabrielle, Athena and Meleesa
Payton looks like such a farm girl to me! Such a cutie!
Genevieve and her Grandma!
Genevieve and Me!
Frances enjoying corn on the cob; we picked lots of corn for the party from our neighbor's sweet corn field
My Dad and Kathleen
Chad and our birthday boys, Cade - 10, Willem - 6
Willem was upset after Cade blew out all of the birthday candles on their joint cake! Brothers! We re-lit Willem's side of the cake for him to blow them out :)
Me and my boys!
Athena ready for cake and ice cream!
Genevieve trying to get a hold of her daddy's drink!
I managed to get a couple pictures of our kids before the party ~ never an easy feat!
2 comments:
Teesh, we had so much fun, thank you for hosting such a perfect summer evening. Did you see my new Blog background? You should check it out, so much fun to look at all of the different styles. PS nice cover on the register guard today! You're famous!
So fun Leticia! I tell ya, your kids are going to have the BEST memories from their childhood. And having these pictures will help them to actually remember all those memories :)
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