{birthday, bowling and bounce houses}

My sweet neice Anna Leigh turned three last weekend! She has such a wild & spunky personality. I love it!  She definately keeps us on our toes. We had a little party at the bowling alley and it was an absolute blast!  Jackobi hasn't ever really been bowling, so it was a fun new adventure for us.  She loved it.

 

The cake was a hit.  You can't go wrong with Dora the Explorer.

Clearly, there was a very excited three year old prior to the party.

The picture below depicts just how much she enjoyed the frosting on her cake.

Bowling prooved to be a hit with our bunch.  Jackobi loved to roll the ball down the ramp and we ALL loved having bumpers on our lane!

The next day we ventured to Party Hardy for some bounce house fun!  A good majority of the time we had the place to ourselves ... it was fantastic!! Love that place and the ENERGY it takes out of my little girl ... she sure did get a good nap later in the day!

Anna is much more daring than Jackobi and LOVED this blasted slide.  It's HUGE and I had to go with her since she's so little.  I'll admit, the first time I went it freaked me out a little, but by the 20th time, we were pro's! Love this wild child!

Jackobi preferred the miniature slide ... now that's more my style!

it was a grand weekend.

birthday, bowling and bounce houses

life doesn't get much better.

unless you're anna ... double dipping

in the pre.birthday frosting.

life sure is good.

three years young ♥

Jackobi adores the book Pinkalicious. So when we talked about what "kind" of party she wanted for her birthday she eagerly squealed: "PINK, pink, pink!" So Pinkilicious it was.


My sweet Jackobi, I can hardly believe she's already three years old!! She absolutly radiates happiness & sweetness. Her laugh is contagious and her silly personality has us continually smiling. What a joyful girl she is!! I couldn't have asked for a better big sister for Kashton. In the short two weeks he's been part of our family she has absolutly embraced and loved him. Some days she'll look at me and say "Mom ... I just lobe him" Such a sweet little soul! She gives the best hugs & kisses and is still a little snuggler ((which I LOVE)).

Jackobi loves to sing and dance. It's one of her favorite things to do. One of the first things that calms Kashton down is her singing "Twinkle, Twinkle" to him. She sang it almost daily when I was pregnant, so he must recognize it!! Some of her other favorite things to do are draw, color, read books and puzzles. She is such a good helper and loves to help with anything we're doing. She's a fan of cooking, loading laundry into the washer/dryer and mopping. Hopefully one day soon I can put these good habits to some use!! We're eagerly awaiting Spring, being outside is probably her most favorite thing of all!

Jackobi is about as girly as they come. She loves twirly dresses and it's hard to convince her to wear anything BUT a dress! The fluffier the better! She loves to paint her nails and dress up like Princesses on a daily basis. She also really LOVES going to watch Casey play basketball. She'll yell GO MINICO or GO CASEY and twirl her little pom pom. Secretly, I think she goes mostly for the popcorn, but the game is a nice perk. :)

Jackobi is so silly and sweet.
I can't imagine life without her.
What an amazing gift we were blessed with.

We love you so much Jackobi!!
Happy, happy birthday, we hope your day was wonderful!!

twenty.eight

Nate turned 28 in September and it was fun to celebrate!! Jackobi really understands birthday's (or "happy days" as she would say :) ) and LOVES to sing {loudly} and blow out candles. It's honestly is one of her favorite things to do right now!! I wasn't feeling very well, so am thankful to my mom & Nate's mom for having little family parties for him. Happy birthday Nate! We love you!

Jackobi's 2nd Birthday Bash!!

Jackobi's official birthday isn't until Wednesday, but we decided to celebrate it this Saturday so more of our family could be there!! She was really shy at first [I mean REALLY shy] and wasn't sure why everyone was staring at her. But after we sugared her up with a cupcake she was good to go!! She got so many fun toys & cute clothes, she's set!! We got her a play kitchen which she absolutely LOVES!! I thought she might be too young for it, but I was wrong! She has already played with it for hours! It's so cute to watch her little imagination run wild!

All in all, it was a great day!!
Enjoy her smilebox of party pictures below! :)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Birthday Weekend!!

Since we were in Vegas over my birthday, my sister made sure the ENTIRE weekend was filled with special things to help me celebrate! When we got to her house, she had balloons and two tickets to The Lion King show for me! FUN!!

The next night my mom and I went to the show while Sara took Jackobi to the Shark Aquarium. The show was AMAZING!! It's so neat to see how they put together the costumes and everything. Definitely a very fun night!!

Another day we went to see the LARGEST chocolate fountain in the world! It's actually in one of the casinos. SO NEAT! And they have some YUMMY treats!

We had to try some out! Jackobi really liked the chocolate crepe, especially the whipped topping! She wasn't afraid to dig in!

My actual birthday was the day we came home, so we swung by The Cheesecake Factory before we headed to the airport!

It was SO nice and warm the entire time we were down there, I was spoiled and we got to eat out on the patio and soak up some sun before we came back to cold, snowy Idaho!

I had SUCH a good birthday weekend!! My sister and mom were so nice to make me feel special all weekend long!!

Grandpa Ike turns 80!!

Nate's Grandpa Ike turned EiGhTY today!! This past weekend we had a birthday party to celebrate! Almost the ENTIRE family was there. It was nice to be able to celebrate with him! Above he's posing with the card from us, Jackobi worked pretty hard ( a good 1/2 hour) on it. She's the next Michelangelo don't you think??

While we were there Jackobi made a new friend, Kyler. They had lots of fun together playing 'Ring Around the Rosey' and running around! It was funny, Jackobi didn't want to share him with anyone! She would get mad when his little sister would come and try and sneak some of his attention! Funny!

We had a fun night celebrating Ike's birthday with him.
Happy Birthday!! Thanks for all you do & have taught us!

tRip To beCky.s

Becky bought a new house a few months ago so Jackobi and I were excited to make a trip to Utah to check it out and celebrate her birthday!! Her new house is SUPER cute and I'm pretty sure I need to hire her to come and decorate my house! :) We had lots of fun at lunch and exploring her new city! Thanks Becky for such a fun visit!! We had a blast & hope you had a wonderful birthday!!!

Birthday Bash!

We celebrated my mom's birthday with her, what a great night! It was really low key, but Jackobi and AnnaLeigh had a blast running around playing with her! Happy Birthday Mom!!

Happy Birthday Nate!!

Saturday Nate had his 20-something birthday (he told me he's 20-something now... :) ) Since his family was out of town Saturday we celebrated Friday with his family AND Saturday together and with some friends. Lucky guy, 2 days of birthday celebration!

Nate , Casey & Jason

Birthday Festivities! 2 days of present opening! (I need to find out how to sign up for this!)

Dinner with good friends -- thanks guys!!

I hope you had a great birthday Nate!!
Thanks for all you do for me and Jackobi!