Rebecca's Birthday!

Well, our sweet little Rebecca is now a big 8 year old! Her birthday falls right at the end of school and the great thing about having a warm-weather birthday is having the party OUTSIDE and at the PARK! As opposed to trying to entertain tons of loud and crazy kids cooped up in our house.

We invited kids from her class and first we had pizza and let them go crazy on the playground:

And in case you haven't noticed...Rebecca is crazy about horses. So instead of trying to make a horse cake, I bought one, thankyouverymuch:

The little boy on the right is one of her best friends:

Of course up here, you're not guaranteed warm weather in June. We were actually really happy that the rain held off during the party. Here you can see Rebecca (on the right, pink shirt), Jessica (across from Rebecca, digging in the cake), Mackenzie (on the right, blondie in the striped shirt), and Jake (across from Mackenzie in the red shirt):

Presents are always fun!

And here's our little cutie at about a year and a half old (in the purple jacket):

And here she is now! This is the morning after her party...her actual birthday. She still had the present from us and some cards to open:

The girls have been saving up their money to by a Nintendo DS, for about a year now, and the goods inside the cards sent her over the top so she had just enough to buy the DS and a Little Pet Shop game! Thank you, grandparents!!!

And yes, we're still in our jammies (except for Rebecca...I had her get dressed and brush her hair...because I roll that way. Oh and Jake was dressed just because he needed a fresh diaper and it's just as easy to put on his clothes rather than put jammies back on.) See...

Jessica looks like she's been caught. Not surprising.

Mackenzie's wondering how much money she still needs before she can get a DS.