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Fri, 13 Jul 2007

July 2007 Happy Birthday Hoedown Photos
We held a combined birthday party for Berkeley and Olivia this evening... a happy birthday hoedown, complete with a western theme in honor of two of our favorite outlaws We sent out about 20-25 invitations and much to our surprise we had about 20 kids show up at the party. There were a lot of kids at the party... like a lot.

When each guest arrived, I took pictures of each of them and then print out custom "Wanted" posters of each of the kids (like this one of Eliana). Here are the individual pictures of most of the party guests (Bethany refused to pose for a picture... oh, and my kids are not listed here either):

Becky... Berkeley's friend from church Ebey... Berkeley and Olivia's cousin Emily... Berkeley and Olivia's cousin Fox... Berkeley's friend from church Halle... Berkeley's friend from school Isabella... our neighbor Isabella... Berkeley and Olivia's cousin Jenna... Berkeley and Olivia's cousin Jenna... Berkeley's friend from school Julia... Berkeley's friend from church Kate... our neighbor Liam... Eliana's friend from church Nanda... Berkeley's friend from church... Liam's older brother Nathan... Berkeley and Olivia's cousin Olive... little sister to Pepper and Fox Pepper... Berkeley's friend from church Sammy Sharp... Berkeley's friend Scott... our neighbor Sherisse... Berkeley's friend from church Sophie Sharp... Sammy's little sister

Um... did I mention there were a lot of kids?

We had plenty of grub for our guests to eat... we prepared just enough food for all that stayed, but way more dessert than was necessary. Here are a couple pictures of the "chuck wagon":

BBQ sandwiches, chips, beans, fruit salad, salsa, guac, etc two cakes, red vines, apple pie, moon pies, cookies, etc

There were many activities that the kids were involved in, including: panning for "gold" in the sandbox, making cowboy vests out of grocery paper bags, coloring, target practice, and lasso roping. But the most popular activity of the party was, by far, the pony rides. *grin* We snapped a bunch of pictures of the party guests riding ponies, but here are just some of our kids. There was quite a line for the pony rides - I have included one of Berkeley standing in line waiting his turn... it's a great picture of him.

Berkeley riding a pony Eliana riding a pony Eliana riding a pony Berkeley waiting in line to ride a pony

After the pony rides, then there was the small matter of the cake. As this was a shared birthday party for both Olivia and Berkeley, we had two cakes prepared. Berkeley and Olivia blew out the candles on their respective cakes at the same time.

Berkeley getting ready for the cake candle lighting Blow out those candles!

We then set Olivia down in her high chair for a piece and let her go:

Olivia getting ready to eat some cake. Olivia eating cake.

What next? Opening presents of course!

Berkeley birthday presents Berkeley birthday presents Olivia birthday presents Olivia birthday presents

After the party was over the boys (myself and Berkeley) were exhausted... but the girls (Kristy and Eliana) were all smiles! See below:

Berkeley and I have looked better. I think we were both exhausted. The girls look pretty happy here... very cute!

Finally... here are a couple of the best pictures taken tonight. The first is of Berkeley; it was snapped while everyone was singing Happy Birthday to him. He is absolutely ecstatic... looking at the picture almost makes me want to cry because he is so happy. The second picture is of Olivia riding the fake little pony we had set up for the lasso roping activity.

Berkeley's happy to be the birthday boy. Berkeley and I have looked better. I think we were both exhausted.

Great pictures both... makes all of the work to organize, set up, run, and clean up after the party completely worth it.

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:43 pm
:: Filed under /media/galleries/2007

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