A Visit from the Silvas!

Alright! Chris and Amy win the award for our first visitors in our new house from the Walton side! We loved having them and showing them how close we are to Tahoe now. They love Lake Tahoe, so it’s always so fun when they come. We can just go up there and relax and play the day away.

James and Jane had a special little friendship this trip. James was so sweet to her. I love that about him.

We did a little hike one day at Galena Creek.

And spent some fun evenings in our newly landscaped backyard!

Thanks so much for coming, you guys!! You have such a cute family and it was so fun getting to know your kids a little better. I love the one-on-one time we got to spend with you guys. Let’s do it again sometime;)

Kate & Cole’s 1st Birthday Party!

I want to give this baby girl the world.

But until I figure out exactly how to do that, an awesome 1st birthday party will have to do:) I haven’t really gone all out for a 1st birthday party before, but the conditions were prime for this one. Kate and Cole were both turning 1 over Memorial Day Weekend, so Kristen and I thought a joint carnival party at Mom and Dad’s house would be fun. Kristen and I spent hours talking on the phone, browsing Amazon, ordering things, planning games, etc. I’m not sure I could have done it all alone. But it was so fun to do and we were happy with how it all turned out!

The big one year olds!! Can’t believe how fast this year went by. Seems like they were just newborns!

 

Jeff manned the BBQ for us. Thanks Jeff! We had hotdogs, nachos, and fruit skewers for lunch.

Cupcake time for these cute cousin twins! I love how they would go for each other’s cupcakes.

Every good carnival needs a bounce house! So we rented one for the party. A definite hit with all the kids!

We also joked about renting a dunk tank – and sticking my dad in it! haha. But decided to just go with the “throw the ball through the ring and grandpa will jump in the pool in his clothes” game.

Fishing Game!

Candy Walk! Walk around the numbers while the music plays, and when the music stops you stop on a number, and if the person in the middle calls out your number you get to pick a prize out of the Vendor Box!

Bounce House Shenanigans:

And of course swimming just all afternoon.

Cute little Jane just 4 months old.

Baby Michael just turned one 3 weeks ago!

Snow Cone Station!

A few more bounce house pictures:

 

Potato Sack Races!

And a little face painting to end the day.

The party was a smashing success! What a fun day. So glad we could spend it with family and celebrate our sweet little one year olds. It will be so fun to watch these two grow up. I hope they will always be best buds!