We planned a BBQ/Swim Party at our pool to celebrate our sweet Decker's 5th birthday.
In attendance was: The Hollis Family, Illee, Aria, Tristan Chandler, Tristan and Miss Annie-our neighbors. Heath and Nancy Mason with their 7 month old Liam-from church. Bobbie Jo and Christian Niccum with Hadyn, Harley and Emma Jo-from church, Noveira and Raeed-neighbors at Pointe East, Brad and his son Sava-from Pre-K class, Tamara and son Roark, our neighbor. Jen and Rob Schmalle with their kids Logan and Olivia. Grandma Wood and Aunt Keppi.
The cutest Twins ever--Ilee and Aria!
The Mason Family--Cody loves little Liam.
Here's Miss Hadyn enjoying a TWO hotdogs and some very juicy watermelon
Miss Emma Jo stowing away on the local dragon.
Raeed was a great swimmer. He went across the pool with just a little help.
Here's our BBQer. Couldn't have pulled this all off without him. 52 hotdogs later. :)
Jen and Olivia enjoying some sun...
Our neighbor Tamara and Roark.
Cute Bobbie Jo and Emma Jo...
Brad and Sava from Decker's class at school.
We gave all the kids these giant squirt guns. The kids had a blast. We also had small squirt guns, pool balls and ice cream bubbles.
Here's Tristan playing with the noodles..
Miss Annie and Decker! We have such great neighbors! Miss Annie helps us by watching the boys when I travel. They've got a special relationship.
Decker's showing us his hot dog.
Quin, Ilee and Jon showed up later and played for a little while. Jon and Quin swam. We then went over to our place and painted my nails black and silver with Ilee's new magnetic fingernail polish. Then everyone but me and the boys went to see a movie--The Lone Ranger.
Aunt Keppi came to celebrate. She's moved back from Chicago a couple of weeks ago. We're so glad she's back!
Grandma Wood the matriarch of our party. ;)
Keppi spiked Decker's hair. He did not like it one bit!!
But he loves his Aunt Keppi...
After swimming for a bit and eating lunch, it was time to open presents. All the kids loved this and wanted to help! It was a little chaotic trying to keep it organized.
We got him a new towel to use for his swimming party and our lake trips. ;)
He got so many Ironman toys! A couple of Ironman action figures that allowed Decker to share with Cody, so they both could have one.
Raeed got him a Finn McMissile Remote control car and a book. You can see Decker giving him a fistpump.
Mitts and balls from Grandma for the boys to play catch.
A Spiderman floating chair for the swimming pool from the Hollises. We had a great time trying to sit in it. It kept tipping us over!
Roark gave a coveted toy that Decker liked...an Ironman wrist shooter.
Here's the group: Sava, Decker, Ilee, Raeed, Aria, Roark, Logan, Cody Tristan, Chandler and Haydn.
Then comes the cake. I experimented with fondant this week. Decker told me a couple of weeks ago that he'd like to have an Ironman cake for his birthday. Mike found a Youtube video, how to make an Ironman cake and I tried it. 3 cakes: 2 whites and 1 strawberry layer. I colored the fondant the two colors and forgot to save some white for the eyes, so I used regular frosting for the eyes and gave them a light blue glowing look. It turned out great! The kids loved it. Sava wanted to eat an eye! ;)
Everyone wanted to help blow out the candles...and everyone got a chance because we had trick candles...of course. ;)
I love this picture of Sava and Decker...there is some serious excitement being passed between these two. ;)
Cut into the cake...like the little Avenger figures guarding the cake from straying fingers. ;)
It was a hit! We had about one slice left after it was all cut up and passed out.
After the cake and ice cream it was time to swim again and people started leaving one by one. Our family stayed awhile later after the guests left and swam till about 5:00. We were there for about 5 hours. The sunshine was warm and beautiful. Cody laying on the whale blow up.
We had 3 kids fall/jump into the pool unexpectedly without any kind of life preserver on. In each case someone was there to help them out. We were lucky. Cody jumped in first without his wings on. Christian was right there and pulled him up out of the water. Harley was playing on the other side of the pool and fell in. I dove in the water, still in my dress to save him. Then, one of the girls, Ilee or Aria fell into the pool. Someone was there to pull her out. It happened when you least expect it to... Our new rule is to always have your wings or life preserver on, regardless if you are swimming or not. Thank goodness everyone is safe and sound and everyone had a blast!
We had these Ironman colored balloons. We took them home and Cody took them out on the deck...we now have a tree that we call the Ironman Tree. That's where they ended up...so sad. ;)
Happy Birthday Decker!!! We love you!
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