A few days later we had everyone over again for the 4th (and to help us eat all the leftovers! We sort of over ordered the food!) Carson got a new puppy and we put pop it's in the wood shavings. It was a super fun and easy party! The neighbors even let off some fireworks that were amazing!!
We made the trek up to Lewiston for the 4th of July!! We woke up early and drove up just in time for the parade. The parade was perfect this year! We got pelted with candy and got to see all the animals and princesses and bands right up close! The kids were on a little sugar high -Gk's tantrum in the middle of the parade, but it's a long parade and all you have is this candy, and they keep throwing more at you all the time! (Or it could have been the powdered doughnuts on the drive up)
After we went to the festival and Gk was in heaven! There were tons of bouncy houses but the lines were a little long. Brandon was nice enough to take Gk in it because he has a hard time climbing up the ladders and things. Brandon got pretty banged up, thanks again Brandon!!
We went to Jenn's aunts house for the red white & blue party! It was really fun! The food was delicious! Becca can sure cook up a hamburger!! The girls got a good nap and cow was in the corn.. who knew that was bad!?! They sure looked cute!
We went back to Jenn's for some rest, then we went to Garrick & Holly's farm! That is the most fun place ever!!! Gk loves those cows. Those Halls work so hard and their kids are adorable. Gk just looks up to them SO much! We got to see how they milk the cows, Gk fed the baby goat, Gk got a ride on the Ranger. It was so much fun! Always the highlight!!
We started on our way home with some ice cream from Casper's. Too bad the kids fell asleep before we got there!
The first time Patrick and I went to Hawaii we learned that it is tradition to have a luau for the the child's first birthday. We decided then that we wanted to do this too. It was SO much fun. I wish I had taken more pictures if that is even possible!! But thanks heavens Jenn took some too and sent them to me! (Thanks Jenn!)
We had it catered from our favorite Hawaiian restaurant Mo' Bettah Steaks. It is better than the luau food in Hawaii, in my opinion. My friend Hana's brothers started it a few years ago and it is doing really well. It was so nice to not have to worry about the food! I think everyone ate enough. Garett gave me a huge hug and said thank you so much for the yummy food! Such a cute kid!
Bentley got spoiled like CrAzY!! She is so loved and loved all her presents! She's funny, she know when things are hers and she has a hard time sharing, hopefully as she gets older she'll learn that sharing is fun! Instead of a pinata we had a pool full of wood shavings for the kids to find candy in. I thought Bentley and Jennah would like it more but it made a huge mess!
I wanted to make Bentley a barbie cake, I think I bit off more than I could handle but I did it! She was pretty cute, I put the candles in the other cake and then switched them and she was so mad that I took her cake away. someone had to give her a taste of the barbie cake before she would even look at it! THen she loved it and she even shared some with me and made me a mess!
We are so happy that Bentley is in our family! She has made it so much better with her precious spirit! She is such a sweet-heart that I can't wait to hold every morning!
