Hardys

And here are some more pictures from our time with the Hardys...

Marcus, Paden, and Mike went to a shooting range

More Cousin Time

Chase thought the guitar was a "Daddy Cello" and loved playing with Grandpa

He was also so soft and gentle petting the bird

Another comfy Ty nap

It is not easy to get a good picture of Chase and Ty together, even one of Chase alone is tricky

Ty meeting Luke

There were many matchbox tracks made with Grandpa throughout the week

Chase quickly figured out how to do it all by himself

Luke, the baby guard dog

Our Ty Guy

There were many Mario Kart and other Wii Sibling Game Nights

I love scrolling from the concentration in this picture to the next one

Kate reading with Chase

And almost everyone was roped into some Play-Doh time with Chase

Ty was able to meet a lot of family

Great-grandma Love

This picture was taken on the FIRST TRY! AMAZING!

Thanks for a fun trip in Utah!

Birthday Celebrations

Since Chase and I were only in Utah for a couple days, we decided the best way to see the most people would be to have a family picnic in the park.  Conveniently enough, we planned it for that Saturday, my birthday!  It was a really fun afternoon and a beautiful day!  Everyone brought some food, and we had some birthday dessert.  We had a great time!  Such a fun excuse to spend time with amazing people, including some Pages, Hardys, Morins, and Nielsens.

Paden, Rebecca, Brian, and Cadie

Jonne, Chase, Nana, and Jana

Chase playing with his new Leap Frog laptop.  He loves it!

Morins and Hardys

Yummy bundt cake dessert.

We had gotten bundt cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes.  They are amazing!  We bought a chocolate chocolate-chip and a white chocolate raspberry.  Definitely look them up -- yum!  And they can be decorated all fancy.  So fun!

And there was Chase off in the corner by himself... :)

Blowing out the candles.  They only put eight on the cakes :)

Marcus had sent some beautiful roses for me with his brother.
A great surprise!

Chase was super busy with his lap top.

Concentrating Hard.

And when we got home, Marcus had another birthday surprise!

Perfume, headphones, and an iPad promissory note.

The perfume is called Hypnotic Poison.  It's an Epcot exclusive that we smelled while we were on vacation there.  It smells incredible! 

Then when I went to YW on Tuesday, the girls made me a cake and a candy-gram!  That was a really fun surprise!

It was a lot of fun being able to celebrate my birthday with so many family members (and of course the girls at church)!  Definitely the biggest party I've ever had, though I'm sure having an out of town baby there was the biggest pull for everyone to attend :)