It's party time!

Saturday was a big day for us. We had 2 parties scheduled pretty much back to back. First was Grace's 4th Birthday, then a family barbecue at my brother's house. We woke up and got ready to go to Grace's for her Princess party. All the little girls dressed as princesses. It was really cute. Ellie let me curl her hair and fix it really nicely. I love it when she let's me do stuff to her hair (which doesn't always happen).


We got to Erica's and played, had pizza and cake, then did the pinata outside. Erica bought a giant pizza (28 in, I think) from Rome's pizza. It was huge!!! This is a picture of it next to a regular large pizza.
Look at how beautiful Grace is in her princess Giselle (Enchanted) dress!
Austin sat with my Dad and Carter and had a great time reading a book. Aren't they cute? Austin was also pretty serious about not leaving any candy on the ground after the pinata. Such a good helper! (ha,ha) Carter liked the pinata too!

Grace also got a bike for her birthday. Here she is on her maiden voyage. She's a natural. She did great!!

That afternoon we went to my brother's house for a barbecue. His house backs up to a big greenbelt. We went out and explored. We even saw a pretty big grass snake!! Ellie loved picking flowers with her Aunt Susan. Logan followed his 13 year old cousin, Collin around the whole time. It was cute! We had a great time with our family the entire day.

I guess we overdid it a little because that night Ellie wouldn't go to sleep for a while. Later we found her asleep on the floor. That hasn't happened in years! (Hey Lisa, maybe it's going around?)