July Birthdays

July is a fun month. Yes, its summer and we get to go swimming, but its also our birthday month! Our niece, Tori, celebrates her birthday in July as well so we got to go to her birthday party. Hank had fun trying to play Jenga at Tori’s party. Its a good thing he can’t stand yet or the whole tower would have been knocked down!

Hank plays Jenga

We had our annual “day-in-between-birthdays party” two weekends ago. It was so much fun! This was our first time having the party begin in the afternoon. In the past we always kicked off our shindig in the evening. Now that we have a little one though, things have changed. It was actually pretty cool having it begin earlier. In a way, it felt like 3 different parties all in one day due to how the guests came and went. Some of our friends and family who don’t normally make it out to our parties were able to be there this time around with the earlier start time, and we had several children there as well which was loads of fun.

Sawyer, Sarah and Hank play DDR

We played Dance Dance Revolution in the garage, Rock Band in the movie room and it seemed like the pool table always had a game going. Hank had a great time playing with his cousins and other new friends and it was wonderful having a house full of people. So great to spend time with friends and celebrate our birthdays. This was our first big party since Hank was born and it was refreshing to discover that we still know how to throw a good bash and that having a house full of guests didn’t really infringe on Hank’s bedtime or anything like that.

Ty’s parents, sister and our niece, Ainsley, came into town for our party and Sarah’s mom made a delicious German chocolate cake for Tyler, from scratch! Sarah made 5 spice angel food cake (also from scratch but whipping egg whites is much easier than putting together and entire chocolate cake and icing), and there wasn’t a bit of either cake left by the end of things. It was such a stellar weekend and we are so blessed by our awesome friends and family!

enjoying the music with Grandma and Grandpa

We began our birthday celebration day by running a 5k. Since GG and Grandad were in town, Hank stayed home with them while we did the race. It is much easier to run a race when you’re not pushing a stroller. We had a good time. After completing the 5k, the race organizers gave us breakfast tacos and cup cakes, an interesting and tasty combination. We had fun swimming with Ainsley and Traci while they were here too. Hank just loves being in the water and swimming was a fun thing to do together. Last weekend Sarah had a show and Hank enjoyed it with Grandpa and Grandma. He just loves his family (and they love him) and we think that’s wonderful.