Party time!

 American Girl and Star Wars came together at Andy and Ashlyn's 5th birthday party!

 Where else could we contain over 30 kids under 8 years old??? Our favorite bounce house place...Party Kingdom was the perfect place.  Look at all those presents!!! We ended up taking them home to open and it was crazier than Christmas morning.  They were truly spoiled by everyone.

 The Grandmas survived the big slide....

 It looks like they enjoyed it.

 Andy with his best bud Tyler.

 All the kids give or take a couple that might have run off by the 4th attempt of this picture.

 Limbo time.

 Chase happy playing with the balls.

 Girl table

 (picture not flipped in my pic folder. anyone know how to fix this???)

 Boy Table.

 Happy birthday my sweet twins!  

I'm so grateful you have each other and that I have been blessed to be on this journey with you!

Turning 5!

 Turning 5 is such a big deal. It means you are a BIG kid.  You are ready for school and to be treated a little older.  It means no more playing with 4 year olds (or at least Ashlyn thinks so).  We decided to throw a big party in celebration of this momentous occasion.  

First off: Preschool Party.  We went with ice cream cones this year.  It was a big hit!

 On the morning of their actual birthday, the doughnut tradition continued on.

I can't believe "the babies" are 5 and will start kindergarten in August.  When they were born I never thought about the future, I just survived one day at a time. Now we are on the brink of sending them off into the "real world" of kindergarten and it feels so strange. I have so many mixed emotions as my heart breaks a little that this time has come.  I'm trying to soak up all the moments while I still have them at home all day while they are counting the days until the first day of school. (heavy sigh!)

American Girl

For Ashlyn's 5th Birthday Grandma P told her she would take her to the American Girl Doll store.

 None of us had ever been so Taylor, Grandma J and I decided that we HAD to go too.  So it turned into a fun girls day..

 We lucked out and at the last moment were able to get lunch reservations.  We are SO glad we did.  Not sure I have seen anything much cuter than their little cafe. 

 Happy Birthday to our crazy, funny, spirited Ashlyn Diane!

 I was dying over all the cute little details.

 Priority #1 was spa treatments and hair do's for the plastic people of our group.

 I LOVE all of Ashlyn's expressions in these pictures, not sure she could have been any happier.

 Kanani all prettied up.

 Ashlyn scored big time on this outing.  Kanani and Jess now have a cool bed of their own.

 Grandma P collects all the Dolls of the Year (thankfully for my girls) and so McKenna was added to the collection.

We had such a fun day, spent HOURS in the stores drooling and trying to decide what we HAD to have.  We can't wait to go back.