5 Years Old!

Hallie has kind of a difficult birthday, August 25th, it's always gonna fall during the first week of school, which means for parties, we have to be tricky to fit everyone's schedule! Let me explain: her birthday fell on a Wednesday, which for her was the second day of school, and for the cousins (who at this point are most of the party attendees) that was the day before the first day of school. I had to go and move to Logan School District and they are all in Hyrum. We decided five is old enough to try a friend party as well, and she's got friends all around this town, too many first day of schools to even begin to work around! So we had her friend party the Saturday before, August 21 and she wanted a Uhaul party (Luau :) So she invited friends from the neighborhood, some from pre-school, some cousins and her bestie! She had a blast! We had a slip n slide, a pool, a Spongebob sprinkler and a sandbox so we felt like we were right there in Hawaii! It was simple and fun for the kids, but a lot of work! Thanks to my mom and Steph for helping out so much. We had a pinata, and pineapple cups for favors, we made necklaces and opened presents. Hallie has a lot of good friends and it turned out to be a really fun time!

Blowing out the candles!

Hallie and her friends

Opening presents

Slip n' Slide!

Cute Lexi and the sprinkler

Making necklaces!

So on to the next party, the family party, which we had the day before her birthday (August 24) at Grandma Cathy's house. We had pizza and put the sprinkler under the tramp for the kids to play. She got SPOILED rotten from her family! We did the pinata again and just had a fun time! Thanks for coming family and for all her fun presents!

New Tradition: Awesome Aunt Steph makes the coolest cakes ever!

Her two favorites: Adam and Rachy :)

And finally her real birthday :) It was a busy day and by the end of it, she was partied out! She has talked all year about going to Texas Roadhouse (she loves the peanuts) to sit on the saddle for her birthday. So for dinner on her birthday, the 25th, Hallie, me, Tony, Gunner, Grandma Cathy, Grandpa Doug and Steph all went to Texas Roadhouse. She had been to school, where she took her birthday treat and dancing AND had her big surprise from mom and dad that day, so she was such a little trooper.

Her friends wrote 5 things they like about Hallie on her birthday crown.

Her big birthday surprise from us! New swingset!

At dinner

Yee Haw!!

Hallie is such a fun, loving little girl and she has the cutest personality ever! This personality started when she was only tiny and I love that it has stuck around :) She is such a great big sister too. We love her so much and are so glad she is in our family!