"Happy Birthday to you"

Happy 3rd Birthday Ian!

Race on over to Ian's 3rd Birthday...

We celebrated Ian's birthday today, eventhough his birthday isn't until tomorrow.

Ian the night before his Birthday Party, with his Lightning Mcqeen cake...
This was the first time I've ever used fondant, it was an interesting experience. I think we figured this cake took about 4 hours to make. It made Ian super happy so it was well worth the time. Just don't look too close at it, or you'll see all my mistakes...

Here is his racing flags, Happy Birthday banner, if you can't read what it says...

The morning of Ian's party, he can't wait for his friends to get here. Unfortunatly only two of the 5 friends could make it.

It's time for Mater Pinata...

Ava had to show up all the boys and knock the candy out...

Here goes the Big race with Colby/Lightning Mcqueen; Dashall/Chick Hicks; and Ian/The King...

On your mark, get set, GO....

Here comes Ian bringing up the rear...

Present Time.... I didn't get a picture of him opening each of his presents because the other boys kept getting in the way. But at least I got a few...

Blowing out the candles

Ian trying his yummy Red Velvet cake.

I'm so glad Ian's friends could come over, it made his birthday really fun. Thanks to all the Grandparents and Great-Grandparents for the gifts, we wish you could have been here.

Bahamas Cruise

I'm finally finding a minute to blog about our Cruise. We took a ton of pictures, so I'm trying to keep it to a minimum. We set sail on the Monarch of the Seas on Monday September 13th. It was a 5 day 4 night cruise, and we had a blast. We cruised with our good friends, Matt and Holly Llewellyn. I think we ate more soft serve ice cream than should be allowed. I'll try to explain the pictures as we go.

First we have our ship...
Upon arrival we decided to familiarize ourselves with the ship...

And obviously figure out where the food is....Even more important the ice cream machine....

Our first stop was Coco Cay, a private island owned by Royal Carribean...Cool Pelican...

When we went snorkeling we came across a few stingrays. The largest was probably at least 5 feet across the wing span. It was amazing...

Everyone else saw some jellyfish. I unfortunately, or fortunately didn't see one.

A few cool shells Holly and I found....

Next Dustin and Matt headed out...

I love this photo of Holly and Matt chillin in one of the many hammocks on the island.

Super cool palm trees...It was a beatiful island...

Matt and Holly on formal night....

And us on formal night....

The next stop was Nassau....We oblivously went to Atlantas to enjoy the Aquarium and Water Park. We are not sure as to how legal the wrist band we bought were, since we bought them from a local taxi driver who was very sly when picking them up from his buddy.

The room that is in the bridge part of the two buildings costs $25,000 per night, and you have to stay a minimum of 6 nights. I believe it is called the Michael Jackson Suite????

This is a ride that takes you through a see through tube with sharks swimming all around you. It was super cool...

The suba diver is cleaning the tube that you go through. While sharks are swimming all around him. Crazy...

These are the racing slides. Matt beat all of us with the fastest time. The one bad thing about these rides is the super duper wedgy that you get.

This is the best lazy river ever...

One of the many pools at Atlantis...

This was the steepest and fastest ride. It also went through the shark tank. I didn't go on this one. There were a lot more rides we went on that I didn't include. I would definately recommend going here it was Awesome.

On the ship waiting to leave Nassau...

One of the many yummy desserts we had on the trip...

Saying goodbye at the airport. Thanks Matt and Holly for the awesome trip and good memories....Bazinga!

Columbia River

I forgot to post these pictures from a few weeks ago. We went to the Columbia River with some new friends. Ian and Ava had a blast.

Ava went right to the water and crawled right in. I wasn't prepared for that or else I would have brought her swim suit.

Ian was a little more hesitant going into the water. I think he barely made it in to his knees.