A Week of Fun

This past week has been filled with so much fun.  Of course the highlight was Calum's first birthday party.  On Saturday we filled our house with friends and laughter.  It was so great to see everyone and to hear the laughter all around us.  We had a huge bounce house for the kids and two kegs for the bigger kids.  We asked everyone to bring canned food to donate to the Marion Polk Food Share and I am thrilled to say we gathered 104 pounds for the donation!

Calum was so excited about the balloons.  The morning after, he was thrilled that the balloons had fallen down to his level.

He was not quite sure what to think about all the attention on him, but that cake sure looked tempting for some reason.

He soon found out why that cake was so tempting.  He was thrilled as soon as it hit his lips!

That was DELICIOUS!!

I had everything planned so well that I was actually able to sit back and enjoy our friends.

After the party was over, Shianne had some of her friends spend the night.  They chose to sleep outside in the bounce house.  They had so much fun.

We did not finish the kegs at the party, so we had friends over again on Sunday night to polish off the leftovers and beer.  Preseason football was on and there was even more laughter.  Monday rolled around and it was a repeat of Sunday night, but this time, the kegs were floated!!

I declared Tuesday a "Family Day."  We took the kids to the Enchanted Forest.  Nora Beth had never been there.  As soon as we walked into the park she was overjoyed.  It was as if this place was created just for her.

She ran through Storybook Lane reciting all the Nursery Rhymes.

The rabbit hole was so much fun to go through.

 Calum held up really well and had no problem just hanging out on my back.  He was thrilled whenever I put him down so he could walk around.

It surprised us, but Calum laughed all the way through the play.  He found it amusing every time the actors fell or jumped into the audience.

Just as it was starting to get hot, we decided to head home and work on a few projects around the house.  After dinner, we had family movie night.  Even Nora Beth sat through the movie The Blindside.

It was sad to say goodbye to the past week of fun.  Today was spent getting Shianne ready for School on Monday.  Summer is soon to be over.