Eden's Birthday Schindig

Eden's birthday party was super low-key....no theme or fancy decorations....and it was so GREAT!     

It was a dress-up party and Eden was super excited to wear her new "taleda."

Eden and Claire's birthdays are 1 day apart so we did a joint party.  Cute little birthday girls :)  

We started off decorating cupcakes.  A little messy, but so yummy and fun!

 Eden couldn't wait to start eating her cup cake!

 We threw some candles in her half-eaten cup cake and sang Eden's favorite song.

The girls were spoiled with amazing gifts from her generous friends.  Eden's favorites were make-up, hand sanitizer, princess notebook and pen, and the new Barbie movie.  

Eden's 4th Birthday

This little girl talked about her birthday for months.  It's actually a very popular topic between she and Milan.  Eden woke up on her birthday to a decorated house and tons of presents.  Of course, she wanted to open presents right away!  (Love that cute bed hair!)

She had her first cupcakes and happy birthday song at preschool.  Next, we had friends over for pizza and she asked that we sing happy birthday before dinner.  We sang one more time during cupcakes....so much fun! 

This is one happy birthday girl! 

 (Miss Cora was also a big fan of cupcakes!)

Eden's 4 year old pictures

Eden has a love/hate thing with photography.  She loves to pretend that she is doing newborn pictures with her babies, loves the ideas of me taking her picture and even loves the first couple pictures.  Then she hates it and is completely over it.  She was a picky little thing this time, she picked out her outfit then ran around showing me where she wanted her picture taken.  She is so darn cute!  

We got a couple good pictures then she found some bunnies!  

 Then we just ran around trying to scare them, which I'm sure they loved.  This is Eden's super excited face.....she always clenches her fists and face and it's my favorite.

First Day of School

Milan was definitely ready to start 1st grade!  We miss having her at home during the day, but I know she is having a blast with Miss Johnson.  

Here's Milan all ready to ride to school.

 Eden wanted in on this picture.  They are so cute together!

Once we got to school, Milan saw her friend Carly, then was off to play. I had to call her back for a hug, then she was off again!  Milan is a social little lady!

Eden started her second year of preschool this week.  She picked out her own outfit and was ready to start school.  She has a lot of friends in her class this year and always loves her teachers!

Back to School

I decided one morning that I wanted to do back-to-school pictures with my cute girls.  I borrowed this cute desk from a friend and headed to my favorite field.  I LOVE how these turned out!  After about three minutes Eden declared she was done smiling for pictures, and she was, but I already had these cute pictures!

More Summer Fun

Summers in Laramie are wonderful!  The weather is perfect and there are always some amazing friends to play with.  We tried to enjoy every second.......

Lots of time at the park!  I was worried about crazy miss Cora at the park, but she was actually pretty cautious about her adventuring.  My girls had so much fun playing, snacking, running around, and making fairy houses.

 Albany County Fair with Dani and Leila.  The bunnies were their favorite part!

 Lake Hattie.  It was a little stinky, but the kids had a BLAST!

We had so much fun exploring in the mountains whenever we got a chance.  Cora likes to be big like her sisters and really wanted to climb this rock!

 We picnicked with some friends and the girls explored for hours.  

 If we are not out and about, then there was always fun things to do in our little neighborhood.  The kids have tons of friends here to run around with.....the best way to enjoy summer nights!

Look who learned to pump this summer!  

Just a little dancing outside :)

We also spent a week in Rock Springs and had SO MUCH FUN!!  We saw all our old friends and remembered why we loved it there so much!  The girls loved all our social activities (well Cora would have appreciated more naps, but she survived.)  Here is Milan and Lizzie....they were pretty much inseparable during our stay.

 Things got even more fun when daddy got home to enjoy the last couple weekends of summer with us.  We went to a fun festival at Undine park.

 Milan and her friends Addi and Allison.

 Milan remembered this ball from last year.  We waited in line forever so it was a good thing Milan really enjoyed her 2 minute tumble!

We spent Labor Day weekend in the Snowies to celebrate this handsome guy's birthday!  We all had a really fun time!

We went with our good friends the Cory's.  The kids found a really cool fort at our spot and played in it for hours.

 Cora's favorite part....eating lots of junk food!

 Dancing on the trailer is always a hit (maybe more than the Rhino.)

Milan's favorite part of the Snowies is the "Bumpy-whumps!"  We loaded a bunch of kids into the Rhino and spent hours going up and down the bumps and into the mud hole.  The kids were squealing with laughter.  Even Eden loved it!  We came back with big smiles and a lot mud!