Happy Birthday Jeremy!

Yesterday was Jeremy's 29th birthday. I can't believe he is almost 30! We have quickly learned that birthdays are all about the kids even when its not THEIRS. Like I've said before Kylie loves birthdays and she was so excited to celebrate Jeremy's.

Kylie's celebrating started the night before when we made Jeremy's cake and decorated the house. She was so excited for him to see "our party" the next morning.

We decided to spend the day soaking up the sun at the Kite Festival with our friends the Dyers. The weather was perfect except for the lack of wind that was needed for flying kites. Kylie asked us all the way there for a kite, a PINK kite. No other color would be acceptable. We spent our time jumping in bounce houses, sliding down huge slides, riding trains, and face painting. Kylie loved her purple flower and was upset when it was time to wash it off for church. She loved the bounce houses, but would not go down the slides by herself.

Poor Jase spent his time in the stroller. He didn't seem to mind and was pretty content being out and about with the rest of us.

After we had done all that there was to do at the festival we headed over to Pirate Island Pizza for lunch. The play area and arcade games seemed to occupy most of our time including Jeremy's so much that we had to talk him into coming back to the table so they could sing him a birthday song. Kylie worked really hard (so did Jeremy...OK so did I) to earn as many tickets as possible with our coins. Eighty-five tickets later we were walking out of there with 6 tootsie rolls and a pink dinosaur that grows when you put it in water.

Kylie insisted we make Jeremy a BLUE cake, she was so proud of it. Our singing skills aren't amazing, but we got the job done and had a good time. This is as creative as I get with the cake decorating...my poor family!

We ended the day back at the festival for a short fireworks show. Kylie had been looking forward to them all day and was not disappointed. It was fun to be out in the warmth, spending time with good friends and celebrating Jeremy's birthday.