Grace's Ice Cream Party

The last couple of weekends we didn't really do much, but this weekend was a very special weekend. We celebrated Grace's 6th birthday party with friends & family. She invited several of her friends to enjoy an Ice Cream Birthday Party with her. We started with her and her friends playing in the backyard on the swing set, while we were setting up the ice cream shop. We had layed out bowls, spoons, cups, and straws for ice cream sundaes and milkshakes. The only problem we ran into was getting the ice cream out of the tubs, they were frozen solid. Guess I should have let them dethaw alittle bit, ugh???

Grace's Sweet Shop, Now Opened:)

The Candy Buffet...Yummy!!! We used these for the kids' treat bags.
Happy 6th Birthday Grace!!!

Happy Birthday day to you...

Grace playing one of the water balloon games.

Matt after getting a bucket of water dumped on him. The kids really enjoyed that, Matt not so much. Haha:P

Playing the sponge game. They had to run to the bucket, put the sponge in the water and squeeze the water out into their bucket. This was fun watching them.

We had a blast having Grace's friends over to celebrate with her. For a mom it was a really great way to see Grace interacting with friends that she met in school and friends she has had pretty much her whole life. It was a great time visiting with some of the moms too. I got give a shout out to my mom, sister, and Amanda for coming up and helping with the ice cream shop. It was a blast and I think the kids enjoyed it, too.

Later that evening we had the grandparents, siblings, & their families over pizza and of course ICE CREAM.

Grace and cousin Jaycee. They are 6 years apart but really enjoy each others' company. Jaycee is pretty much like a little sister to me, too. She helped with the games at Grace's Ice Cream party, too. She also got Matt soaked with the bucket of water. hehe!!

Grace, Jaycee, Tristan

After pizza and ice cream the little girls were having fun playing in the sandbox, dolls, and just running around. Well Izabelle had fallen and got her knees all dirty, so we headed to the bath, so I asked B if she wanted to Bubbles, too. She said "yup", so off we went. Then Emily came in to see what we were all doing, so I stripped her down and put her in too. So the 3 littl girls had fun playing in the tub. It was fun.

Iz, B, and Em enjoying their bath.

It was a great day and the weather was BEAUTIFUL. We couldn't ask for anything better.

Until Next Time...

God Bless

Jess