Sat Feb 6 - Lia's #2 Birthday with Family

On Saturday we had a busy, busy day with our family. While I was at my baptism class in the morning, the water meter in front of our house broke and we had quite a leak flooding down the street. Luckily, Chris knew what to do and who to call. We lost a lot of water pressure in the house which prompted him to investigate... He estimated we lost about 2000 gallons! Someone was able to come out quickly to fix it and also adjusted our bill.... Thank goodness I have such a handy husband!


Aunt Stacey brought the coolest cake mold and had big plans for us to make a giant cupcake for Lia's Birthday. Here are the kids making the cake. They LOVE to help in the kitchen. I must give Stacey credit.... She managed three very eager children beautifully through the whole process. Each child even got to break their very own egg. We were all very excited about the cake!


It was cold... but beautiful outside. David wanted to show off his big wheel and ability to ride with no hands to his grandparents. Lia wanted to ride on the scooter... with help from her Aunt of course.


While the kiddos were outside, Emily was busy decorating our party room. She helped put out the tablecloth, tie balloons to the chairs, and make place settings so we would all know where to sit. Then she decorated the chairs with ribbons, made party signs, and a special crown for Lia and her little stuffed doggy to wear. She went all out for her sister. It was sweet.


The kids were treated to happy meals... you can see them stuffing there faces here. They were very happy.


Lia was definetly Grandpa's girl at the party. She kept going to him to be held and really enjoyed his "catch the spider" games.


The adults were treated to shrimp cocktail (thank you Mom and Dad!) and a comfort meal of pot roast, carrots, and mashed potatoes. We enjoyed opening the gifts... that's always fun! Lia got some books, cutie cute slippers, a college fund donation and the sweetest baby penguin. Oh yes, and Emily even wrapped up some of her own girly girl clips and a headband for Lia to open...

The cake took longer to bake than we expected... The final time was 1 hour and 15 minutes to bake! Since it took so long, we didn't have time to frost and decorate it... so we had ice cream for dessert. We made it special with chocolate sauce, whipped cream and sprinkles. We even lit a candle and sung happy birthday. It was a very fun day!