We have a 4 year old. How did this happen? That’s just crazy! And that’s another blog post…

This weekend, we celebrated AJ turning 4! What a crazy fun time we had.

Thursday night AJ and I picked up Grandma and Papa from the airport as they came in for the weekend to celebrate with us. We were super excited to see them! After we got them, we went out to a quick dinner and AJ started talking about his “family”. He wanted to give a family hug and take family pictures. Here’s a few silly pics we took:

Family Picture :)

Being silly!

Making silly faces!

On Friday, I went to work and the three of them got to hang out like old times. They helped prepare for the party and then went to the pool. That night we just hung around and BBQ’d. It was a good, relaxing family night.

Saturday was the BIG DAY. We invited about 55 people (kids and adults) to AJ’s Star Wars themed party. We had it at a Bison Park and while there were a ton of people, I did my best to keep it somewhat simple. We had pizzas delivered, fruit, chips and drinks. Jason, once again, made a fantastic cake. Here’s a picture of R2D2 (this is a combination of 6 large sheet cakes!)

Jason MADE this!

He's got a great daddy!

Goofin' around

My mom took it upon herself to do a candy bar for the kids. She went to LA to get all the candy and bought a bunch of acrylic cylinders to put the candy in. This was the little party gift for each kid and they all had a great time filling their bags! Not to mention it was adorable.

Most of AJ’s best friends were able to come to his party; Dax & Skylar, Maddy & Riley, Sam & Joe, Abby & Jack, Zane & Paris, Todd & Katelyn, Austin & Trevor and about 6 or 7 of his school friends came too! 3 of his teachers came with their kids and it was awesome to spend some time with them on a personal level and get to know them a little bit. The kids played at the park for a while, then we had lunch, they played some more and then we had a super fun water balloon toss. Next year, we’re doing the water balloons again, but tripling the number of balloons! It was nearly 100 degrees and it cooled us off and the kids had a wonderful time with it. After that, we sang Happy Birthday to AJ and did presents. AJ got some really neat things. A lot of Star Wars and super hero toys, lots of Legos, books and a Yoda alarm clock to name a few.

Abby & Lisa

AJ and his good school buddy Alec

AJ and Kellan- good friends!

Abby & Madolyn Merrill (her first and last name, but everyone seems to call her by both- haha) these girls are going to be trouble! So cute!

Water balloon toss!

So fun!

AJ & Daxie

I have to say that I am so pleased with how well we all worked together this year on the party. My mom, Dave, and Jason are so very helpful and I can count on them all to help with food, cake, keeping AJ busy while we set up, or anything else that needs to be done. We’re a great team and all doing it because we love AJ so much!

We LOVE this kid!

They LOVE him too! (the feeling is mutual)

Grandma, AJ and Mommy

My love..

Saturday night, after we cooled off and rested, we went out to 2 more parties for my mom’s friends. They loved seeing AJ and I enjoyed seeing them again. Sunday, we went back to the pool and hung out for a few hours. It was SO HOT this weekend, we needed it. It was a great weekend!

Here are a few more pictures:

Grandma & Papa got AJ this Star Wars suitcase for our trips to California

New Lego's!

From his friend at school, Will. This is General Grievous... I think? (And if I'm right, I'm pretty proud of myself- I wouldn't have known this 6 months ago!)