Calling all August birthday people...

Things have been a little crazy this summer and we've run a little short on time for certain things. So we thought it would be a brilliant idea to combine both Logan's and Peyton's birthday celebrations since their birthdays are so close together (5 days apart). I originally really wanted them to each have their own separate party because I want them to both feel special and have their own special day, but I figured this is probably the one year that we could actually celebrate them together without it being a big deal because neither one is old enough to really notice or care. So it sounded like a great idea, right? WRONG!! Holy chaos! We were originally going to keep it small and simple and just do cake and ice-cream and gifts. But then my in-laws were going to be coming back from Idaho Falls that day and wouldn't be home til' dinnertime and wouldn't want to come home from a trip and have to throw dinner together. Plus, they took the girls with them and gave us a break for the weekend. So we thought it would be nice to do dinner for them, but then we decided to extend the invitation to everyone. O.k. I can handle dinner at my house and having a bunch of people over. Fine, whatever. But doing dinner on top of TWO birthday parties. What were we thinking?!? I think everything turned out less chaotic than I felt it was, but I also happened to be feeling sick that day and that certainly didn't help. After everyone left I just CRASHED! My body just about gave out. I went upstairs and started getting ready for bed while Matthew was down cleaning up the huge mess and suddenly I got a bloody nose. I NEVER get bloody noses (unless I'm having my ulcer issues, which I haven't lately) so it was kind of weird and random. The next day I was flat in bed all day. I got up a couple times to make sure the kids hadn't killed each other, and just about passed out. I had to drag myself back to bed. Matthew had just been sick a week or so earlier and his lasted for about a week. I was hoping that that's not how it was going to be. I'm a very up-and-going person and can't handle being confined to a bed. But by Tuesday I was feeling a whole lot better.....weak, but better. While I was stuck in bed I watched the DVD we recorded of the party and sure enough, things were a lot less crazy than they had seemed to be in my mind. But I still don't think I'll ever do anything like that ever again!

He was being such a ham for the camera that night. Everyone was getting a kick out of how much he would pose and "act" for the camera every time it came out. I know everyone probably thinks I trained him because I'm such a picture taking queen, but that is NOT normal for him.

His cake had bugs on it, so we decided to stick with the theme and make a GIANT dirt cup!

Tate, Kaylee, Kya and Reece

Tristan (he was being shy and wanted to sit by himself)

Logan being fitted for his crown that Keely and September made for him.

Hammin' it up for the camera!

Here he is being extremely excited about the clothes that Bonnie gave him. What 3-year old BOY gets excited about clothes? Apparently Logan. :) Actually it was a camouflage outfit and he loves camo-stuff, so maybe it was more excitement about the camo than the clothes. Either way, his reaction was hilarious!

He LOVES soccer and only has a small ball, so September bought him this ball with her own money. He was so excited and even started an impromptu game of soccer right in the middle of opening presents. He just took off and it was hard to get him back.

This is a quillow that Gma Stocking made for him. Now he doesn't have to use the pink girlie version of Kya's that he used one day and became attached to.

He was a little confused about the backpack because he thought it was Tate's backpack. We had just given Tate a backpack just like it for his birthday a few months earlier and he remembered.

We had gotten him a bike and we planned on having him open the helmet and asking why he needed a helmet if he didn't have a bike. Well, we didn't fool him. He had seen his bike parked around the corner when he took off for his game of soccer.

Peyton loves this doll.....which was hand-selected by her second mother, Haylie, Kalun and Kristi's little girl who is just a few months older than Peyton.

Peyton loved the silly spoons that Gma Stocking gave her. She wanted to start eating off of them right away.

Peyton didn't really want to have much to do with her cake at first. We finally resorted to feeding it to her, but eventually she came around.

I love this picture. It looks like Peyton is staring longingly at Logan's crown and wondering where hers is.

The cake ultimately got almost finished off, thanks to Logan's help.