Birthday Shoutout - Mom, Tara, and Papa!!!

Well, we finished off a round of birthdays, for a couple weeks anyway. Then we start back again in September. Last week, we celebrated Mom's and Papa's birthday at Papa Pablanos!!

They, of course, had to wear the the infamous Mexican sombraro while they were sung to.

Brooke and I enjoying the party
Then, all the kiddos had to take turns trying on the sombraro. (Just the thought of how many different heads those hats have been on.....makes me cringe.)

After the celebration at Papa Pablano's, we went to Tara's house (it was her birthday also) for a little cake and gift time!

Tara with her new neckalce and earrings!! Can you tell that Brooke like to be in every picture we make? If you look back, she is posed beside me in all of my birthday picstures too. So funny.


My new hiarcut! Sorry that it is sideways, I forgot to rotate some of these in 'My Pictures'.

Brody still loves bathtime! It is his favorite part of the evening I think. It even one-ups eating in his book! Here he is blowing bubbles in the water. This is usually followed by some spitting and sputtering - but he goes right back at it.

He will hate me for these pictures one day...
Playing in the mud with Daddy. You can see in the first picture, he knows to drink from a water hose like an old pro. (Again, sorry for being sideways.)

Natalie Grant (the Christian singer) came to ElDorado for a concert with 2 Empty Chairs last weekend. I was a little hesitant about bringing Brody, but he did awesome. We put cotton in his ears, and he and Brooke clapped and danced for an hour and a half!

Tuesday evening we ate dinner with Dad and Karen. After we stuffed ourselves, we went outside to play and work off a little of that roast and potatoes.

Dad and Brent playing ball, Brody playing with his buckets, and Karen with a camera in her hand.

You can see that Brody's toys are put to good use!

Brody taking a break and cooling off with some of MiMi's tea. That cup is almost as big as he is!

At one point we saw Brody run off to the edge of the yard. At first we couldnt figure out what he was doing....then we saw him squat. Hey, he needed his privacy!!

I wonder what they were looking at????
Must be pretty interesting up there!
Just before we went in, Dad turned on the sprinkler in the yard. I think this was Brody's favorite part of the evening!
He couldnt resist running through a few of them.