Bonnye's 7th Birthday Celebration & Mermaid Pool Party

Wow, hard to believe she is 7 y.o. already. Love this girl! We had her July 4th celebration and then her party on the 6th. She got to invite friends over for the first time for a party and since her gift from mom & dad was a new bigger pool, she, of course, had a pool party. They had a blast! As usual, Karli outdid herself with the birthday treats. 5 girls and 1 boy attended. Lee was so funny ... they got here late and all the girls were playing in the pool and he is a few years younger than they were. He came around the house with his mom and as soon as he saw the pool full of hyper, giggling girls, he said "No way!", turned around and was going to leave. Needless to say, he would not get into pool while everyone here. They stayed later, so once all the girls left, he did go out finally and play in the pool with Bonnye.

Mermaid Pool Party

 Mermaid & Seashell Cupcakes

 Homemade Mermaid Ice Cream

 Mermaid Jello

My Birthday

Oh my, last year to be in my 50s! Shhhh, don't tell anyone!

Had a great time for our yearly dinner at Sakura's Japanese Steakhouse. Our dear friends, the Hodaks joined us again this year. Afterwards they invited us over to their place and surprised me with a birthday cake.

 Birthday Diva

 Crystal & Steve Hodak

 Our chef, Juan Cappacino. (Yep, that's his real name)

 Me and hubby

 Juan

 Yum! Filet migon, chicken and shrimp

 My birthday singers!

 The whole party

Steve, Crystal, Me, Harold, Nathan, Jacob & Bonnye, Karli

 My surprise birthday cake

 Also cheesecake

Deep in conversation!

It's Hubby's Birthday!

Shhhhhh! We're gettin' old! We took the old man out to dinner. He loves Texas Roadhouse and we have one here now, but hadn't had an opportunity to go yet. Jacob and Karli treated us for his birthday. He really enjoyed it and we even got them to sing "Happy Birthday" to him and he was a good sport and got up on the saddle. He even took a photo-op with my birthday sock monkey (the one he gave me on my birthday a few years ago, although he did try to strangle him).

 Bonnye is ready to go!

 

 Isn't our table ready yet!

 

 The Birthday Boy!

 

 No choking the monkey!

 

 Whew, safe!

 

Such a big girl!

Bonnye is now 2!

Had a wonderful time with our sweet Bonnye Anne today for her birthday. Karli made her a fabulous flag birthday cake (from scratch as always). Harold grilled up some hamburgers if mixed up and I also made some baked beans and Jacob made some buttered potatoes. After we ate and enjoyed cake and ice cream and gave Bonnye her presents, they headed over to Karli's parents house for another cake treat made by Grandpa Comden (chocolate with peanut butter icing) and the watch some great neighborhood fireworks. Bonnye is spending the night with her Grandma and Grandpa Comden. First time staying with them without mommy and daddy. Tomorrow we are just chillin' and Sunday we plan to take her out to Lake Anna for her first lake experience.

Cake preparation:

 

The Birthday Girl:

 

Blowing out the candles:

The cut cake. Isn't it great!

Bonnye enjoying her birthday cake:

A break from eating cake for presents:

Back to the cake and then to go to Grandma and Grandpa Comden's house.

Bonnye decided it was a 2-fork job