it's my party

and I'll have FUN if I want to!!

And boy did Bergen have fun! We had a water themed birthday party (which went quite nicely with the Cars cake that Bergen picked!) for the big boy on his 4th birthday. Every year Bergen's birthday has fallen on a hot and sunny day, and the forecast this year was no different, but it turned out to be a cooler and cloudy day. It actually ended up for the best - it was much easier for for parents to enjoy the outdoors and no one had to worry too much about sunscreen! The kids still played in the water, hit a pinata, devoured some cake, and enjoyed some gift opening. Bergen is still talking about how much fun he had at his birthday party and he can't wait to have another party when he turns 5 "next week". I guess we still need to work on that whole concept of time.

After our friends left, family stayed to celebrate Annika's birthday. We opened gifts and had a cake that Annika didn't want to touch with a 10 foot pole (she was probably still suffering from PTSD from her whole cupcake experience the night before). But even though she didn't take a bite, she enjoyed getting caked in the frosting herself!

It was a wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL party!! Thank you to everyone that was able to celebrate with us in person and to those that couldn't be there but were with us in spirit! We truly feel blessed to have such amazing family and friends! THANK YOU!!!