The Birthday Party

So last weekend was the big birthday party.  I compared it to our wedding....fun to plan, chaotic to prepare for, a grand ol' time but grateful when it's all over. ;)  We had a ton of family come to town from Texas, Nebraska, Southwest Kansas and Kansas City.  Most importantly, the Roo had a helluva weekend.

Our Texas cousins couldn't make it because of school conflicts, so we skyped when Riley opened her gift from Cousin Baylee.  We tend to be more shy now.

We started the festivities off at no other than our home away from home, La Fiesta.

The next day brought a family lunch and PRESENTS!  Highlights were our Mickey Mouse Clubhouse chair, Fozzy Bear hand puppet, and "Stride-to-Ride" Dino (Uncle Kenny did good with that one).

Next stop:  the real party.  After Daddy's pulled pork and HyVee's baked beans, hashbrown casserole, & green bean casserole (I highly recommend catering, it saved my sanity when planning for 55 people in my house) came CAKE!

Grandma Billie's niece made the cupcakes and Riley's cake for us; they came all the way from Dodge City.

"Whoa, mama."

"Ooo...so pretty, I want to touch it!" (came verrry close, too)

"Yuck!  What is this stuff?!"  She didn't want anything to do with the cake, or sugar cookies.  Can't be my daughter, I tell ya!

Absolutely loved the attention, though!

After the semantics, we had fun playing outside.  The bad storms luckily stayed away from our party.

We enjoyed the game of "pull the decorative pinwheels out of the driveway".  She was on a mission.

One thing in each hand, as usual.

And a couple family shots.  Riley with all her grandparents (minus Guy's folks, they had to get on the road to beat the storms):

And cousins. :)

Sunday, while the boys went golfing, us girls ventured to Wamego for the Tulip Festival.  Awww...when we went last year I was two days away from having Riley.  Tear.

Petting zoo!!!  We officially rode our first horse this weekend, too.  When the official birthday party photographer, Aunt Chelsi, sends me the photos I'll be sure to post them!

Whew.  And we haven't even gotten to the actual day yet, stay tuned!