Girls' Birthday - June 4th

June 4th was a perfect day to celebrate the girls 1st and 3rd birthdays! We could not have asked for a better day! It was warm and sunny. The party was a lot of fun. We had a great turnout. Almost everyone who we invited were able to come. There were about 40 people. We are very thankful for the important role that each person has in the girls' lives that were at the party.

Here is a copy of the invitation that we sent out. Thanks to Andy's creative work :)

Andy did a great job decorating the pavilion. He went out to Oxbow at 7 a.m. to reserve a spot. Good thing he went out that early. There were only 2 pavilions left.

We tried to get a cute picture of the girls in their hats together, but we could not get Hannah to really sit still because . . .

she wanted to be swinging. One of her favorite things to do. While Chloe was not at all impressed . . .

by the hats or . . .

sitting by herself. What a sad face!!!

Once everyone arrived we went over to Zollman Zoo to see the animals. It is amazing to me how many animals they have at the zoo in this small town. Plus it is free! They have a bear, otters, birds, wolves, farm animals, and many more.
Hannah really enjoyed feeding the goat. She was not really afraid at all.



Ashley Vail and Hannah having an in depth discussion about the animals at the zoo.

After the zoo, we went back to the pavilion for lunch. We had brats, chicken sausages, chips, pea salad, potato salad, and fresh fruit.

My friend, Jill, gave me the name of a lady, Mary Bruhn, who makes cakes from her house. She did a fabulous job making the cakes! They were the cutest and tastiest birthday cakes that I have ever had!

Chloe's cake was a lemon cake with raspberry buttercream frosting. It was designed to be a little present as you can see.

Hannah's cake was a pink princess cake as requested by Hannah. The wand was even edible. Although Hannah played around with it at our house for weeks following her party. Hannah's cake was a confetti cake with strawberry buttercream filling.



Hannah enjoyed blowing out her birthday candles.

Chloe got to have her own cake that her Aunt Tiffany made for her. It had no eggs or milk in it. We are so grateful to Tiff for taking the time to do this for Chloe. She LOVED it!!!

We both love the frosting the most. Really all three girls. Hannah hardly ate any cake, just frosting.

Chloe really got into the cake. She even had frosting in her ears!

Hannah is a great big sister.

This is so sweet! Hannah swinging with her Great Grandma Klendworth!

After naps for almost the whole family, we went swimming in the backyard. They all loved going down the slide, even the big kid.

It was pretty cold water from the hose. Hannah and Daddy really did not mind. They are both "hot" people!

Ayden did not really like the cold water, but she played in it for awhile. She liked getting Andy wet.

In the evening we all went out for dinner at the Green Mill. Then came home and opened presents. We decided to do no presents this year for their party so there were only a few for the girls to open. They did not mind one bit that there were not a bunch. They loved each gift that they received.

Hannah wearing her crown from her Great Grandma and her wand from her cake. She LOVES being a princess.

Chloe enjoyed her new riding toy from her Grandma. She had an interesting way of riding it :)



Ayden is very focused playing on Hannah's new computer. She loves technology!

Here are all of the balloons that the girls got for their birthday. The big ones are from their Grandma and the smaller ones were for the party.