And Then We Celebrated...

While we were in Idaho we also had a family party to celebrate Emily's birthday and Walrus Day. What the heck is Walrus Day? Well, several years ago on Father's Day we were all together and we decided that Father's Day needed a mascot...if you will. You know.... like Santa, the Easter Bunny, Cupid....etc. We came up with the walrus to represent Father's Day, and now every year we celebrate Walrus Day.

So, we brought a bunch of decorations and we turned their house into party central. We turned a huge pile of these...

....into this.

Once all the decorations were up, we hung out and played with the kids for the afternoon. Jaxon made this awesome costume. It's Emily....and it looks just like her.

We also got to meet my parent's new puppy, Holly. She totally loves me. I wish our lab was still this small.

Then it was time for dessert. Birthday cake and Walrus Day brownies, of course.

The birthday cake was totally imperfect. Which made it perfect, and I loved it. It was so tasty and colorful.

The whole group of us...don't we just look like a bunch of party animals? I thought so.

After our bellies were beyond full and we put the kiddos to bed, it was time for the grown ups to play. Nothing says party like a crazy game of Apples to Apples! It was hilarious...we were all laughing a lot.

Once Steven soundly kicked our butts, we moved the party to the basement for a few rounds of Mario Kart. This was the battle of the losers. We thought Sarah might be able to beat Steven since he hasn't played that much, but it didn't really work out that way.

Before we left, we had to get in a few more pictures with the birthday girl and the walrus's....

Whew...This turned out to be a long post for such a short trip.