Happy birthday, Pete!

We gathered tonight to celebrate Pete's birthday! It's a little early, because they're leaving on a camping trip and will be out of town on his actual birthday. We had a pizza party at Mer, Pete and Kate's house!



Felix really wanted some of that pizza crust. Dad gave him a small piece in exchange for some handshakes!



Presents!



Cake!






Make a wish...



Ta da!!!



Happy birthday, Pete! I hope it's an awesome year!

My Birthday!

I got to start my birthday morning off with a warm slice of fresh peach cake that my sister made and dropped off for me. What a treat!



And the fun continued that night at Mer, Pete and Kate's house! We got to wear birthday crowns!



It was a pizza party.






Avalanche Pizza!



Mer made a salad!



Pete and Kate.



Over the summer, Old Navy had a really great sale on Hawaiian shirts. Pete, Dad and Ben each ended up getting the same one. Since matching outfits are my FAVORITE, my one birthday wish was that they would all wear their shirts to my party. I am the luckiest birthday girl EVER! TRIPLETS!!!!!



And matching crowns for all!



Pete helped Kate jump SUPER high. Watch Dad's face as these photos progress.






Haha!!



Hugs!



We played Pin the Tail on the Elephant.






Joey was pretty close.



Pete's turn!









Mer was next!



She got REALLY dizzy.



Not over there!



Kate schooled us all in the art of pin the tail.



Grandpa!






Me!



Cake time!



Mmm, Texas sheet cake with candy corn. Spooky!



Mom made this cake. It was YUM!



Thanks everyone for helping me celebrate my birthday!

Christmas Eve Eve at the Cabin

This year, we had the traditional Cabin Christmas Eve celebration on Christmas Eve Eve, because Vana had to work on Christmas Eve. It was exciting to get the fun rolling even earlier than usual! Dennis had the place all ready for us.



The super, DUPER exciting thing about this year was that Dennis just finished his new addition! Before, there was an indoor toilet for urination purposes only, but if you had to do anything more serious than that, the outhouse was your only option. BUT NOW, there is a brand new bathroom with a TOILET FOR POOPING!! POOPING INSIDE!!! And a really awesome stove that produces a ton of heat. Enough to heat water for the bathtub!! Hot tub!! I am proud to announce that I got to christen the bathroom. It really was quite the honor!



Time to eat! Dennis made his famous chipotle dip.



He also experimented with making pizza on the new stove!! I thought this pizza was AMAZING, but I guess he used to make pizzas a lot and said that this one wasn't quite what he had hoped. So he plans to experiment with the process, which means we'll get to eat more pizza in the future to help him with his studies! YAY!



I made another big batch of gingerbread cookies.






We also had some Avalanche pizzas and a giant salad!



We played "Werewolf" late into the night and it was sort of a disaster, but ultimately lots of fun.

Happy Fourth Birthday, Kate!

Baby Kate turned FOUR today!! FOUR. She is not a baby anymore, that's for sure! Mom and Dad had a birthday party for her tonight. As soon as the party got rolling, we did presents.



PRESENTS!!



PRESENTS!!



PRESENTS!!



PRESENTS!!



This girl is serious about her presents. It's all business until the whole pile is unwrapped.



Then, it's time to enjoy them! High five for getting an AWESOME PRESENT.



It's Busytown! Uncle Ben got her a pickle car to drive around with the Busytown friends.



Time to set it up!



Coming along nicely! We had to pry Kate away when it was time to eat!



PIZZA PARTY!



Cheers!



Remember the awesome bunny night light I got for my birthday? Kate has been hoping for one of her own, so I got one for her for her birthday!



Her very own.



Mer made this chocolate cake for the birthday girl!



With chocolate AND raspberry buttercream frostings!!!!



Happy birthday to Kate!



That is one happy four-year-old.



Make a wish!









The cake was AMAAAAAAAAAZING!!!!!!!!!!!



Mmm, mmm! What a way to celebrate! Happy birthday, Kate!