Erik & Blue's Birthday!

Wow what a wonderful time we had! June 28th is Erik's official birthday and 4 Paws estimated Blue's birthday to be around July 1st so I have decided that Blue and Erik have the same birthday! We had a wonderful party! The Standley's came down from Kentucky (they were actually visiting Tennessee) and we were so happy to have them! The Lambert's came as well as many other friends. Erik's teacher Lori came with her children and I hope she will come over again! I rented a HUGE inflatable slide for the kids to play on, they company hadn't put us on the schedule and when I called they didn't even know we had rented it so they were about 3 hrs late arriving to set up the slide! I was not happy since the party had been going for about 2 hours before the main attraction arrived! They discounted the rental and let us keep it an extra day!

All the kids enjoyed the slide and Erik got a trampoline for his birthday from Papaw, Nienie & Geegee. It was also a hit! Many of the families who were able to stay later hung out and continued to enjoy the slide! We had more food than you can imagine, it feed a ton of people multiple meals and even feed Erik and Blue's second birthday party the next day :) Papaw got out his favorite toy, his Ford tractor and rode the kids around or let them drive! Jonathan loved riding the tractor you should have seen the smile on his face!

Blue enjoyed seeing his friends Nitro, Zoro & Case! He got some cool presents as well! He spent a lot of time in his Kennel during the party due to kids running around with plates full of food and that is just tooooo much temptation for a Blue Dog! Nitro hung out in the same room with him so at least he wasn't alone!

Erik loved all his gifts and plays with them every day! He got a drill and saw that he loves to spin and make noise with! He got a guitar that plays cool songs and pushes the buttons often! He got a bubble blower, a spongebob car and so many other neat toys and honestly plays with each of them! The spongebob shirt you see him wearing in the picture was one of his gifts also and he loves it and says Bob every time I show it to him before he wears it!

We enjoyed everyone who came and want to tell you Thanks and hope you will come back out again soon and jump on the trampoline, go on hikes, ride the tractor, and just enjoy relaxing with us! Donna we hope you will be able to bring Rachel and Jonathan over again soon, Larry, Ann & Sara can't wait to see ya'll again, Lori, Reagan & Owen it was great to have ya'll and hope to do it again soon you are a welcome addition to our family of friends, Kelly, Connor & Carter hated that ya'll had to leave so quickly maybe you can come over and spend more time, Cathy and lil Kevin, it was so great to see you and see the amazing progress Kevin has made, you are always welcome, Amy & Valor what a surprise to see ya'll and we enjoyed the way Valor brightened up a room, The Standley's thanks for making the trip you were such a special addition to this years party you are such an amazing addition to our family and we miss you when you are away, can't wait to see ya'll again and the fun things we are starting to plan (Oh yeah by the way everyone keep your ears open for some fun things ahead). The Lambert's love you guys sooooo much and am so glad ya'll were here! To all who couldn't come or are too far away we missed you so much and will have to plan to get together soon!

Enjoy the pictures we love you all!

Deanna, Erik (big 9 year old) & Blue Dog (when do Labs calm down sometime after 2 yr right?)!!!