Olivia's Pool Party

Olivia's pool party was this past Saturday and we had so much fun! There were 37 adults and 24 kiddos total-that's what I call organized chaos! Olivia had such a blast-she asked me all week if it was her birthday party day yet-she is getting to be such a big girl! The pictures upload in any order they want so I guess we can start with our youngest guests-

Jace-he is only a month old!

Van-this is Dean's little borther-he is about to be 2 months old!

Dean-what a handsome boy!

The Vaughn Family

Hudson and Julia

Icing!

She loves when we sing Happy Birthday to her!

A bunch of folks having fun!

Diving board fun!

New slide-the kids loved it!

More fun!

Little Luke Boulette-he is too cute! Too bad it's not a shot of his red curls!

My sister made Olivia this beautiful Spider cake!

Another view-look at her pretty eyes!

This was her birthday outfit (and a pink tutu that didn't make it into the picture)-thanks tia mana-we love it! My sister painted the shirt-it is so beautiful!

Olivia's birthday

Olivia turned 3 last Monday, August 10th, and even though she had a party coming up our immediate family all came to have dinner and celebrate with her Monday. We love them so much-they made her birthday that much better!

Dancing with her Abi

Abi and Ishia

Nana, Tata, and Abi-they are silly!

Tio Kenny and Tia Mana

Her cake-she is really into insects right now so as soon as she saw the ants, she was sold!

She loves when we sing to her!

Stylin in her new hat, skirt, and the package ribbons from her tia mana!

One of her new hats from Tia Mana

Her birthday princess hat from Abi

Saying Good Bye

Last weekend we traveled to Austin to say our farewells to Jesse's childhood best friend, Nathaniel Elwell. He lost his battle to cancer July 22 and we finally got some closure and were able to pay our respects to his loved ones. He will be missed terribly and so many people showed up to share their memories and sorrows with the rest of us. His death brought many people together again, and Jesse got to see many folks from his past. R.I.P Nate-we love you!


His ashes were scattered in Lake Travis-this was his wish

Very touching

Jesse and his cousin Glen

Glen, Cody, Jesse, Tom, and Zack

Pooped!

This is how we ended the day to Sea World-super pooped!

Aquarium

The aquarium was awesome and full of amazing fish. I don't know why she is so into sea animals, but she just can't seem to get enough of them. She will ask me all the time when we are going to sea the sharks, whales, dolphins, and fishies again!

She looks like such a big girl in this picture to me.

Mean shark

Sting Rays

Could she get any closer?

Feeding the Dolphins

You can actually feed the dolphins now at Sea World! (this was not an attraction when I was a kid) You purchase little trays of fish and you go to one side of the dolphins tank and as long as you stay on your belly you can reach in as far as you can and drop the little fish right into the dolphins mouth. Needless to say Olivia loved this, and I am sure she would have stayed here all day if our pocket book would have allowed!

There is her little hand trying to get as close to the water as possible.

Precious!

Thank goodness daddy was holding her, or I am positive she would have jumped right in!

They are so gentle and their skin is the smoothest thing I have ever felt.

More Sea World

Shamu's show was awesome. These whales are such amazing creatures. We all loved watching!

Tricks

Surfing on the whale

Beautiful

The finale