What? Seriously? I have a 3 year old? When did this happen?!! However crazy it sounds to me, it's still true, Parker turned 3 years old on August 18!! After our trip to Arizona to see my brother off on his mission, we continued our drive North to Idaho. We had several things to do before our next move so we went back for a week and stayed at my Aunt's house. It was perfect because my mom, step-dad and brother were also there visiting the same time we were! We decided that since almost everyone was in Idaho we would celebrate Parker's birthday a little early.
Now, even though he turned a year older I was so super excited to throw his party this year! Mainly because this was the first year that he had been asking for literally months in advance for a specific type of party. Any guesses? If you guessed Thomas and Friends, then you guessed right! He has been saying that he wanted a Thomas birthday with a Thomas cake for the last several months, mainly around someone else's birthday (Chris' and Tyler's). So because of this I may have gone all out for his party! haha
We celebrated it on August 6 at Rexburg Rapids (Rexburg's new outdoor water park!) with most of our family and some friend's of ours. It was a blast, the weather was perfect (for Idaho it was perfect, but for us coming from over 100 degree, humid weather, it was a little chilly!), but fun just the same! Parker got lots of Thomas stuff (back pack, lunch box, coloring book, trains, place mat, tin box), bubbles, clothes, puzzles and a T-Ball set! He loved it and still talks about it when you ask him how his birthday was!
The almost complete set-up, just missing the balloons! (And because of the wind, the "Happy Birthday" banner didn't stay up much longer after this picture!)
The Birthday Boy :)
A few of my cousins, Lizzy, Elise and Brinley. Lizzy put the party hat's on Parker like that, too funny!
Me and the Birthday Boy :)
How cute is the cake?!? He was able to keep the train, which he loved!
Getting sung to...
Blowing out the candles!!
My attempt at getting a picture of the adorable Thomas balloons, but the wind just wouldn't cooperate!
Parker LOVED the cake! While we were getting ready to sing to him he kept sneaking some frosting off the sides, he even did that to the left over pieces...so Chris just gave him another one! (That's his special plastic plate that I got him...I know, just a little overboard with whole thing! lol)
A couple of his friends, Carson and Brinley
Our friends, Jon and Sydney (Carson and Brinley's parents)
My cousins, Kolbe and Elise
My brother, Connor and my Step-dad with Tyler
My step-dad with Tyler
One of the many bubble sets he got, such a great gift and he loves bubbles (despite what the picture depicts!), but then what kid doesn't?!
His t-ball set, which he really likes, when he's not hitting his brother with the bat! Should have seen that one coming! haha
His cool new backpack, which will come in handy for all his books and coloring stuff for our long trips.
One half of the new water park: slides and lazy river
Other half of the pool: Kid's splash area, rock climbing wall and pool. It really was a nice water park. the bottom of ALL the pool areas were padded with this soft rubber padding, instead of concrete...so nice!
Family Picture
Happy Birthday Parker, we LOVE YOU!!!!
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