Birthday Luau

My parents decided to have a super awesome Luau for their combined birthday party this year.  My dad's birthday as on May 1st and my mom's is on the 6th.

It was perfect weather for a party in the back yard and we all had such a good time.  My parents got lots of fun party things for everyone.  Everyone got a lei, a straw hat, and the girls got flower clips for our hair.  The kids got all those things plus they got squirt guns that they got to play with, dolphin necklaces, sunglasses, and yo-yo's.  They were totally spoiled and loved every minute of it.

My parents also got a couple beach balls.  One was super big and the other was more medium size.  The kids love kicking the balls around the yard, especially the big one.  They played for a long time with that ball and came up with lots of different games to go with it.  Oh and they had hula hoops.  Megan loved playing with them and she did surprisingly well twisting it around her tummy.

Most of the family was able to come.  Julie was in Atlanta for DECA, Betsy's kids were with their dad, and Wendy was in California, oh and Teagan was in Japan.  I guess we will forgive them for not attending.  But the rest of us were all there parting hard.

The kids all loved the trampoline, as usual.  They all did really good taking turns.  Even Megan and Kimball jumped for a long time.  Josh probably jumped the most.  He loved doing "bums" and having us all watch him do his trick.  He tried a "tummy" but kept landing on his knees.  It was pretty cute.

Megan was a super jumper today too.  Normally she likes it for a little while and then is done.  But today she wanted to jump for a long time and kept wanting to get back on and jump some more.  She also seems to like to jump right close to the edge and freak her mommy out.  She hasn't fallen off yet, but she has giving me a lot of scares.

After we ate the kids found the squirt guns.  I had them all filled and ready to go.  They were so excited to have a water fight.  Even Megan got right in there and squirted the older kids.  She is preparing to be a Hells Angel.  After a couple minutes Megan pretty much just drank the water out of the gun.  So turns out she didn't have much fight in her.  But she looked super cute.

Megan's action shot.  She's all ready for those brothers and cousins to get her.

Megan drinking the water from her squirt gun.  It tastes better this way.

Averee, Tyler, Hayden, and Josh having their water fight in the back yard.  They loved it!

Josh sporting his cool hat before he gets back onto the trampoline.

After Megan got tired of the squirt guns she dropped hers on the ground and played in the sand box.  Yeah for getting dirty.

Megan, Josh, Tyler, and Averee waiting for Hayden and Kimball so they can sing to Grandma.

Megan, Josh, Kimball, Tyler, Averee, and Hayden all ready to sing Happy Birthday to Grandma.  They sure did like all the fun things grandma and grandpa gave them.