birthday party weekend

Kendall, so in association "WE", had a busy birthday party schedule for the weekend ... she was invited to 5 parties for this weekend, but we could only attend 3 of them! I know kids are born all year long, but this was a busy weekend.

Saturday morning, we drove to Ridgemar Mall for Tyler's 3rd birthday ... it was a train theme and Kendall had a blast! We enjoyed the awesome playscape & fun train rides through the mall. Chick Fil A nuggets & fruit was served for lunch, along with a train birthday cake ... which Kendall sampled & loved.

Kendall with the birthday boy Tyler

the Odom sisters ... "girl-Ashleigh", Kaelynn and Rylie ...

Happy 3rd Birthday, sweet Tyler!  We were so happy to join your celebration!

Sunday, we partied all day long with 2 birthday swim parties!  After church, we went swimming in our own pool with Grams (who was visiting us for the weekend) before she had to go back home ... Kendall had to skip her afternoon nap (which actually worked out just fine), so we could attend (girl-)Ashleigh's 8th birthday party ... at Keller Pointe.  It was a great swim party ... it's a great facility with lots to do for all ages ... indoor pools & slides and outdoor ones, too.  Although we don't love running around in our swim suits, Fritzie & I had a great time riding all the slides with several other moms, too.  We stayed an extra 1.5 hours after the party for more swimming ... with the Odoms.

Daddy "boy-Ashley", Kendall & the birthday
girl ... Ashleigh.  With 2 Ashley/Ashleigh's in
the family, we had to start distinguishing
between them, so boy- and girl- have stuck.

Happy 8th Birthday, Ashleigh!  We can't believe you are already 8 years old and so grown up!  Thanks for inviting us to your awesome party! 

Then, we had just enough time for Kendall to take a nap in the car and eat dinner before heading to our final birthday party of the weekend ... Sarah's 4th ... at Bedford Splash!  They had rented out the park after hours and had a huge, double party for her & her brother Jacob.  Sarah was in my preschool class this past year and Kendall loved playing with her!  There were lots of families there but we had the whole thing to our party, so it was awesome!  They have several different swim areas/pools/slides so there was lots to do.

These orange slides were one of Kendall's favorite things ... she slid 100 times in our 2 hours we were there ... sometimes by herself, sometimes with Daddy or Mommy, sometimes with one of my former students ... she loved it!

There were several kids from our preschool there ... and several girls from our class ... here is Leslie, Sarah and Keira (with Kendall) ... with several attempts for a good picture.

Happy Birthday, Sarah!  Thanks for inviting us to your big party!  We had a great time splashin' around!

We had a fun weekend ... with Grams here visiting us on Saturday and 3 fun parties! 

Now, we are getting ready for more fun with company ... Huni & GranGran arrive on Wednesday for a quick visit before flying back to the Ukraine on Friday ... this will be our last time to see them until January!