Mason turns 4

For Mason's birthday party this year, we brought an extra special surpirse ... all the way freshly flown in from Honolulu Ohau Hawaii ... Auntie E surprised {nearly} everyone there! Kendall & I had picked her up from the airport the day before ... she had spent the night with us and then the 4 of us drove into Abilene, just in time for Mason's big par-ty! Kendall was already so happy with her Auntie E visiting, and going to Abilene to see everyone, plus a party (with cake!) was the icing on the cake for her! Even better, Mason's party was at the sports center ... which is basically all fun gymnastics equipment ... now that's a party for this 2.5-year-old-gymnastics-lover! Everyone had a great time ... parents got to play too ... it was a great success! The big birthday boy & Aunt Rach ... Mason was being a little shy at the beginning of the party, but he soon warmed up! Since he loves the Disney's Jake and the Neverland Pirates tv show, he asked for a pirates party. Arrrr! Ahoy, maatee!

 

My sister always has the cutest cakes made for their parties!

 

There was plenty of fun to be had at this party ... jumping, swinging, sliding, tumbling, bouncing & foam pits ... what more could you ask for?

 

 

 

 

 

After all that runnin' around, these cutie pies were drenched in sweat and thirsty!  Bring on the drinks & eats!

 

 

the cousins ... Kendall loooooooves these 2 boys!  And they are both pretty fond of her, too!

 

After the party was over, Uncle Mike & Daddy took the kids back to their house to play, while my sisters, Grams & I ran a few errands.  Pops was still sick, on the mend, but still not feeling great, so he hadn't been able to come to Mason's party ... and therefore, did not know Auntie E was in town.  So, the original 5 Byers family hung out together to visit with Dad, ate pizza for dinner ... it hasn't been just the 5 of us in over 12 years now, so although it was weird not having our husbands & kids around, it was nice for those couple of hours.  (Pops didn't want the kids to get sick, just in case, so that's why it was just us sisters that visited him.)  Although we didn't want to, we had to drive home that evening ... we were having company come in the next morning for another special event ... Uncle Mike, Aunt Rach, Mason & Tucker, Grams & Pops and Auntie E were ALL coming to our house on Sunday for a big surprise to the kids ... we were going on the North Pole Express Train!  Choo Choo!  All-Aboard!