Lauren's birthday weekend! (warning, lots of photos)

There is not really no such thing as "birth-DAY" at my house...more like "birth-WEEKEND"..especially when it comes to our kids. Lauren's birth-weekend was no exception! Forgive my long post. I wanted to document our super fun weekend!

The day before her birthday, we had Parent Teacher Conferences. Lauren got rave reviews as always, it makes me so proud. I realized that we were "twinners" that day, and not on purpose at all! Her teacher musta thought we were a little crazy. LOL!

As a kid, I remember waking up to a table full of presents, I enjoy carrying on the tradition, this is what Lauren woke up to on her actual birthday.

Matt and I both took PTO on her birthday and we both picked her up from school, she was excited to see the whole family pick her up.

We also suprised her by taking her to one of her favorite places to eat! IHOP or IPOD as she calls it. Matt looks so handsome in this picture and Lauren looks tickled pink!

Then we came home and she got to open her presents. I think that she liked the jewelry box that I decorated!

After opening her presents from Matt and me, I bathed her and took her to get her 6 year pictures taken..(see previous post for those shots).

Then we went to the West Valley Fitness Center for her birthday party. Here is the cake she chose, "Sponge Bob"! I couldn't talk her into anything girly!

The kids had a great time playing in the "Edutainment" room.

The mini-grocery store was a hit with all the kids.

Jamie loved the cash register!

Renting the place was affordable and came with pizza, drinks, and cake! Here is everyone enjoying the pizza.

My sister Sarah and friend Beth not only matched each other, they also matched the color of the tablecloth! So cute! I love these girls and couldn't have pulled off the party without them!

Beth's daughter, Harbor had a fun time playing too...I hope Sarah had fun in the jungle gym as well. Maybe she even loved playing like a little kid again!

Everyone sang Happy Birthday to the birthday girl. She loved being the center of attention.

Here is Lauren and her friend and neighbor, Chrystie.

Lauren and her friend and classmate, Morgan.

Lauren and her cousin, Brookie, Morgan and Aunt Sarah.

Lauren and her friend Sammy from daycare (whom she misses very much!)

Jamie had no fear when it came to climbing.

Lauren had such a good time and was SOO tired that she quickly fell asleep in my lap! Awww! She doesn't do that very often, so it was a nice treat for me. Where did my baby go?

I don't know what he was thinking but I caught Jamie after he had ripped off some or the stickers to my jewelry box! DOH! Luckily, I was able to fix it quickly with craft glue!


Saturday, the next day we went to a birthday party for Matt's cousin John's son. They had lots of festivities going on. One special thing was a clown who painted faces. Lauren had to have her face painted like a cat!

Lauren even got to be the clown's assistant as she did her magic tricks!

Jamie had a blast just playing with his cars on the gym floor.

They also had a pinata. Look at my cute fam waiting for the candy to rain from the sky!

Lauren waiting to hit the pinata.

SHE actually is the one who knocked it down! What a strong girl!


On Sunday, we ended her birthday weekend by taking her to her other favorite place to eat...RED LOBSTER!

She LOVES the lobsters in the waiting room!

They even offered to let her touch one!

She actually picked out a girly cake for her family birthday party.

Everyone singing "Happy Birthday"!

Here she is with her Uncle Stephen and Uncle Collin.

Here she is with her Papa Leo and her Grandma TT.

Posing with Aunt Kristen and Uncle Dave.

Here she is with my parents and sisters and her little brother!

And here is a shot of her and her parents. She is such a sweet little girl. She is just the apple of our eyes. We love and adore this little princess soo much! I hope that her 6th birthday is one she will always remember!

We love you Lauren! Okay, now no more getting ANY older!