Happy 2nd Birthday Olivia!

Some of you might be wondering why it took me so long to post pictures of Liv's birthday party. Well, I accidentally deleted the photos off of my camera. Luckily Earle was able to save me and was able to recover them ALL!!! I took a lot of photos (and so did Rick)!

We had GREAT weather - a little warm and pretty windy - but it made the heat bearable. Backyardigan's was the theme and everyone seemed to have a good time.

Julia in her Uniqua mask!
Olivia in her Tyrone mask

Olivia and Daddy with Aunt Roseann
Olivia with Jamie
Uncle Ed & Aunt Joyce enjoying their grandson, Joshua

Julia had fun in the sprinkler

And so did Meris & Jimmy

The food
Olivia's cupcake

The girls splashing in the pool

Enjoying the shade from Great Grammie's tree

Joshua & Rachel
mmmmmm...cupcake & frosting

Melissa with CJ and Jamie
Chris in his hat & mask
Olivia having fun

BJ
Rick - just one of the kids...
The kids enjoyed playing in the house

Julia helping Olivia open presents
Julia showing Olivia the Polly Pockets that she picked out for her.
Olivia was in awe of the music box from Aunt Joyce & Uncle Ed
Olivia's newest MSU gear

Olivia loving her new baby

Looking for Rick to say thank you!
A girl in her glory on her first bike. She was so excited to get this!

Travis & Fred
At the end of the day, Olivia & Julia relaxed together in the yard.

Farm Girl

This weekend we went to my Dad & Cindy's house for Cindy's birthday.

All the kids love going to Papa & Grandma Cindy's house - they have a lot of room to roam! Olivia was so excited to see the horses - as she always is. But Papa & Grandma had a big surprise for the kids. They bought a John Deere Gator for the kids. Julia was the first driver and she did so good right away! Of course, she really liked it when Kurt put it in the faster gear - but after a few close calls, Papa turned it back into the low gear.

Jimmy & Olivia enjoyed riding in the back!
Olivia moved to the front - and Jimmy loved having the back to himself!

Jimmy still having a great time in the back!

Olivia's turn to drive - she was very timid and would only push the petal a little bit at a time - it was like watching a 16 year old drive a stick for the first time - very painful....but funny!
Notice Julia bracing herself!

The other kids must have given up on riding while Olivia figured it out. :)

Jimmy moved to the ride on tractor while Julia pulled him around!

The bigger girls were waiting for their turn...and Olivia was trying to drive away.

Jimmy trying to ride the little tractor with Olivia. Olivia contemplating her near miss - Papa grabbed Olivia just before Julia ran the gator into the chair that Liv was standing behind. Never a dull moment!
Julia and her Papa

Julia's blue mouth from the cake frosting

Jimmy's sad face
Liv and her Grandpa
The girls were being silly

The girls love Papa's chex mix. He knows how to bait his grandkids!
I said that this picture looks like cute innocence - Kate said it's just tired! :)
Look - Liv standing on a couch - wonder where she learned that?!?! Liv chatting with Papa!

Olivia trying to drive the gator....