Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Rainah Turns Three!

Today, our baby girl turns three years old!  Time sure flies.  Such a crazy time of year for a birthday- we were at mom and dad's for a few days for Christmas, then came home to prepare for the party.  Aunt Lynne flew in from Arizona the night before and helped set up this morning.  
This year we had an owl theme- I made a fun banner to hang and an owl cake that I'm not quite sure actually looked like an owl, but, oh well.  
Jill, Hayden, Talan, Jessica, and Justin came out as well as mom and dad.  Aunt Kris and Isabelle also drove in from Chicago.  Our friends Jen, Joel, Anna, and Simon also came over to celebrate.  
Rainah got lots of great stuff, including some fun games, a doll house, movies, and Leapster games.  She also got a play kitchen.  
After all the gifts we sang "Happy Birthday" (which put a huge smile on her face), and ate cake and ice cream.  The kids all had fun playing together and Rainah had a great day.  
We have been prepping her for potty training, telling her that when she is 3, there are no more diapers.  She took that quite literally and wore underwear, making me a nervous wreck most of the day, but it was cute.  
We also were Day Sponsors again this year for Way FM, our local Christian radio station, so throughout the day our message played.
Rainah was whipped by the end of the day, but more partying is to come tomorrow as we drive back to the other side of the state for cousin Hayden's birthday!  
Happy Birthday, Rainah- we LOVE you sooo much!




The cake


The goody bags included handmade owl magnets and necklaces, pencils, crayons, stickers, straws, and paper.


Cute owl balloons

















Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Celebrating Mama

Rainah and I came over to hang out while Justin and Jessica were in town for a bit and while we were all there, we were able to celebrate Mother's Day and mom's birthday together (unfortunately Don was working and couldn't join us). It was a gorgeous day and the kids all had a great time playing together outside before we did the cake and present thing. We all pitched in and gave mom cold hard cash so she can go buy the updated Cricut that she loves so much! Happy scrapbooking, mom! We love you!

Talan

Rainah setting the ball

...and the kick









Talan and Hayden



Giving Aunt Jessica some lovin



Rainah thought it was great to run around the yard holding Jill's hand

So everyone joined in



Tree huggers



Patiently waiting for the cake- she LOVES her cake!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Talan's Turns Two!

Today TC turned two years old! So hard to believe! Rainah and I came over to party like rock stars. Jill out-did herself again with cakes shaped as guitars and a drum and lots of yummy snacks, which Rainah gobbled up as quick as she could. We all got tatoos (like true rockers) and Talan got lots of great stuff! After eating some cake and ice cream, Talan was escorted upstairs so Dave could set up the best gift of all- his very own drum set. He LOVED it! All the kids had a great time playing with all the new toys, but they all especially loved the drums!  I'm sure it will provide hours of enjoyment at the Skiver household :)  Happy Birthday Talan - we love ya!  Rock on!

The cakes








Hayden applying the tatoos














The man!



Present time







Rainah looking on



























Hayden just LOVED Elmo

She loves her cake