Alvie is One!!

Little Alvie is one year old! 

Bella threw the cutest party this evening for Alvin! I'm sure Ethan helped with some stuff for it, but we think it was mostly Bella, and it was adorable. She sent out invitations saying "Our Fungi is turning 1!" and had a little gnome mushroom theme. So cute. It was at Rock Canyon Park - 

She made adorable little mushroom cupcakes with strawberries for the top and marshmallows for the stem.

Natalie: "How come I've never had a cute party like this?!?!" You have my blessing to make it happen for yourself! And I am willing to make a small contribution financially towards your event. There was a little wind at the beginning of the evening - 

but it soon passed and the weather and temp were perfect. They had pizza, I brought some sourdough, there were cookies, pasta salad, the cupcakes and other treats. Katharine is excited to have some goodies.

After dinner, Alvie had his celebratory birthday cake! He carefully ate the raspberries on top...

He cautiously let himself get more sticky and messy. Yum, creamy frosting.

There was a good turnout - Alvie has a lot of friends!

People were playing spike ball and frisbee down on the grass. Alvie opened gifts. 

The spiderman car that Peter gave him seemed to be his favorite! Good job Peter, you win the best gift!

We took some pics with the birthday boy and Wayne - 

His little aunt and uncles played with him.

Wayne drove to our house and then got a ride down with us. It was great to be there. We love you Alvin! And know you are so blessed to have the wonderful mother and father that you have. 

At home before the party, we did a bit of chopping with a new axe that I got. 

We're gonna start clearing out these rogue plants and create some order in the yard. Owen had fun with the college boys today. They went to Yellowstone. Seth, Wes, Hyrum and Owen. 

And some friends that came with them. 

The shadows on Owen's face did something weird in this picture haha

Hyrum practicing posing for an outdoor magazine.

It was really sweet of Hyrum and Wes to invite Owen up and treat him to a good time. Owen is missing the last few days of 5th grade and of elementary school, but this might be more memorable for him. Owen wasn't sure he wanted to go when Wes told him about it, but Hyrum called and was able to talk him into it. So far it sounds like Owen is glad with the decision he made.