End of School Year Party!!!!

  School is done for the year!!! Jacob and Jordan had a fantastic year as Kindergartners!! We decided to throw a party for all of our friends to celebrate. The party was the day after school was out. We probably had about 60 people at our house!! 130 hot dogs, tons of bottled water, fruit, veggies and 2 or 3 Popsicles each kept the kiddos going all day long!! We started at 10:00 and ended about 6:30!

The party brought together some great women and their kiddos! Even though I was the only person that knew everyone, I hope that these women got a chance to know each other a little. They are all so wonderful! We had friends from MOPS, MOMS, Swenke and T-ball!! Some of the kids that were at the party have been Jacob and Jordan's friends since they were babies!! It was so great to see them all together again.

We had NO injuries, fights, or destroyed anything!! Everyone was amazing and played so well together.

Enjoy the pictures from this super fun party that I think will have to be a tradition!!!

Jana, Mona and Melinda

Karlee, Jacob, Jordan and Kayla put the first paint on our banner

Jacob and Kayla

Cita and her girls take a turn painting

Jordan and Karlee waiting for all the kids to get here!

This little cutie belongs to my friend Cita. She is an identical twin. They had on different color bows to tell them apart.....still no idea which one this is! I just know she is adorable and fearless!!

A little bean bag toss for Jordan and Karlee

More friends arrive! The Whitmarsh and Smith Families!

Shakin' their groove things!

Peggy gets Ben and Matt ready for some serious fun in the sun!!

Rob hooked up a sprinkler to the top of the trampoline. All the kids had a blast keeping cool and bouncing. That trampoline got a real workout today. There have never been so many kids on it at once!

Even the teeter totter was busy all day!

More artwork added to the banner.....

Tracy and Melonie. A HUGE thanks goes out to my friend Tracy!! She was the Grill Master at the party! Tracy grilled every single one of those 130 hot dogs we served. She was even keeping hot dogs warmed for the next wave of hungry people! The buffet table was a steady stream of kids and moms keeping their energy levels up! All the ladies brought a fabulous dish to share. We had amazing food to eat all day long! Thanks to everyone!

My sweet baby girl had so much fun with all her friends.

Kayla and Jacob off to the races!

You think he had any fun??

Couldn't believe John-John had the trampoline to himself!

Paige having lunch in the playhouse

The little kitchen was used by all the little ones today! Fietka's son,Raleigh

Cita's kiddos, Landon and his little sister. Jacob just loves Landon! He is older, going into 3rd grade and can rough and tumble just fine with Jacob!

We will have a painting banner at every party we have! Every one of the kids had a great time painting. They all kept going back to it to add more art! Those are Melinda's and Niki's little ones, Abigail, Travis and Brock

Niki and Braden showing off their paint hands!

Great day for all! A little relaxing time in the shade for the moms and so many fun choices for the kids. Brock, Luke and John-John are having a rough time deciding where they all want to go next!

Everyone had lots of time in the pool! It was 100 degrees! Thank goodness for the pool and sunscreen!

Niki and Mary enjoying the water also.

This slip and slide rocked!! All the kids, from the really little ones to the 11 year old's, loved playing on this. Blake, Jacob, Hudson, and Luke having a blast!

Seth, Jacob and Hudson

I love, love, love this picture of Jacob!

John-John, Braden, Parker and Jacob

The little ones got a helping hand from the older kids! It was really great how everyone got along yesterday. Most of these kids had never played together before. Says a lot about how well their parents are raising them!

How many kids can we fit on here?

A little lunch break for Jordan, Karlee, Alayna and Emerson.

Brock!!

This is Bailey, my friend Tracy's daughter. All of the kids at the party wanted to play with her! I'm talking about kids that she didn't even know! We had to tell the mob of kids surrounding her several times to back away and leave her alone for a while!! She had cast a spell on them!

My sweet baby boy, who by the way, informs me that he is most certainly NOT a baby anymore!

Jacob, Hudson and Parker have been on the same t-ball team the past 2 years! They all get along great. Jacob had his first sleep over at Parker's house!

Poor Mary getting slammed with a water balloon!

The line to fill their water balloons! Brock, Lauren, Camryn, Karlee, Jordan and Emerson! Thanks to Niki for bringing the balloons. They all had fun hitting us and each other with those!

I have to figure out a way to save this! I have no idea where we would ever put it, but I just love all the drawings, paint drips and words the kids and moms put up there. We have the one from J and J's 6th birthday party hanging in the garage. Maybe we can do the same to this one!

Colin, Jacob and Coner having a great time. We should be the inflatable guy's next ad campaign!!

Jordan getting a major running start for the slip and slide!

Lauren with a great Cannon ball!!!!

Camryn has got some style!

Emerson is going to Cannon Ball Cameron's head!!

 Thanks so much to everyone for sharing this day with us. The Spencer family had a blast! I had asked Rob to take the day off but he was just to busy at work to do that. Well, at 11:30 I get a call from Rob saying he is coming home!! He just couldn't stand not being there to have fun with all the great people who were at the party. 

We also want to say thank you to everyone who kicked in for the slip and slide rental! That was awesome and appreciated. We can't forget our neighbor, Robbie, who lent us those 4 10x10 tents we used for shade all day! For sure we would have all been much hotter had it not been for the shade the tents provided us! Thanks Robbie!

Save the day for next year's after school party!!! Have a great summer!! We hope to spend lots of time with all of our friends!

Joyce