Lilly's Birthday and Birthday Party 8/21 and 8/22 2009

We have had a busy month! And now for Lilly's birthday. Even more Exciting!!!! On Lilly's birthday we took her to the wig shop to get another wig. She had a great time with the gal's at Sheila's Wig Shop. Then we quick stopped at Pap's Manor, so he could see the birthday girl in all her glory. Then we took her to a restaraunt of her choice, Red Robin Burgers, of course! They sang happy birthday to Miss Priss and she sat and smiled at them as they sang. It was a sweet moment. After that we went home.

Now, the next day was the party. Let me tell you, I spent about 2 weeks preparing for this big event. I spent about a week making her cake! It was cute and the weeks worth or work was worth it. Lilly loved it. I think she said, "This is the best birthday ever!" And it was. It was awesome.

We invited about 50 people and 39 people came. It was a large crowd but everyone was spread out in the backyard and in the house, so it didn't seem crowded. We had hotdogs & hamburgers that Neal and Ed prepared & cooked. We also had a veggie tray and of course salsa and chips from San Felipe!!! Yum. My dad helped us by paying for half of the HUGE waterslide rental. Thanks Dad. Neal's parents came by early to help with preparations. They were such a big help and we enjoyed seeing them. The waterslide kept the children busy for the entire party. Then we sang Happy Birthday and brought out the cake. It started to thunder, so we took the large crowd inside, along with all of the chairs and towels. My house began to feel very small!!! Amber thought of a great idea. Let's have the children put their towels on the floor and eat their cake (she is a 3rd grade school teacher and I wasn't thinking straight-she was a huge help). After that, Lilly opened her presents. She got some really cute clothes, shoes, make-up, lotions, gift cards, and fashion designer paper dolls.

Later that night, we had a private party. We invited over Alex and Jeremy and we slid on the water slide until dark. It was so much fun!!!! You are going to enjoy the videos and pics.

We were worn SLAP out people. I laid around all day Sunday and even fell asleep a few times. Neal talked about being sore from all of the water slide fun. Poor guy. Fun comes with a price.

Enjoy the pics. And thank you to everyone who helped us get ready for the party and who helped clean up afterward.

(The highlighted links will take you to videos and pics on my flickr account...so get to clickin' people!!!)