Aubrey's Birthday From Aunt Lori's Point Of View...

Aubrey had her 3rd birthday party last weekend. She had lots of fun, as did everyone (I hope). I didn't feel the need to take a whole lot of personal pictures, I wanted to enjoy Aubrey, and her special day and not worry about making sure I had pictures of every single moment. With that being said I relied on family to take lots of photo's, and they delivered! I think it's funny how each set of pictures are so different. I love that I had three different people taking picture's, therefore I have three different point of view for her party. Yes this does mean I will be doing four seperate post (I did take a few pictures myself) on her birthday party but she's only three once, and I want to remember EVERY detail. So here is post number one. Photo's from Aunt Lori's Camera.

The kids being told all the rules before the party!

Colten wasted no time and headed straight for the trampoline!

Mid-Air!

I LOVE the look on her face in this one. She looks like she's having the time of her life!

Did I mention he LOVED the trampoline?

Playing with cousin Devin.

Watching everyone have fun!

The kids all LOVED the pit!

Aubrey Loves Devin. So cute!

Grandpa Mike, and Grandma Ginger.

Time for cake.

She liked blowing out the candles!

So much fun!

Time for Gifts.

I love how all the kids have to get up to see what she got! So cute.

We want to thank everyone who made her day so special. She is already asking when her next birthday party is!

Wordless Wednesday...

Orange Belt...

Colten started karate a couple months ago and is absolutely LOVING everything about it. The experience has been beyond wonderful, and we are so glad that he is taking such a big interest in it. He takes it very seriously, and is always excited on Karate day. Last Saturday Colten was tested for his orange belt. I can't believe he already has the skills to test for that first belt.
Here Colten is sitting with everyone in his "ability level" before the testing began.

Colten getting ready to break a board! Such a strong boy.

Next was the skills part.

The instructor basically told them what to do and they had to do it from memory.

The skills were right next to me so I was able to take LOTS of pictures of this!

Running up to get his belt. He was very proud of himself.

He was on the move!

Getting his belt from the instructor's.

After class showing off his new belt.
We are so proud of him, and can hardly wait for his tournament next weekend!

Aubrey's Family Party...

Wow! What a crazy busy week this has been. We had a family party for Aubrey on Tuesday night, and everyone had lots of fun. We were all so happy that Justin was in town to celebrate with us this year, such a blessing. We let Aubrey pick EVERYTHING for her home party and she had lots of fun making sure everything was perfect.

Here's the princess getting ready to start her party!

I LOVE the look on her face in this one. She is so pure looking.

She wanted spaghetti for dinner.

She told Mya she couldn't have spaghetti so she settled for a bottle instead.

I love these three monkey's, mess faces, and all.

The boys playing after dinner. It needs to hurry up and get nice out, all Colten's winter clothes are getting to small (what an amazing problem to have).

Aubrey with uncle Brett waiting to open presents.

Addison, she's getting SO big.

So excited to start opening presents.

Love this little women so much.

She loves her new kitties.

Opening her stroller from Colten.

Daddy's turn to help her.

The girl loves Barbies.

Colten showing off his orange belt.

Tea party time.

Time to blow out some candles. I think this may have been her favorite part of the evening.

With Grandma Donna after cake.

Love the smile on Amyah's face.

We can't wait to celebrate this weekend with all her friends. We are so blessed to have so many people around who love and care for our little girl so much!

Happy Birthday Aubrey...

Today my favorite girl in the whole world turns 3! It's still hard to believe that time goes so fast. It seems that maybe we should be celebrating your 1st birthday, but definitely not your 3rd. At three years old Aubrey is a smart, compassionate, loving, caring little girl. We are so blessed to have you in our lives. I remember finding out we were pregnant. We were in complete shock. We had a five month old. How could I be pregnant again? We anticipated your arrival and we were SO glad when we found out you were a girl. We realized God's plan for us was perfect, a little different than the way we thought it would be but none the less absolutely perfect. Three years later we are amazed by you. Thank you Aubrey for bringing us so much joy and happiness. You are the best daughter, sister, grandaughter, cousin, friend, niece that anyone could ever ask for. The world truly became a better place the day you were born. We love you doddle bug!