we are alive!&well + easton's half birthday party.

okay. this is for real. 

getting back in to the blogging game starts n o w.

even though i haven't blogged much over the past year and a half,

i have instagrammed. a lot. and that is my saving grace.

over time i hope to catch up a little on this family record of ours with those pictures.

but first i want to start with photos of easton's half birthday party.

two saturday's ago we celebrated with a pool party that he's been asking for for months.

his actual birthday is december 10th.

because it is in the winter and close to christmas, its hard to throw a pool party then.

let alone a birthday party.

annnnnd i think we've created a little bit of a tradition with half birthday party's.

it was a lot. of. fun.

east is a bit obsessed with the color green. 

(and his little brother is equally obsessed with the color blue.)

so between the two, i ran with these colors to theme the pool party. 

when i found this invitation, i knew evite.com must have read my mind.

the spread.
those fringe banners were almost the death of me. as you can see there are a few on the ground.
the rest of them were left inside of the house.
i know it looks hideous. i ran out of time and to be honest, i just gave up.

the food was little boy heaven. and maybe their mamas too.
hot dogs. veggie cups. fruit kabobs. chips and cheetos. water and caparisons.

party favors.

biggest hit of the party.

buckets of water balloons and slingshots.

couldn't leave this one out.

a water slide and the cook.

              

THE cake.

it was everything i wanted it to be.

the taste and the looks.

and i owe it all to my sister and mom. 

this would not have happened if it weren't for them.

   

the birthday boy and his pals thought it was pretty good too. 

and maybe a bit toooo much. 

after all, it was five layers.

we've been so lucky to meet such great friends since we have moved here.

(i feel so lucky to know these ladies and even luckier that they have children the same age as mine.)

east and most of his buddies who were at the party. 

only missing one. the only girl there. and she didn't want in on this picture.

and this is a wrap.

happy half birthday e!