we're staying at my parents while they are on one last 'hurrah' trip before my brother takes off for the Air Force Academy. it's actually been so refreshing, cooking in the kitchen i grew up in, the one i'm familiar with. parker is able to play his little heart out in the backyard and we don't have to worry about golfballs falling on our heads! yesterday we were able to celebrate bretts birthday, eat yummy food and hang out with our dearest friends! it's so weird to be staying here by ourselves though without my family. i find myself wanting to keep things in order here. i swept my parents fire pit patio while parker was playing in his pool, i'm usually the type of person to just relax when parker finds himself something to do on his own, yet the busy work has made me feel more productive. i probably should be doing more of that! enough of that talk, here are some photos from our small birthday party!
peek-a-boo mama! i can't get over how quickly the time goes. they always tell you it flies by but wow, i'm experiencing that now! he's already telling people he is 3 so i might as well embrace it (although he still has a few more months of being 2)
he would play some type of sport game all day if he could. he hates coloring or any type of activity that involves sitting or being still. he is always asking if he can play 'basketball team' when he gets bigger. there are no sports programs in our area for children under the age of 3 so he'll have to wait until next summer.
dr pepper cupcakes! brett loves dr pepper so i did a little pinteresting and sloshed a couple recipes together. i'm not a huge cake fan so we still have about 18 cupcakes just sitting in the kitchen even after i had brett take a dozen to work! anyway, i'll be honest i wasn't very happy with the lack of dr pepper flavor they had. in the frosting you could taste it a very little bit, but it didnt hold up and just ran over the sides of the cupcakes. oh well, next time i'll go for a different recipe. they still looked cute!
look at that juice! this boy loves pineapple!
brett requested a steak dinner for his special day. my parents have a treager grill so i had to look up how to grill a steak! surprisingly, they turned out really good! mine was even cooked to medium, which is how i like my steak. he requested twice baked potatoes, asparagus and bread. not too difficult to please, i guess!
those eyes! i really do love this little guy a bunch!
so thankful for the goofiest of good friends! also photo by parker!
another click by parker. i had to delete quite a few but the ones that turned out are of course my favorite pictures of the evening!
Happy Birthday Daddy! we love you a million billion!
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