LeaAnn's 5th birthday party (+ bonus comparison to Lauren's 5th!!)

Whew! Sunday morning, here we are! Sunday, 3/6/16

I got up and ran to Waterloo for supplies and the cake! Came home, changed clothes, put a few food things together and we were off to Vinton! The same place that Lauren has had a few of her skating parties :)

Drum roll please.... here we are April 18th, 2010... Ms. Smallsy here was 5-months old... melt. my. heart.

I remember this day perfectly... b/c it was gorgeous outside...  not a stitch of wind, sunny & warm. King Dad reeeeeallly did not want to partake in the birthday party ;)

And Mimi was here!

Back to the present... Ms. Lindsay Rae at the age of 9-7months...

Say what?!? Can you believe this??? 4/18/2010 Ms. Lindsay was 3-8months old!!! I am not lying!! I just had to do a double-count... I can't believe she was ever this little...

Look at her!!!

Back to 2016 :) Here is Peyton Youngblut

Laynee

Averiel, Eden and Lauren

And here is what she looked like 6-years ago skating!!!

And what Dad and Lindsay looked like skating :)

Sara & Frankie

3-1/2 year old Lindsay Lou... wish I could go back :)

Look at Dad now!! Ms. Lydia at 6-4months

and LeaAnn and her friend Keira Rae

Look at that... Lauren 6-yrs ago with her pre-school friends from Wee Care

Ms. LeaAnn skating

Lydia skating

They are all so big!!

And this little girl who was about to go flying...

w/friend Mia

Look at her go!

Monkey cake for our monkey girl...

Think they are sisters?? ;)

Lauren's spread...

And LeaAnn's...

Lauren was a little more into it ;)

Happy birthday LeaAnn Claire!

They were all just so much smaller then...

Cutie pie...

And little Lydia... taking her bottle

Mom now

Mom then...

Couldn't wait for presents :D - all Hawkeye stuff from Ms. Maggie and the Peck's!

Lauren... love her little tongue :)

More skating :)

This is the best I could get...

In comparison to this!! Look at that little sweetie...

Everyone had a great time

The littlest at 5

The oldest at 5... almost breaks my heart <3

Made this happen ;)

We love you LeaAnn Claire!!

Such sweet, sweet girls... <3

This was Lauren when she got home from her party... and when I got home from LeaAnn's party... we rushed off to 4H... oh how times have changed.

LeaAnn after her party... Kading Kress dropped off her present at the house... a new beanie boo!

Buchanan County Little Miss Pigtails!

Just another jam-packed March weekend! From beginning to end... we started with the Friday night birthday supper (previously posted) and then Lauren had volleyball games that Lydia and I did make it too... she was so tired. She opted to nap at 10:00am, so I stayed home with her and did all the things I had not during the week!

Here is the happy girl after her nap with the tigers that she acquired from her birthday and Valentine's day <3

And that night... I got all the girls dolled up and we attended the Buchanan County Pork Producers Banquet as our own Lindsay Rae was crowned one of the Little Miss Pigtails for the year! :) We didn't tell her, though I'm pretty sure she had some idea... but none the less she was pretty surprised and excited!

There was no Sir Hamelot, so they crowned to Princesses instead.

Grammy joined us as we were just down the road at Wolfey's in Quasky :)

Holly Cook was named Iowa State Pork Queen and she was there to crown Ms. Markia as our Buchanan County Pork Queen for the year!

This special duo... Lydia calls Lindsay 'teddy' still and she deserved a big hug! <3

This guy was vying for a pic :)

My girls!

Beau Timmerman (local one-man-band) was playing, did an amazing job... we danced, the kids had a lot of fun with the pool table... it was a great night!

And then I was thinking... what else did we have going on this weekend... why, oh yes! A birthday party on Sunday... of course! :D