Warning: Picture overload in this post!
Carnival time! Yaya, Misty and I set up the party all day while Kolby entertained the kids at Grandma Sara's house (which means he went into a heat coma on the couch and the kids ran wild in the back yard). As soon as everyone got home from work, we headed to the carnival!
Yaya sold tickets.
The games awaited them! See - I told you I would use my new PVC pipe tents for EVERY party!
We had it all - duck pond, ring toss, ball toss,
Spin a prize, cans to knock down, disks to drop,
even ping-pong fish bowls!
Carnies Cole and Misty ran the tables - just to keep things honest!
They played, and played, and earned those prize tickets!
Everyone had a job: Kolby tied balloon animals and Rylee was the fortune teller.
Yaya was our tattoo artist!
Sweet tats, Winnie!
I painted faces. Rylee and Andrew went for the "dreamer" theme which turned out beautifully, if I do say so myself!
We've got the best Yaya! She bought this giant water slide just for the party! The kids were in heaven!
The bopper tubes were fun, but . . .
The biggest hit of the party was definitely the dunking booth!
This thing was amazing! You attach a hose to it so it's easy peasy to fill it up after it dumps!
Uncle Cole could dish it out, but could he take it? Dead-eye Misty doused him!
We ran some intense relay races - sisterly rivalry at its best!
We even had a cheering section!
Grandma's been awfully sick this year, so we were glad she made it over to enjoy all the fun!
When we weren't playing, we were eating!
What's a carnival without hot dogs, corn on the cob, snow cones, and caramel-coated, deep-fried, sugar spun snacks?
Plus, we needed all the sugar to keep up our energy for all the races and games!
Here's our version of a photo booth!
Say arrrrgh!
It's tough being the little guy!
Two lippy ladies and a state trooper?
A bunch of wild hooligans!
When all was said and done, the kids got to redeem their tickets at the prize station.
Thank you Dollar Store!
Caulder went for the bling. Klive, on the other hand, chose the practical can of tuna in the bottom of the basket meant to keep the prize baskets from blowing away. To each his own, I guess!
Since it was a birthday party, we had to have cupcakes and sing!
That's a lot of years when you put them all together!
Happy birthday you crazy bunch of kids! The bond is tight with these guys - I couldn't have thrown a ginormous birthday bash for a better bunch of kids!
And these two started it all!
What? You thought we were done? Nope! After an epic sleep-over (if you could call what happened sleeping) Yaya hosted a Mickey waffle breakfast before we headed back to Idaho.
MORE SUGAR PLEASE!!!
I'll leave out the part about the serious sugar crash that followed. True to cousin form, the kids slept all the way home, and I'm pretty sure someone got sick from having just too much fun. But it was totally worth it! It always is!
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