Birthday and a Birthday!

It was a birthday marathon once again!

Birthday parties stress me out.

Somehow Lane ended up getting another party after his big baptism

celebration last year (they get a big hoopla birthday party every 3 years).

I think it was because Rusty never got his party last year since it was Thanksgiving.

Then we went to Disneyland.

To make it so they both get parties on the same year I decided he could

have a party.

Aren't I nice?

He chose Top Golf.

Which was fine with me because I wouldn't have boys running wild in my house!

And I like their food:)

I love his group of buddies.

They have been friends since they were 4!

Well, except Randon. We've known him a bit longer!

She is my favorite cheeser.

I smuggled in a birthday cake in a beach bag.

I didn't know with it being a "fancier" facility if they would get upset about bringing

in outside food. I tried to pull it out when the waiters weren't paying attention.

After we sang happy birthday our waiter caught wind and asked if we needed some

forks. I said, nope we are good, and pulled our plastic ones out of the bag. He responded back

all upbeat saying WOW, you came prepared!

I told him my worry and he said, nope we get out plates and forks all the time for

people who bring their own birthday cakes.

Welp, now I know!

Oh the Pokémon epidemic!

He was pleased as could be about his new stash of cards!

6 days later, this boy turned 6!

His birthday presents aren't much of a surprise.

He gets the exact same gifts as Lane, lol!

If I try to get him something different, he whines that he wanted what Lane got.

It is almost like having twins.

This year they got new rip scooters (its a rip stick and a razor scooter in one)

 and their own box of Pokémon cards.

The Pokémon cards were a big deal.

They have never had their own.

It's kind of crazy how they started from zero to having a stack of 100.

They got some from their friends, neighbor kids, you name it!

Finally they had some good quality ones worth trading!

I'll never understand the thrill of it.

Rusty wanted to go bowling at Fat Cats.

Easy enough!

from left to right:

Collin, Lily, Riley, Dallin, Weston, Rusty and Trey

After bowling we walked into the pizza shop attached to Fat Cats for dinner.

For $4 you can get a kids meal with a personal pizza, drink and a huge cookie!

I sorta forgot a birthday cake, yikes!

He never asked and I never brought it up!!

My easy going child...sometimes!

Halloween 2015

Halloween 2015... hey, that rhymes!:)

Marcie and Austin had us over for another fun pumpkin carving FHE.

Grandpa and Rusty teamed up and carved a smiley jack-o-lantern! 

 What's a Lindblom gathering without a dance party?!

Grandma Ann even got groovy with these little girlies.

Lane wanted to carve his on his own.

He did pretty good!

We had 3 different stops on Halloween.

First we went to show Grammy and Papa our costumes.

This boy... I was so proud he wore his costume without any complaining!

Even this gold grill.

It completed his thug, rapper getup perfectly:)

Do you want to build a snowman?

We then headed back to our house.

We invited the Barton's over for taco salad and then to hang out with

us while we passed out candy to trick-or-treaters!

They used to live in our neighborhood so it was fun for them to see everybody.

Now, Halloween on our street is no joke.

We had heard that buses literally drop kids off to trick or treat on our street!

This was a huge difference from our old neighborhood.

In fact, this was the first time I had ever bought candy to pass out!

I loaded up at Sam's Club.

I bought 3 big bags of the mixed candy bar stuff.

Then added 2 big plastic barrel things full of 60 individual packages of cheeseballs just to be safe

we wouldn't run out.

The Barton's even brought candy because they knew how crazy it gets.

Here are the boys ready to go!

Lanes costume is for reals though...I'll explain in another post.

But most people thought it was fake.

So I guess he wore sunglasses as his costume, lol!!

We set up a table out front and enjoyed chatting in our lawn chairs while

all of Mesa bombarded our street!

Wondering how much candy we passed out?

ALL.OF.IT!

Gone, it was all gone!

And I'm talking only one piece of candy per trick or treater!

A lady said she counted that they had 600 people come to their house!

I honestly love it.

Makes for great traditions and memories.

At 9:30 we hopped in the car and drove to my parents.

They had just gotten back from the Clouses carnival.

 We hung out with cousins, counted our loot and of course... had a dance party!

Let it GOOOOO!

Thank GOODNESS this was not on a school night!!!

Getting up for church was rough though!

Goodman Family Pictures

What a lovely bunch to get pictures taken with!

These girls sure out number those boys!
Hopefully with this new crop of babies coming this Summer (4 more!),

we can even the playing field.

I guess we already know that Breanna is having a boy.

Let's keep it going!

Words cannot describe how much I LOVE this picture!!!!!

I could eat each one of them up!

David and Abbey

I decided to clump all of the wedding extravaganza into one long post:)

We shall start with the engagement!

I about hopped out of my chair and screamed with excitement when David

asked Marcie and I to help plan the proposal.

I LOVE weddings.

As a teenager it was a well known fact that my favorite TV show was,

A Wedding Story on TLC.

I should have been a wedding planner!

We decided to set up the proposal at my parents house.

Rose petal and candle trails leading from the front door to the backyard.

Movie projector screen with a slide show of dating pictures for Abbey to watch.

David would come up from behind, get down on one knee.

Hopefully (wink), she would say yes.

Then fireworks as the last big surprise.

All day Saturday we prepared.

Got balloons, set up luminaries, Craig and my dad

built this awesome projector screen.

It was all set up... then this HUGE, random storm blew in.

We thought maybe it would blow right over.

Nope, for the rest of the night it dumped rain like it never

has before. It was such a bummer, of all the rotten luck!!

We decided to postpone until the next day.

We threw the flowers in the fridge and said a prayer it wouldn't rain again.

Here is the projector screen getting bent and mangled in the storm

Poor David, trying not to get upset about the whole situation.

mulling over how to revamp for the next day

We woke up to clear skies!

We ate Sunday dinner at my parents then hurried and set up.

The only thing we had to get more of was balloons.

Yes, it was Sunday,

When the ox is in the mire...

We tied dating pictures at the end of the ribbons and had them floating under the porch.

Only when the wind would blow they would get all tangled up!

And some of the balloons got weighed down too much.

Pinterest fail! 

You can see the heart shaped luminaries around a bench for her to sit on while she

watched the movie.

We also had a little bubbly on ice with champagne flutes and

chocolate drizzled popcorn to munch on.

The second round went off without a hitch!

Abbey was completely surprised!

Probably because most people don't get engaged on a Sunday night.

Abbey's bridal shower was one for the books!

It was at her family friends house.

SO elegant and nice!

I mean, check out that food table.

I had THIRDS of EVERYTHING!

Lindi enjoyed her lunch next to Grandmother.

Abbey is one of Lindi's favorite people.

I think opening gifts is a highlight for that girl!

She was nestled nice and close to check out the goods!

I am a lame present wrapper.

I rummaged through my bin of gift bags and nothing was big enough to

fit my gift.

I found the girliest wrapping paper I had and didn't think anything of it.

The second I pulled up to this gigantic house, I was feeling a little embarrassed of my ghetto gift!

Then when I saw the pile of boxes with fluffy bows I almost took mine back to the car

and thought I would give it to Abbey later!

Oh well, it gave my sisters a good laugh.

I will claim  the W.T. sister- in -law title.

The sharpie note is the cherry on top!!

The wedding dinner was at my parents house and was pretty much a mini reception!

Fiesta themed and all.

Stephanie made the cutest center pieces.

I don't do decorating, my gift proves of my inabilities!

Sweet pork salads and tacos with mini chimi's was the menu.

For dessert we had churros with different dipping sauces.

The head table

David did introductions

Marcie put together minute to win it games that was super fun!

Bride side against groom side.

I wonder who she was talking to?:)

It was a late night, with another big day to follow!

If only I could lay on the floor like this when I am exhausted!

The big day arrived!

Mr. and Mrs. Lindblom!

The reception was in Abbey's dad's backyard, and it was GORGEOUS!

I loved her colors. These 2 flower girls were killing me with their cuteness!

I am so glad Lucy was here for the wedding!

Jael sewed her the most adorable dress.

I wish so badly we could see her more often!

Abbey wanted to have Olive and Lindi be the flower girls for the ring ceremony.

I was a little nervous she wouldn't perform!

I showed her you tube clips of other little girls throwing flower petals down the isle to prep her.

It sure worked!

Only when they got close to David they both stopped and dumped all of the petals in a pile!

This photo booth was a hit!

The boys must have spent the whole night in that thing!

When we got in the car to go home, I noticed Rusty's stash of pictures.

Oops, who was watching those kids?!

I was most excited about the dancing.

Watch me whip....

Watch me Nae Nae

Their exit was phenomenal!
Sparklers then a legit fireworks display.

See why I love weddings so much?

It's a party for 2 months straight!

David couldn't have picked a better girl to marry.

Abbey fits right into our family and we couldn't love her more!