rayna's birthday

rayna's lucky that her birthday is always in conjunction with memorial day, what better way to start the summer than with a picnic and a birthday?! our friends that we usually go to the lake with were out-of-town, moved, and working respectively, so we made great use of grandma's pool, and i think everyone was pretty happy

water wings for comfort

noodles for fun (and uncle cleave is fun too!)

a towel to sit on the edge with, cause it really wasn't that warm yet

and big people to play with

oh yea, don't forget a lawn chair to soak up the sun with!

and of course, plenty of yummy food and happy people to play with!

a few early gifts, including the crown that she was then able to wear to school the next day

and i only took about three pictures of her actual birthday... oops. suffice it to say she was happy and had a great day. we brought cookies to her class (she was one of 3 birthdays that day... how crazy is that?!). she had gnocchi for dinner, and just enough presents to keep a smile pretty much permanently affixed to her face! also a 5 layer cake (okay three layers, with pudding cream between them to count to five all together), and some friends to share it with.

and i had to include this one cause i liked it... malachi's getting big-brother practice with baby evan, i was a little amazed at how sweet he is with the baby... i hope that continues when we don't give the baby back at the end of the day!