This last Friday was Maci's 8th Birthday! I can't believe we have an 8 year old!! CrAzY!
Warning: Novel of a post with like 50+ pictures!! Just warning ya!!
Warning: Novel of a post with like 50+ pictures!! Just warning ya!!
So my kids don't get big friend birthday parties until their 8th birthday... Maci has wanted to have a Luau party for over a year! Surprisingly she never changed her mind either!! haha! So I've been planning it for awhile now, you add that and the fact that my Mom and I spend way to much time on "party decorating" blogs and she had one SWEET Luau! Ü
These were her invitations... They were supposed to be a message in a bottle but Oriental Trading's shipping got all messed up and the stuff I ordered from them didn't get to my house until the day of!! So this was plan B... I thought they still turned out pretty cute!
Next on the agenda, I bought a YU DU machine with my Birthday money... It's a personal screen printing machine... So I designed a thing in Photoshop and printed it out on a transparency and burned it onto the screen and printed on 13 t shirts for all the kids! It was SO fun and easy!
Here are the shirts...
Here's a close up of the design... Each kid got one, including Kernan! Ü
On Thursday (the day before Maci's birthday) I went into Maci's classroom and took cookies. Her teacher Miss Stout wasn't going to be there on Friday and I give her the option of going or staying home and she choose to stay home, so we celebrated it with her class on Thursday...
She also got her first Birthday present Thursday afternoon... Here is a short video of her reaction...
It was SO fun!! My family showed up at our door! We had been planning this for sometime, I knew I wanted my Mom's help with her party so we decided to not tell Maci and it would be part of her Birthday, I was SO proud of myself for not blowing it!! She was VERY surprised! Yay!! Ü
Here are the kids on the morning of Maci's birthday...
Her loot from Mom and Dad... Plus, Grandma and Grandpa stopped in Vegas to get us Krispy Kreme for her Birthday breakfast! Yum!!
Mmmm...
Kernan enjoyed his too, he had a nice doughnut face after wards!
After breakfast, Kernan got to open his present from Grandma, Grandpa and the kids...
A DS!! His own! He was so happy! No more playing Sissy's pink one! Ü
He took it right out and started playing! He even knows how to charge it when it dies!
(notice the doughnut face I talked about a minute ago?! hehe)
Then it was off to work, time to start putting everything together for the party! I had kept everything that we would be doing and having at Maci's party a secret too... I thought it would be more fun for her that way, rather then knowing everything! She was super excited to start helping!
My Mom made this adorable sign, we hung it in the front yard...
Some of the goodies the kids got... The small buckets were the treat bags that all their goodies went home in...
They each got a pair of flip flops, a t shirt, a lei, a palm tree cup, the girls got a grass skirt and a flower for their hair...
Here is the yummy table! My Mom did all the candy!
Here we have what we liked to call our "Jordan Cupcakes"... Maci said a couple of times that day that she wished Jordan could be at her party... If you don't now who Jordan is, she is the little girl that I babysat in AZ. I started watching her when the girls were 1 and they moved back to Hawaii when the girls were 3.. Our family meets up with their family at Disneyland... We LOVE that family and have such a special bond with Jordan! So these reminded us of her... LOVE YOU JORDAN!!
The cookies my Mom made... She is awesome!
Here's what they look like out of the bag... Aren't those adorable?! She made Train cookies for Kernan too... I'll have to share a picture of that one soon!!
The beverages, or as the cute sign Mom made says, "Tiki Bar Open"...
So, now we have the cake.... I can't even do this cake justice!! My AmAzInGlY talented cousin Kelli makes these cakes, just for "fun" and she does awesome things!! Maci was SO excited that Kelli was going to be making her cake! And so was I! Everything on the cake is eatable, even the flowers! So awesome!
If you want her to make a cake for you, let me know!! I'll give you her info, you can see more of her cakes she's made at the blog her sister has put together for her, kellis kakez She is seriously talented!! Thanks SO much Kelli!!
Here's the whole table display... We had another table set up for the presents and then another one for the craft they made... I love the banner my Mom made for her too!! I'm SO glad she was able to come up for it! The party would have been boring if it weren't for her!! Ü
The guests arrived... and of course went straight for the candy!!
They all made frames that had a palm tree and flamingo on it and it said "aloha 2010". Here Grandpa is lending his assistance to Kernan. I love that my Dad brought his Hawaiian shirt just for the party!!
I took pictures of Maci with each of her guests, I thought this one was SO cute!
Then her brother's turn... He jumped on the surf board like he totally knew what he was doing!! Ü They had been practicing on it all morning!
Such a PRO... I think next time we're in CA he needs some surfing lessons, but I might want to get him in swimming lessons first! haha! But he has GREAT form!! I love his sister's face too... ha
Group shot! Out of 12 people only 2 weren't able to make it, not bad!
After I tortured them with pictures, we played LIMBO...
I love the expression on Maci's face, a little low darling?!
Kernan even joined in a couple times! He had a slight advantage though! Ü
Once we were done with Limbo, it was time for presents! Maci got a lot of cool things from all her friends and Mom and Dad but her favorite present was the one her Daddy got her!!
Introducing, "Reese's", Maci's new rabbit! It is a very sweet bunny and the girl LOVES it but the bunny has a bit of a story...
2 hours after this picture was taken, Maci comes running into the house crying because the bunny is LOST! It got out of it's cage and they can't find it! So we all get up and go out to help look for it. The kids were so cute (at this time I just had Maci, Jaxin, Stockton, Kernan and my cousins, not ALL the kids still) they were calling it like a dog... "REESE'S" Poor things didn't realize that it wouldn't come running like a puppy, and even if it did, it didn't know it's name after only 2 hours!! Kernan was adorable, he said, "Reese's!! Mom we have to yell louder so him hear us... "REESE'S" Mom, why him want to leave him's home, it's so nice?!" It was so cute!!
Once the bunny was put in his cage, it was time to sing and cut the cake... Although, I did NOT want to cut that cute cake!! But it tasted as good as it looked!!
The girls rockin' out to Taylor Swift! Ü This is "pre loss of bunny"!
After the hunt for Reese's was deemed "unsuccessful" we had to head out to Red Robin to meet up with the rest of the family for the birthday girls dinner. She got to pick!
She was excited that they were going to sing to her!! Ü
Mmmm... Spaghetti and ice cream, good birthday dinner!!
Once we got home, Brian took a flash light out to try and look for the rabbit more. We were hoping that the flashlight would make his eyes light up so he'd be easier to spot... But he had no such luck!! We felt SO bad!! She was so bummed, we assured her that they guy we got him from had babies that would be ready in a week and we'd go back and get another one...
Well the next morning, Brian goes out to his shed to work on his dirt bike and what's sitting right there on the step to his shed?! REESE'S!! He caught him and brought him in and was once again his daughter's HERO!! Ü We've since gotten a better cage system and so far no more bunny escapes!!
I had to get a picture of this... My brother has a surf board in his room as decor and so I asked if they could bring it as the prop for the pictures. Well it wouldn't fit inside so my Dad had to strap it to the top!! They got some funny looks and even funny comments from people! Especially when they told them they were headed to UTAH!! Ü
Saturday afternoon everyone went out riding... I stayed home.
Next on the agenda, I bought a YU DU machine with my Birthday money... It's a personal screen printing machine... So I designed a thing in Photoshop and printed it out on a transparency and burned it onto the screen and printed on 13 t shirts for all the kids! It was SO fun and easy!
Here are the shirts...
Here's a close up of the design... Each kid got one, including Kernan! Ü
On Thursday (the day before Maci's birthday) I went into Maci's classroom and took cookies. Her teacher Miss Stout wasn't going to be there on Friday and I give her the option of going or staying home and she choose to stay home, so we celebrated it with her class on Thursday...
She also got her first Birthday present Thursday afternoon... Here is a short video of her reaction...
It was SO fun!! My family showed up at our door! We had been planning this for sometime, I knew I wanted my Mom's help with her party so we decided to not tell Maci and it would be part of her Birthday, I was SO proud of myself for not blowing it!! She was VERY surprised! Yay!! Ü
Here are the kids on the morning of Maci's birthday...
Her loot from Mom and Dad... Plus, Grandma and Grandpa stopped in Vegas to get us Krispy Kreme for her Birthday breakfast! Yum!!
Mmmm...
Kernan enjoyed his too, he had a nice doughnut face after wards!
After breakfast, Kernan got to open his present from Grandma, Grandpa and the kids...
A DS!! His own! He was so happy! No more playing Sissy's pink one! Ü
He took it right out and started playing! He even knows how to charge it when it dies!
(notice the doughnut face I talked about a minute ago?! hehe)
Then it was off to work, time to start putting everything together for the party! I had kept everything that we would be doing and having at Maci's party a secret too... I thought it would be more fun for her that way, rather then knowing everything! She was super excited to start helping!
My Mom made this adorable sign, we hung it in the front yard...
Some of the goodies the kids got... The small buckets were the treat bags that all their goodies went home in...
They each got a pair of flip flops, a t shirt, a lei, a palm tree cup, the girls got a grass skirt and a flower for their hair...
Here is the yummy table! My Mom did all the candy!
Here we have what we liked to call our "Jordan Cupcakes"... Maci said a couple of times that day that she wished Jordan could be at her party... If you don't now who Jordan is, she is the little girl that I babysat in AZ. I started watching her when the girls were 1 and they moved back to Hawaii when the girls were 3.. Our family meets up with their family at Disneyland... We LOVE that family and have such a special bond with Jordan! So these reminded us of her... LOVE YOU JORDAN!!
The cookies my Mom made... She is awesome!
Here's what they look like out of the bag... Aren't those adorable?! She made Train cookies for Kernan too... I'll have to share a picture of that one soon!!
The beverages, or as the cute sign Mom made says, "Tiki Bar Open"...
So, now we have the cake.... I can't even do this cake justice!! My AmAzInGlY talented cousin Kelli makes these cakes, just for "fun" and she does awesome things!! Maci was SO excited that Kelli was going to be making her cake! And so was I! Everything on the cake is eatable, even the flowers! So awesome!
If you want her to make a cake for you, let me know!! I'll give you her info, you can see more of her cakes she's made at the blog her sister has put together for her, kellis kakez She is seriously talented!! Thanks SO much Kelli!!
Here's the whole table display... We had another table set up for the presents and then another one for the craft they made... I love the banner my Mom made for her too!! I'm SO glad she was able to come up for it! The party would have been boring if it weren't for her!! Ü
The guests arrived... and of course went straight for the candy!!
They all made frames that had a palm tree and flamingo on it and it said "aloha 2010". Here Grandpa is lending his assistance to Kernan. I love that my Dad brought his Hawaiian shirt just for the party!!
I took pictures of Maci with each of her guests, I thought this one was SO cute!
Then her brother's turn... He jumped on the surf board like he totally knew what he was doing!! Ü They had been practicing on it all morning!
Such a PRO... I think next time we're in CA he needs some surfing lessons, but I might want to get him in swimming lessons first! haha! But he has GREAT form!! I love his sister's face too... ha
Group shot! Out of 12 people only 2 weren't able to make it, not bad!
After I tortured them with pictures, we played LIMBO...
I love the expression on Maci's face, a little low darling?!
Kernan even joined in a couple times! He had a slight advantage though! Ü
Once we were done with Limbo, it was time for presents! Maci got a lot of cool things from all her friends and Mom and Dad but her favorite present was the one her Daddy got her!!
Introducing, "Reese's", Maci's new rabbit! It is a very sweet bunny and the girl LOVES it but the bunny has a bit of a story...
2 hours after this picture was taken, Maci comes running into the house crying because the bunny is LOST! It got out of it's cage and they can't find it! So we all get up and go out to help look for it. The kids were so cute (at this time I just had Maci, Jaxin, Stockton, Kernan and my cousins, not ALL the kids still) they were calling it like a dog... "REESE'S" Poor things didn't realize that it wouldn't come running like a puppy, and even if it did, it didn't know it's name after only 2 hours!! Kernan was adorable, he said, "Reese's!! Mom we have to yell louder so him hear us... "REESE'S" Mom, why him want to leave him's home, it's so nice?!" It was so cute!!
Once the bunny was put in his cage, it was time to sing and cut the cake... Although, I did NOT want to cut that cute cake!! But it tasted as good as it looked!!
The girls rockin' out to Taylor Swift! Ü This is "pre loss of bunny"!
After the hunt for Reese's was deemed "unsuccessful" we had to head out to Red Robin to meet up with the rest of the family for the birthday girls dinner. She got to pick!
She was excited that they were going to sing to her!! Ü
Mmmm... Spaghetti and ice cream, good birthday dinner!!
Once we got home, Brian took a flash light out to try and look for the rabbit more. We were hoping that the flashlight would make his eyes light up so he'd be easier to spot... But he had no such luck!! We felt SO bad!! She was so bummed, we assured her that they guy we got him from had babies that would be ready in a week and we'd go back and get another one...
Well the next morning, Brian goes out to his shed to work on his dirt bike and what's sitting right there on the step to his shed?! REESE'S!! He caught him and brought him in and was once again his daughter's HERO!! Ü We've since gotten a better cage system and so far no more bunny escapes!!
I had to get a picture of this... My brother has a surf board in his room as decor and so I asked if they could bring it as the prop for the pictures. Well it wouldn't fit inside so my Dad had to strap it to the top!! They got some funny looks and even funny comments from people! Especially when they told them they were headed to UTAH!! Ü
(I'm not sure how I got away with that, but it was nice to enjoy the quiet!!)
Brian snapped these cute pictures with his phone and I had to share them!! Our little dude all ready to go!
Stockton and Kernan on the kids quad... I'm told Kernan was riding the quad all by himself and that he did pretty good!! (so glad I stayed home, that makes me nervous!!)
Alright so if you made it all the way through this post you deserve a candy!! (I have some leftover if you'd like some!) I think the party turned out super cute and Maci had a good time! I'm SO thankful to my family for coming up, that was just the icing on the cake! THANK YOU!!
I'm still in total denial that my kids are growing up!! Maci will be getting baptized the first weekend in June.... When did this happen?! Time is a funny thing! Makes me sad...
Alright, well, I'm off to bed.... the post took FOREVER!! More to come in a couple of days...
Stockton and Kernan on the kids quad... I'm told Kernan was riding the quad all by himself and that he did pretty good!! (so glad I stayed home, that makes me nervous!!)
Alright so if you made it all the way through this post you deserve a candy!! (I have some leftover if you'd like some!) I think the party turned out super cute and Maci had a good time! I'm SO thankful to my family for coming up, that was just the icing on the cake! THANK YOU!!
I'm still in total denial that my kids are growing up!! Maci will be getting baptized the first weekend in June.... When did this happen?! Time is a funny thing! Makes me sad...
Alright, well, I'm off to bed.... the post took FOREVER!! More to come in a couple of days...
8 comments:
I made it through the whole post :)
Happy Birthday Maci!! It looks like it was a FUN day!
*jaw drop*
Duuuuude.
Amazing party! that's so above and beyond anything I'll ever do for my kids...even their weddings, lol!
I'm sure Maci loved it!
Yep, so that was one fun party!! It was alot of work for both of us but oh so worth it! Now we are on to the next one.... ;) Oh and a missionaries birthday and a baptism and girls camp too, then we get to relax and celebrate with a trip to Mickey's house!! I can hardly wait. Love you Maci, thanks for sharing your birthday with us. See you again soon.
Happy Birthday Maci~ What a wonderful birthday party-- lucky girl, to have such a good grandma, and mommy, to work so hard on all that!! I'll wait to see how in the world you'll ever beat that for next year!!
That party looks AMAZING! I think more work went into that than a wedding reception :) You and your mom know how to do things all the way. I can't believe you have an 8 year old. Nuts. By the way, the candy table has my mouth watering right now.
Holy Cow! You guys should be party planners. My kids parties will never compete with that talent. Glad she had such a great day!! You and your mom are super talented!
HOly camolie birthday!! That looked awesome. YOu all did a great job, Keri cookies? I love sweets:) What is up with your shed and your animals? Happy Birthday Maci!
Girl.. that foood literally made my mouth water. I've never experienced that from reading a post.
Happy Birthday Maci!
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