Sam's Birthday

We went down to Oregon again this past weekend to throw a joined birthday party for Sam and Aiden and to also say goodbye to all the friends and family we probably won't get to see again for a while. We had quite the turnout so I'm grateful Melody's friend Jennifer allowed us to dominate her house. My mom's house would have been way too small. We kept it pretty simple since we didn't have a lot of money. Everybody was kind enough to bring some finger foods which was perfect and we just did some cupcakes for the cake. I managed to find a pin the tail on the donkey game at Dollar Tree. It was really nice because it used stickers for the tail instead of pins. So even the littlest ones could play.

The Mahar boys dominated the game and won a couple coloring books for prizes.

After the game we did some cake while we waited for the last couple of guests to arrive. Sam totally understood the whole birthday thing this year and was so joyous when we were singing to him. It was so beautiful to see.

After cake we opened presents. With Evie's help of course.

Finally the last couple of guests arrived and we could do the pinata. I managed to find a small one at WalMart for only $10. But nobody could break it. It was really stirdy. Dwayne finally had to step on it to break it open. I had a bag full of toys and candy that wouldn't fit into my tiny little pinata. You got to love the dollar store! Here is Kristopher with his family looking on giving it a good swing.

Evie, of course, couldn't be left out.

After the pinata broke, the party broke up pretty quickly. It was short and sweet but I'm so grateful I got to see everyone one last time. The kids had a wonderful time and everyone was so gracious.