The birthday wrap up

We celebrated Hallie's birthday the day before her actual birthday so that Devin could be there. It was a busy week and he has Wednesdays off, so we went for it. Grandma and Grandpa Perry make the trek up to celebrate with us. It was Grandpa's birthday the day before (the 2nd) so it was fun to celebrate for him, too. Since they are leaving next week on their mission (Yes, another mission! This time to Estonia) we wanted to spend some time with them before they are gone.

We had dinner and by then Hallie was extra eager to open her presents.

She alternated between having Grandpa and Grandma help her. She even helped Grandpa open his. :)

My favorite cake ever! Dairy Queen ice cream cake. In my family, we didn't so much bake cakes as buy them from DQ for birthdays. So, I thought I would do the same for Hallie. I just love the stuff. And the leftovers aren't half bad! Devin of course grew up with home baked everything, so we will have to compromise on how often we have store bought and how often we do home-made. I guess we will let each child decide for themselves what they want!


The birthday girl and birthday Grandpa.
On Hallie's actual birthday, I made sure she got the donuts and juice she had been requesting for weeks. Yum, yum. I went in to work late so that Devin and I could spend some time with her together. She wanted to play outside with her balls and her new bat. Devin couldn't have been more thrilled!


We also went to lunch at Sizzler so that Hallie could eat all the fruit she wanted. She doesn't eat fast food really at all, so we had to think creatively about what she might like.

That night, Devin worked, but we got special visits from Carlie, Aunt Kirston and Uncle Travis and kids, and Aunt Jennifer, Steve, and Sadie. The latter three came to stay the night as we left early the next morning to fly to Oakland for Mikey's wedding. A separate post will come later on that, as well as one on Grandpa Ed's funeral, which was yesterday. We have been busy! We are glad to be home though and sort of back in a routine.