Oregon Vacation

We had such a great time in Oregon with my side of the family. I took a ton of pictures, and thought the best way to share them was on a Slide Show. If you want to read about each picture just point the mouse on the pic and a caption will appear. Thanks Mom and Dad for planning such a great trip!

Pirate Party!

Brett turned 5 on May 16th, I can't believe how big he is getting. Right now he is really into Pirates, so we planned a couple of Pirate parties!

My amazing husband made this cake, I think this is the best one yet. Brett was super impressed and kept saying over and over, "It is a really real pirate ship!"

The whole ship is made out of yummy chocolate cake with butter cream frosting.

We had our families over for a BBQ and then cake and ice cream. It was a really fun day.
We also had a friend Birthday Party for Brett, Pirate themed of course! I would love to say that I had part in all the cool decorations and planning, but Mike did it all. I don't know who was more excited for the party, him or Brett!
Our whole basement was decorated with balloons, pirate flags and of course Jack Sparrow! Pirate music was playing in the background too. Perfect for a party!
Brett loved the big banner outside, we kept it up for a few days! :)

I love this picture of Brett and Emma posing.

Some of the Pirate crew! When the boys arrived we gave each of them a sword, eye patch and a pirate bandanna to make them pirates. They loved it and for the first 1/2 hour of the party ran around chasing each other with swords.

The highlight of the party was Captain Redblood aka Mike. He dressed up as a pirate, spoke like a pirate and fought like one too! He had a sword fight with each of the boys and then read them a story about Pirates, the boys loved it! Thanks Mike for playing the part.
Pretty awesome pirate huh?
It was such a great party, complete with hot dogs and root beer for lunch, Pirate games, a scavenger hunt and even a treasure chest pinata. We all had a great time! Happy Birthday Brett!