My 2 year olds

Adam finally finished his first year of law school! He worked the hardest he ever had, and it payed off.  So both these two are turning 2! Solana is a 2T and Adam is a 2L, so congrats to all my two year olds!

Adam is trying to make a "1L" sign, but really, law school took over every functional part of his brain.

Let me take a moment to brag.  After the whole year of stressing, studying everyday of the week (except Sundays) and busting his OCD mind to it's limits. It finally paid off.....well almost (it will pay off when we have a job) but he finished lucky #13 out of 219 in his class!!!!!!!

Now off to interviews in August. Tonight we are going over the details of the next 10 years of our life (kind of big deal) and we are focusing on 3 areas: New York, San Diego, and Dallas.  You know where my vote is, and I will just tell you that Adam's is NY.  Dallas is a practical back-up.  So even though we have 3 MORE years here, we have to focus up on a job market.

But wherever we end up, and however he finishes out law school and business school, we are extremely excited for our current adventure and the next one to come. 

Designing a carnival

I'm glad that everyone (especially Solana) had so much fun, because this party was so fun to design!!! I was in creative heaven and had a blast putting it all together. The best part is it was done practically free. 

This is how it went down: So I have had these unfinished fabric banners hiding out in the closet for a while now, and I was debating on what to do for her party, then I was talking to my mom when I said, "What could I do that I could use my banners?" "A carnival has banners," said the best Mom ever!  From there the party just came together almost perfectly. I finished the banners (someone from my church GAVE me her un-used sewing machine!) and then I made the bean bags, finished a mini banner, made her cake from scratch, printed off some free carnival printables, and ta-da! Most of you know I am NOT crafty, so I was pretty proud of myself for putting this all together, and on a student budget, which usually equals zero. Buy hey, it was meant to be and it was one the funnest days! And the decorations can be used for any party for a very long time. I officially love being crafty....well for now.

Oh how we love parties. Adam said if he decides to drop out of law school we can go into an event planning business together. Not that it wouldn't work, but I'm hoping he sticks to law. 

One year older, and wiser too...

Solana's birthday was a blast! And turning 2 was a lot of fun for all of us. She was really excited about her party, and she was very excited about her friends coming over.  And she actually understood how to open presents (and finding them too, I had to keep re-hiding them all over the house).  It was one of the most fun days we've had as a family.
So we started the rainy morning by taking her to CW.  We put on the overalls so that she could get as dirty as she wanted. This girl loves to be outside as much as possible, and the more she can play with rocks, sand, dirt or whatever she is content. So she ran all over, and got plenty wet, and didn't want to go home for a nap.

Okay, side story:

Waking this girl up from her naps is a glimpse into her teenage future. She usually rolls over, puts her blanket back on and ignores me trying to get her up. I then will open the blinds and have to bribe her to get up. She is a good 3 hour sleeper, and sleeps 11 hours at night. But sometimes I have to wake her up early and boy, it's a chore, but it also makes me laugh. Anyway, getting her up before her party was just like that.

But once the party started this girl was all about fun. We threw her a vintage carnival party, and played classic games like bean bag toss, clothespin drop, and pin the tail on the donkey.  Then we had about 80 balloons for the kids to play with. She had so much fun, and all the kids played so well with each other.

Let the climbing begin...

(We have already decided to start her in gymnastics in the fall)

She is a pretty big mimicker of daddy, so he always tries to be on our his behavior, but you just never know what she'll pick up. 

High 5 dad!

Waiting for her party to start!

Getting the party started.

                     Jamie provided the music                     A very intense game of pin the tail on the donkey :)

Cute little friends Layla and Solana

Ashley is having her baby boy in September, so for now she is cuddling up with Ezra, Sarah's new 2 week old. 

                       Jamie and Temma                                                        Tracy and Abigail           

Who needs manners on her birthday! Solana apparently got tired of waiting for me to help her eat, so she helped herself. It was pretty hilarious! 

The clothes pin fishing drop was so much fun, and they all won these glasses. This was the best picture I could get, and it took us all a while to get them to this spot. Herding wild animals is never easy.

Happy Birthday to our  big 2 year old!