Zayden turns 1!!!!!

There's the birthday boy! Zayden turned 1 yesterday...June 21. Monica and Rob had a nice BBQ with a fun caterpillar cake. As soon as we got to the house, Zac and I had to find Brylee...which wasn't very hard. She was so excited to see us she left her hiding spot premuturely and instead greeted us with a big hug and smile. She's a doll.

Before dinner, Brylee had us all playing on her new swing set and Jonathan, Monica and I talked details about McCall. We're very excited! After dinner we sang happy birthday to Z in great fashion with our birthday hats. Bry was so excited about the birthday hats, before long we all had one on. It's really hard to say no to Brlyee. After cake, Brylee helped Zayden open his presents.

Not too long after, Jonathan and I started playing catch with a football. Then Monica joined in....then came Zac and eventually even Rob. So what about Anna and the kids? Anna was pretty occupied by Bry and Z. For a long time Zayden just hung out in the grass and watched all of us play catch. Then Monica and I broke off from the boys and football and started our own game of peppering with a makeshift volleyball. It brought back a lot of memories. Oh, how I miss volleyball. We ended the night with the volleyball in a circle with all of us playing. We played catch, keep away and volleyball for a solid 2 hours. All of us except Anna and Bry.

Anna played the entire night with Brylee and they had a "house" under Bry's swing set. It wasn't long before Brylee used her new jump rope from Uncle Zac and Auntie Em as a leash for her pet dog "Anna." Aunt Anna definitely wins the "good sport" award. It was pretty entertaining watching Anna pretend to be a dog. The best time was when she "ran away from her owner" and Brylee was chasing her doggie around the yard. It defintely made for some good laughs.
Before we knew it, it was dark out and we said goodbye to all and we were on our way. We look forward to Anna's BBQ/birthday dinner....except I'm thinking she might not be Bry's pet dog again.


Brother and sister with the birthday cake.


How picture perfect is this one....Uncle Zac pushing Bry on her new swing set.


I almost forgot.....Brylee had both Anna and I playing tag. We quickly learned "being tagged" was sort of nice.


Mommy Monica and birthday boy Zayden!

Jonathan and Anna with their birthday hats!

Bry helping open presents!

Auntie Em and Uncle Zac being good sports with the birthday hats. Brylee wouldn't let anyone take off their hat and if any of us snuck it off, she would quickly catch us and remind us to put it back on. We even played catch and volleyball with our birthday hats.

It was a good time for all! Thanks Monica and Rob!