Happy Birthday Party

I told Vincente a few days before his birthday that he was going to have a birthday party with cupcakes and balloons and "BradleyConnor" (Trisha's boys - Vincente has given them one name... "BradleyConnor"). Anyway, the party was schedule for this past Saturday, instead of the Saturday after his birthday because his birthday weekend is (and always will be) General Conference weekend. He woke up on his birthday and I told him "Today is your birthday." He kept saying "Happy Birthday party! Cupcakes! Balloons! BradleyConnor!" And I kept having to tell him that his party wasn't until next week. Well, then I felt bad, because when Russ came home and wished Vincente a happy birthday, it started all over again. So when I went grocery shopping, I bought cupcakes and a balloon, and we had a little family birthday party for Vincente.

Here's the video of that night:

The birthday party was a blast. It turned into a barbeque and lots of friends showed up - and lots of little kids. They jumped on the trampoline for a while, having a blast, and then we had "Wes-burgers" (Trisha's husband, Wes, makes a mean hamburger, and

we appreciate him making the burgers for Vince's party - they were great!) and hot dogs.

Of course for dessert we had cupcakes (I was up til midnight the night before making the cupcakes, and had to wake up early Saturday morning to frost them... that's what I get for lack of advance planning...)

Here are the kids jumping on the trampoline. I spent most of the time inside with other moms, because it was really cold outside, but when I saw the videos of the kids jumping, I told Russ that it looked like popcorn popping. They are sooo cute.

Notice in this video how right when Vincente blows out the candles, the little kids converge on him and his cupcake. Heh, you can tell what they want!

I had a great time, and it was fun to play hostess. I appreciate all our friends for coming - it really meant a lot to me. Oh yes, and BradleyConnor got Vincente a beta fish! We named him Copernicus. Vincente loves him a lot. It's the perfect first pet to have. And Vincente feeds him and everything! (I clean the fish bowl, but I think letting a two year old clean a fish bowl could cause problems) Thanks, Powers!!