Happy 1st Birthday to Jace! 🎈

Tonight we got to celebrate this little guys very first birthday! Jens and Alexandra gave me full reins to do his party and I was THRILLED to do it! 

He loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so I thought that would be a perfect theme.

I bought him the cutest little Mickey Mouse outfit to wear and had so much fun making his ONE banner for his high chair and the Mickey centerpiece.  I also loved making the Rice Krispies, food and setting the table scape. 

I paid my cute little 17-year-old neighbor girl to make the iced cookies. She is so talented! Alexandra's mom made his cake and cupcakes, which turned out adorable!

It was a perfect party for the most perfect ONE year old!

 

Morning hike to (what's left of) The Big Tree 🌲

We took an early morning hike with Joel, Julie and Ellie up to, what's left of, the big tree.  This beautiful, majestic tree was lost in the fires of September 2018. 

It was a STEEP but beautiful hike with beautiful flowers. The only bad part was that I almost stepped on a bull snake (gopher snake)!

 

Celebrating Gloria's 78th in Las Vegas 🎉 🎰 💵

We flew down to Las Vegas on Thursday, July 11 - Sunday, July 14th to celebrate my mom's 78th birthday.  We stayed at the JW Marriott resort. It was a really great property with a really fun pool.  It was such a fun trip!  She had fun hitting the slots while Molly and I did a little shopping.  We went and saw Mad Apple at New York, New York and also Michael Jackson ONE at Mandalay Bay.  They were both SO GOOD!  We also got to visit with my cousin Kandi for a couple of hours.

We met up with Mark and Crystal and took Gloria to dinner at Cheesecake Factory.

The only downfall of the trip was that the western half of the United States was having a serious heat wave. Our average temperature sat around 118° and by about 11:00 PM – midnight, it would cool down to somewhere around 104°. The place was HOT!

But beyond the heat, it was so much fun.  None of us wanted to come home.  We seriously had the best time!