Birthday Party

I had a few friends over on Saturday for Max's upcoming third birthday. I have been planning this party for a couple months because Max requested a fire truck party. I did a few DIY projects and hired a company to bring a fire truck to the party. It was 115 degrees on Saturday and there was a heat warning that day, but we didn't let that stop us. The fire truck turned it into a water party to keep the kids nice and cool.

Let's start with the adorable invitation I created and mailed out.

I had food that went with the theme...firehouse subs, fire balls, fire hoses, fire flames, fiery fruit, fire extinguishers, fire truck fuel and of course blazing cupcakes.

We started with lunch and each kid had a fire hydrant for their cup.

After an hour we headed out front to greet the fire truck.

The kids got to play in the fire truck, honk the horn and blare the siren.

Then it was onto water activities.

We took a ride around the neighborhood on the fire truck.

Time to blow out the candles, but after Max requested nobody sing happy birthday to him. Hey, he doesn't like to be the center of attention, but he did blow out the candles.

Finished with presents before everyone headed home.

After everyone left, Max requested that his friends come back the next day to play. I let him know that his friends will be back soon to play with him. We then played the Paw Patrol game that he got for his birthday...and we have been playing it non-stop since.

Happy Father's Day

I do feel that Max has a pretty amazing dad. Andy is always there, playing with him, entertaining him, there for every doctor appointment and loves him a ton. So, of course I want to make sure he has a great Father's Day and feels special. We started the morning with presents because Max was so excited to give him his gifts.

Max signed daddy's Batman card and was very excited to show him.

Max also got daddy a mug with various pictures of him and daddy. There is one picture of Andy with Max sleeping on his chest when he was a baby and when I showed Max the mug when it arrived, he pointed at it and said "Grandpa Tim." Should I be worried?  Ha Ha!

He also got coffee for his mug, which Max told him about the coffee the night before and a Nest camera for the house. I figured Andy would love it because he is so nosy and would love to keep an eye on the house when we are not here.

We then went to Legoland in Phoenix. I thought this would be a fun daddy/Max activity.

Thy spent time making cars out of legos and racing them down the ramp. Max had a lot of fun with this.

We also watched a lego 4D movie there before we headed home for lunch and a nap. After nap time it was time spent in the pool. It was a fun Father's Day for Andy and Max.

Relaxation & Pool Time

With a crazy couple weeks we just chilled this past weekend. It was very nice to relax and enjoy the pool. This about sums up our weekend.

Fun With Grandparents

We were crazy busy with Tayler's graduation and party that I didn't really take pics of Max spending time with his grandparents. Grandma V and grandpa J were in town for the graduation festivities and Max was pretty excited. He started talking ahead of time about playing cars with them. It was so adorable. Even though we were really busy Max did get to spend a lot of time with his grandparents, but unfortunately I only took the below pictures. 

Grandma and grandpa hit the road back to Wisconsin right before AZ turned into an oven. See you again soon grandma V and grandpa J. 

Graduation Party

We hosted the graduation party for Tayler, her family and friends. I am not going to lie, I do enjoy throwing a good party, but I do have an issue with perfection. I get a vision in my head and I run with it. I can never do it half way, or "sort of" do it. I have to go all the way or not at all. I understand this is my issue so I didn't mind taking on all of the hard work and the DIY projects. I didn't expect people to help me because this is my issue...not theirs. I did get help by many friends and family in various ways and I more than appreciate it. It helped me keep my sanity...for a little bit. HA HA!

Here are some pictures of the DIY nature themed party that Tayler requested. I enjoyed doing all the little projects and I was so excited to see my (OK technically Tayler's) vision come together.

Andy made a giant Jenga set for the backyard for the party. That was a lot of fun to watch and somewhat intense at times.

The kids had a lot of fun playing together...especially in the truck.

Sparklers were a hit!

Everybody had a great time, but the best was to see Tayler smile and enjoy her party. Now, I am onto planning Max's third birthday party.

Tayler's Graduation

On the 26th Tee-Tee graduated from high school. It's crazy to think that day already came and went. During the ceremony I was thinking how time flies and remembering back 18 years ago to when she was born and just reminiscing about her path and how she wound up graduating from high school in Phoenix.

Her high school was up in our old neighborhood so we left the house early and got dinner up there near the school. I was thrilled that it was a nice night and not overly hot. That seems to be a bit unusual for Phoenix this time of year, but I definitely appreciated it.

I was so glad we brought the good camera so I could zoom in to get a few shots of her walking in.

Afterwards we all gathered around to congratulate her and take photos.

I am very proud of her and it's crazy that her journey has lead her to our home in Phoenix, but most importantly, I look forward to watching her journey continue and see where she ends up.

Max's Bathroom

I found myself at the end of the fiscal year with a lot of PTO time left and we have a use it or lose it policy at work. I decided to take a couple days to complete the vision I had for Max's bathroom. I was going with a construction truck theme. I painted the walls with Anonymous paint from Behr.

I got the canvas pictures from a shop on Etsy. I had the lady coordinate the bright colors that I was going with into the photos of the trucks. The shower curtain is also from an Etsy shop. 

Andy made me the towel rack with a board he painted and the hooks I bought at Lowes. 

The mirrors are from Wayfair and we painted them white because they were a light wood color. 

The bathroom turned it perfectly. I wish I took a before picture so you could see it, but I didn't.