Kyler's 5th Birthday

This year for Kyler's birthday, he wanted to have a pirate party.  We had such a fun day celebrating with our friends and family at Kyler's favorite park.   Kyler really is a lucky little boy!

 

The birthday boy.  Aarrrr!

Kayla and Kyler wanted to wear their pirate outfits to the party.  These were their Halloween costumes from 3 years ago.  Lol!

Cute pirate party ideas from Pinterest. 

 Searching for buried treasure.

 

  Walking the Plank

 

 The cannon balls were a hit!

 Some of the cute little party guests.

 

 

 

 

Getting pirate tattoos.

 Ready to dig into that cupcake!

 

 

I think Brooke liked her cupcake. 

 Playing around at the park.

 

 

 

 

The birthday boy woke up to balloons all over his room. 

 We went to the movies to see the new Muppets movie with the Saba Family.  Do you see the newest and cutest little muppet??

 Kyler wanted to go to Organ Stop Pizza for his birthday dinner. 

California

We spent the week in California with our friends Rita, Ava and Lily.  It was a busy week but we had so much fun!

 

Packed in and ready to hit the road!  Notice Kyler is already eating before we even left the driveway. 



 The first three nights we stayed with Rita's grandma and visited the beach that was near her house.  The kids had a blast playing in the waves while Rita and I enjoyed getting burnt on the beach.  : ) After the beach we headed to the pier for some boardwalk games and dinner at Bubba Gump.

They entertained themselves for hours playing in the waves and looking for sand crabs.

 



The next day we headed to the American Girl Doll store.  Kayla had been looking forward to visiting the store and getting a new doll for weeks.  She did extra chores around the house to help pay for her new doll.  



 Kayla knew exactly what doll she wanted ahead of time and was thrilled to finally get her doll which she named, Shelly.

 We decided since we were going to be at the store that it would be fun to make reservations to eat at the café. 

 This was Kyler's favorite part.  Lunch.

 The dolls were given little chairs that hooked onto the table and even their own little cup and plate. 

 Kayla and Shelly deciding what to order.

 One happy little girl!

After we left the store, we headed to UCLA to visit Rita's brother, Matt.  He gave us a little tour of the campus which is gorgeous. 

 The next day we headed to Disneyland!!

 

 

 Rita made adorable outfits for the kids to wear. 

 

 

 Since Eric did not come with us on this trip to Disney, I got to go on all the spinning rides that he would normally take the kids on, like the tea cups.  Ugh.   

 The next day, we divided up our time between California Adventures and Disneyland.

 Rita's friend made these super cute bows for Kayla and Ava.

 We had breakfast with Minnie and Friends and the kids were so excited to see some of their favorite characters.  Kyler was especially excited to see Donald Duck and Captain Hook.

 Kyler was so excited to see a lot of characters on the streets in California Adventures but his favorite to see was, Sulley.

 

 

 Waiting to watch the parade.