Oh what a whirlwind of emotion. Kenna has been SOOO excited for her birthday party for weeks and weeks. We planned to have it at Big Creek State Park. They have a giant wooden playground with slides, swings, a zipline, lots of fun kid stuff! We rented a shelter right by both the park and the beach.
All week we had gorgeous weather, then on Friday morning it started pouring and pouring. I was thinking, perfect, a repeat of her 3rd birthday where it was windy and freezing! I was checking the hourly forcast every hour or so hoping that it might blow over! And luckily it thunderstormed until about 9am on Saturday morning, just in time for the skies to clear and for it to heat up to 80 degrees for Kenna's party at 11!
I bought a bucket and shovel for all the kids that came. I was thinking they would have fun making sandcastles. NEVER did I think that most of the kids would end up jumping in the water fully clothed! Most of the parents brought extra clothes, and some even remembered swimming suits!
--Chloe and Lucy splashing in the waves--
--Kenna went in about waist deep--
--Kevin, Katie, Andrea and Nathan playing in the sand; Kevin was the first to get completely soaked--
--Nolan very prepared for the beach--
--We had pulled pork and pulled turkey sandwiches, watermelon, strawberries and chips--
--The little table for the little kiddos--
--Gona brought a pinata back from Mexico, it was a hit, but very tough!--
--Campbell taking a swing--
--I made chocolate cupcakes for the kids and strawberry cream cake for the adults--
--This look was worth all the hard work...what a happy face!--
--Chloe got Kenna a kite and the kids LOVED flying it!--
--Kenna and Avi--
Pretty much ALL of Kenna's friends that she wanted to invite were able to come! Chloe and Lucy; Katie and Kevin; Avi and Abi; Nolan; JJ, Maddie and Macie; Campbell; Anderson; Devon; Aunti Em and Kade and Gona. We could not have asked for a more successful party. All the kids left totally exhausted, wet and covered in sand. And Kenna told me that night that it was the BEST PARTY EVER. So happy she had fun :) I love you so much little girl, I can't believe you are 5!
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