The most amazing party, that almost wasn't!

Alright, so I might be being a little dramatic. But if it wasn't exactly amazing, it was at least alot of fun. We were in Florida for Peyton's birthday, so we didn't have her party that weekend, but it was planned for the following weekend. That was until Halli got sick, so we had to postpone it that weekend as well. Finally, two weeks after her actual birthday, we were able to celebrate the third birthday of our sweet little Peyton.

The only problem was that it almost didn't happen. Some bug seems to have caught hold of the majority of our friends and family. That and a few other things getting in the way lead to our party of 12 guests, being decreased to two (not counting grandparents, aunts & uncles, and three babies, including my brand-new three day old niece!) . Luckily for those two girlies, there was tons of food, cake, candy, coloring, and games to keep them happy for the whole evening!

I decided to do a coloring party for Peyton's birthday, simply because this...


has become her new favorite activity. She LOVES to color, this makes traveling quite pleasant, as well as sacrament meeting. It's also helped her really learn her colors, finally.:)

We started the party with some customized coloring pages for the girls to color when they got to the party. Peyton loved these and I think she colored about 5 of them.

The fun goody bags I made for the kids...the majority of which I still have sitting on the table, maybe I'll just go through and eat the candy out, it's too tempting!:)

The customized doodlebooks for the kiddos. I know my girls will LOVE these, and at least now I know they won't get confused about who's is who's. They were suprisingly simple to make, and I love how they turned out.

Our very unassuming birthday cake, with M&M's to help make it a little more colorful. I am NOT a cake decorator, but I pretend to be, and then I decorate a cake, and am instantly reminded that I really am NOT a cake decorator.

Another picture of the birthday girl...maybe there wasn't anyone else at the party. I really think I only got pictures of Peyton. Oh well, it was her party, right?

SUPRISE!! the kids were SO excited when Kevin cut the cake and revealed what it looked like inside! Pretty easy to do, although a little time consuming, but totally worth the "wow" factor.

Peyton, just after blowing out the candles, what an amazing little girl she is.

Being sung to, and loving every minute of it.

Peyton is an absolute sweetheart, she is a total mama's girl at this point, and loves to sit, climb, or lay on me whenever possible. She is a girly-girl, and a tough cookie. She is developing a serious love for shoes (many thanks to my mom for that one!). she is persistent, and quiet at the same time. She doesn't need the approval of others, and is perfectly content doing her own thing. She can be amazingly sweet, but will NOT let her older sister tell her what to do.

We are head-over-heels for this girl, and are so blessed to be able to have her in our lives!