Ayden's 1st Birthday: Part I

Ayden's First Birthday: Decker Family Party

We were fortunate to have the Decker family in town this last weekend while they were here to throw Heidi and Cody's engagement party for the people who won't be able to make it to Portland for the wedding. While they were here we figured it would be fun to have a birthday party for Ayden just a few weeks early so they could be involved in those fun memories. So here are the pictures from the party on Friday the 28th of August. Thank you to the Deckers for making it such a fun night.

Ayden's big 1 balloon

We had a lot of fun decorating even though Ayden may not have even noticed :)

A Decker doggie pile
Playing with Uncle Cody and Aunt Heidi
Daddy with all of Ayden's presents
The spoils of the night. Luckily he has a lot of clothes now to carry him through to next spring.

He got lots of fun toys from Grandma and Grandpa Decker
Including his new ride :)
Playing with blocks
The biggest pizza in the valley - and really delish too!

Ayden's cake! We'll see if I can do better with his one in a few weeks.
Blowing out candles
Ayden actually didn't care much for cake...maybe because he'd had the flu or maybe he didn't like his hands being dirty, but he did have a little bit of fun licking the frosting off of his fingersLittle bitesMilk mustache :)

Summer Updates

Sorry I have been slacking so bad on the blog front this summer! Here are some pictures from the last few months' activities.

Hiking In Big Cottonwood

One of my favorite trailheads of all time. ITS MINE I TELL YOU!!! MINE!!!
The wicked awesome waterfall/stream
Me and my baby bug
My men

Fun in the stroller

This used to be one of my favorite places to sit and just think...or to let the water deafen your thoughts so you can just relax and enjoy the surroundings
This is the view from my favorite spot
This is the view from the bottom

Visit To The Aquarium
Katie, Ayden and I decided to go to the aquarium in Sandy. It was lots of fun seeing all of the different fish and marine life, and showing them all to Ayden. He loved it!

Ahoy mateys!
Awesome camouflageI love jellyfish, they are so prettyThese frogs look like they are made out of wax because they are just so bright and shiny
Taking a look at all of the cute brown froggies

Ayden wants to play!Octi! Ayden's toy was much cuter than this one
Moon Jellies. They are so amazing I just stare and stare.
The grossest frog I have EVER seen!!! EW!

Nemo!Ayden loved the coral reef with all of the colorful fish and sea plants
The touch pool is fun but Ayden's arms were too short to reach the rays. Maybe next year :)
A shrimp I think?
Awesome sea grass


Cute little mini alligatorPiranha! Yikes!
Tree froggies! So cute!
These frogs are so cute and colorful...and poisonous
A tuckered out little Ayden on our car ride home. He held his new toy octopus the the whole way.

Daddy's Birthday "Beach" Party
We had a fun time taking my dad to "the beach" for his birthday this year. In reality, we took him to a park with a volleyball pit (the sand) and brought an inflatable pool (the ocean). He loves the beach so much we just had to! The icing on the cake was that we gave him a trip to the beach for one of his presents and all of the other gifts were themed around it!

Opening birthday presents :)
Sliding with daddyPlaying in the "ocean"Horsey rides! Weeeeee!
Yummy pickle!
Playing with Katie Nana!
Chowin down on the picnic grub
I got dared to sit in the carseat...so I did it! Go me!
Becks being Becks :)