Parker's Birthday Party

Last Saturday we had a little birthday party for Parker. It was so much fun. I love birthdays!! I can't believe he is one, it is just crazy! We had a few friends come over and swim and have a BBQ, all in all it was a really fun day!

I found this cake in a book and couldn't wait to make it for Parker. I think it turned out pretty good, except that I ran out of frosting so the bottom isn't as covered as I would like, but you get the idea.


Here we are singing happy birthday to him. I don't think he knew why he was getting all the attention, but learned to like it fast!

Mmmmmmm.......cake!

After all that yummy cake!

Janalee loved eating cake. Everyday she asks me if she can eat some cake! We kept finding her sneaking some of the candy off the cake when she thought we weren't looking.


He got an Ernie doll and loves it! He carried it around most of the day and likes to go to sleep with it now, how cute it that!!

Aaaaawwww....Ernie, we love you!

Janalee gave him a bouncie ball, which they both love(and fight over)! Can you see how excited he was to get this! He LOVES balls!

The Simmons Boy's Birthday

So today was the men in my life's birthday!! I can't believe Parker is one year old already, time is sure flying by!! I think it is so fun that Shaun and Parker get to share a birthday together!

Shaun and Parker had fun opening their gifts!

He got a little people plane from mommy and daddy! Both kids love this and were excited to play with it.

Poor Janalee was having a hard time understanding why she didn't get gifts too. Luckily Grandma saved the day and sent this awesome new princess bathing suit. She is in love with it and started stripping her clothes off as soon as she opened it. She even went to bed with it on!


So Parker loves soda cans and thanks to daddy has at least one to play with every night! Tonight he was carrying this one around from the flip thingie.(don't worry folks it was taken away as soon as this picture was taken-he didn't choke on it)

For our aniversary last week I got Shaun some kabab racks- so we made kababs tonight and they turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. I think we will be putting this gift to good use this summer! P.S. we love grilling

Here is Shaun getting his corn ready to put on the grill- sadly all but one got burnt to a crisp. Does anyone had a good way to grill corn? We are in need of some help!