My 1st Birthday Party

Brandon celebrated his 1st Birthday this weekend and what a bash it was! With 25 adults and 14 children, it was more like a circus than a birthday party but everyone seemed to have a good time and most importantly the Birthday Boy had a blast!!

After 20 days of no rain it decided to rain on the day of the party so we had to transfer the party from a park, complete with train rides and playground, to our house. As you can see there were people, children and toys everywhere.

Brandon's Grandpa was there.

And so was Abby, who was a fantastic help and worked tirelessly along with Cam and I to make sure everyone had plenty to eat and drink. Thanks Mom!!

Brandon got to wear his special Birthday Boy T-shirt.

He even found time how to learn to use a pair of scissors....thanks Owen.

Our house has been renamed Toys 'R Us! ;-)

In between all of the entertaining we even found time for a quick family photo.

Finally it came time to sing Happy Birthday.

Sadly, all the partying had to come to an end and Brandon's guest started to leave. Brandon was convinced all the hard work was worth it after he got a nice big kiss from Ella who had come up all the way from Seattle just for his party

Present Time!!

All this just for me!!?

One of the gifts was his first backpack, in readiness for his first day of school next week.........it's a turtle backpack and I think he's pretty proud of it.

We would like to say a really big thank you to everyone who was able to celebrate Brandon's first birthday with us. We had a fantastic day and really appreciate all of your very generous gifts.