Ahoy Mateys!

We celebrated Collin turning 4 yesterday evening with a fun pirate party! So many friends and family came over, and we were so happy and grateful for every person who came.  It was HOT, but not as bad as it could have been. Just the low to mid 90's... piece of cake ;)

Collin is so willing and proud to pose for pictures such as these :) Cracks us up.

At the party we had treasure and gave it to our friends!

We had some really friendly and cute pirates show up. Here are just a few of them. (There were about 16 or so of them!)

Kaden

Karsen

Colby

Lil Sister Brantlee (who wore her pirate get-up the.entire.party.)

Happy Birthday to YOU, Collin.

Where did time go? Four candles!

Making a wish, maybe?

Collin has some very sweet, generous friends. He loved every single gift.

Then it was time to bust the pirate ship pinata. Fischer was giving it his best shot!

Nana Lea made (not bought) this tee pee. Too cool!

Winding the party down at dark.

All geared up riding his new Spiderman bike today.

Scooting around on his new scooter that Mee Maw and Paw Paw gave him. He's already gotten the hang of both of these riding toys. After a pretty decent wipe-out on the scooter at his party (OUCH!), we decided our gear was a must.

Got fish? Well, we do! Lolly and Poppy got C an aquarium. He got to pick out the fish and all that goes inside.  This will be an exciting adventure, I'm sure. We started out with Fred, Harry, Goldie, Ugh, & Spot.  We are sad to report that Fred did not make the transition into his new home at the Crager residence :( :( So now we are down to 4. But both kids have taken the news well. Of course, they are so eager to feed the fish. We have to watch them close so that our fish don't think they live at a buffet- ha!

Cousin love! This is the first time all four have been photographed together. Pretty good picture, I thought.

Happy, happy 4th birthday Collin. We love you!!