washington birthday party!

bowie is one lucky lil lady, she had 2 birthday parties!  her first one, which i still need to blog about was a few days after her real birthday and we celebrated in california.  her 2nd party was at home in washington and we had lots of friends and also her "mimi & papa."  same as her first party, we went with a rainbow theme, although i got more carried away with the food than the decorations (sorry baby!).  but it was a great party and she definitely loves the happy birthday song and cake!

the menu was sandwiches (turkey, ham and roast beef) chips, veggies and hummus, and a few different salads.

corn, endumame and black bean salad with tomato and vinaigrette

cheese tortellini with spinach, tomato and pesto sauce

roasted carrot with avocado, almonds and asain dressing

and what party would be complete without a dessert bar???

plenty of cupcakes, brownies and a smores mix for the kiddos!

organic graham crackers, mini marshmallows and M&M's

here are a few candids...i remember telling jarad how sad it would be to have a party here since we don't know a lot of people.  but with 40 people in attendance (25 adults and 15 kids), it made me realize how over the last 15 months we have created some wonderful friendships here!

and bowie's favrotie part of the day was singing and cake!

happy birthday (again) to our sweet bowie rae!  we love you so very much!