Thursday, March 23, 2006

Party Time

"There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents ...and only one for birthday presents, you know." - Lewis Carroll

The party was GREAT! It was definitely bitter-sweet on many levels...my baby turning 1, family in and then gone, all the planning for just 2 hours...you all know what I mean. In the end, though, it was a great time with family and friends. As I always say, pictures tell it the best:














Walking into party room for the first time














Cousins Brooke & Becca saying 'Hi' (he was asleep when they got into town)
There was a 'group hug', but Chris didn't catch it on camera...so sweet!














'Walking' on his own to the 'party room'














"YAY! Present Time!"
I won't bore you all with the present-opening pictures...just know, he got TONS of great stuff, everyone was very generous and we are very appreciative!














Becca's turn at the pinata!














And Riley's turn! (all the pics I have of Brooke are from the back, can't see her face)














And the 'aftermath' - pinatas are so fun!














The cake. They copied a napkin from his party decor...I was SO impressed!














He's 'thinking' about this cake thing...examing it...starting slow....can't be TOO careful....














And the sugar high kicks in!














Getting silly now! But he enjoyed it!

So there they are, a small selection of pictures to tell the story of Riley's 1st Birthday Party!

If you would like to view a slideshow of all the pictures you can go to:
http://www.rollthenine.com/cgi/SimpleViewer.pl?slideshow=TheParty&img=1.jpg
(hopefully the link will work for you!)

4 comments:

Belva Jean said...

First birthdays are so much fun. Riley looks so cute...I love the cake pictures!

Karen said...

It looks like yall had a great party!!! Good job Mom! Riley looks like he is having a blast!! I loved the slide show! Fun times and great memories!!!

Mel :-) said...

Great pics! I am so glad we were there to help you celebrate! We had so much fun seeing everyone. Brooke, Becca, & Riley are just so dang adorable together!! Talk to you soon! :-)

Michele said...

LOVE the pics!! He's so cute!