Mike's 40th Beer Tasting Party!

Mike turned 40 this spring and I threw him a casual backyard "beer tasting" party.  We set out different kinds of beer around our back patio for tasting and I put out glasses in case people truly wanted "just a taste (not sure one person elected that option).  I put mustaches out to label everyone's beer so no one would get confused.  And I covered the back porch with zillions of photos of Mike through the years.  They were so fun to check out.  :)  Salsarita's was a huge hit for dinner and Dao's cake pops were the hit for dessert.  Pretty sure people were fighting over them.  These photos are a combination of mine, Trish's and Dao's.  Thanks girls for snapping a few!






























didn't i look like charlie brown that night?!




















Cara couldn't get over this one photo of Mike.  I kept catching her talking about it and pointing to it.  haha We had a take a photo of her with the photo.




photo bomb.  kills me.










we got to meet shannon's boyfriend gary for the first time that night.  LOVED him instantly.















Thanks to everyone that helped Mike celebrate.  Such a fun night!

Miles' 9th Birthday

Miles opted for a backyard party for some of his favorite guy friends to celebrate turning NINE.  Mike and I gave the boys a combined birthday present of a trampoline and we spent the day before and the morning of Miles' party setting it up.  They boys had a BLAST playing on it (yet somehow I didn't take one picture of the fun). Next year I need to hire a babysitter to come and at least snap all of the fun with a point-and-shoot camera.  :)






we had brownie sundaes.  i pre-scooped the ice cream and put the scoops in cupcake lines and then refroze the ice cream.  it kind of worked.  everything works more perfectly on pinterest.  haha









always love our yard cards by my friend sarah rowe!!


I took a few shots of Miles after everyone left to capture his 9 year old awesomeness...

Spring Soccer

Just a few photos from spring soccer.  The photos of all the kids were taken after one of Noah's game (no photos of the actual playing - woops).

Miles had a game just before Noah's.



The buds.