All Star Birthday Invitations

Well, the birthday party is over. All the girls have gone home. Everyone's taking a nap but me. In case you didn't know, Josey's birthday is one day away. That would be July 4th. She'll be 12. She's told me that a million times so I thought you should know too!!

It's always fun to have a birthday party when you're a kid, so we just run with what the girls want to do. Josey is definitely a sporty girl so when it came time to make birthday invitations, Jordan had a great idea. We used Pine's All Star Team stamp set along with some fun patterned paper and PTI accessories. Jordan did the stamping of the pennants, star border and the *Let's Party!* and *you're invited* sentiments from Lisa Johnson's Let Freedom Ring stamp set. She used softball stickers adhered to circle punches for embellishments. I helped her with the Papertrey Vintage Buttons and Pure Poppy Saddle Stitched Ribbon. Jordy and I thought that the stitching on the ribbon tied in good with softballs.

We did lots of activities outside including playing in the timber, volleyball, water balloon fights and lighting fireworks. Here's some fun photos from the party:

Here the girls are having a day at the spa, complete with a nice, cleansing mud bath. If you don't have a spa near you, simply go down to the creek (or crick if you're true country folk) and slather yourself and your friends in gross mud.
Here's Josey blowing out the candles on her $26.00 dollar Dairy Queen Snickers Ice Cream Cake. The girl does not know that a cake mix costs .89 cents on sale. Anything for my sweet girl.

And after filling 250 water balloons that the girls piled into the pool, it was time for a water balloon fight. Nothing like getting slapped in the back with one of these things.

Jordan found a creative way to stock pile her water balloons so that she could carry her ammunition around with her. You should have seen Eric and my folks rolling with laughter at her when she was down to just one balloon right smack dab, front and center in her bikini bottoms. :0

She saved her final water balloons for her beloved sister, chasing her all over the yard. This photo reminds me so much of the girls when they were just little farts, chasing each other and giggling.

Then it was time for a little relaxing in the pool.

And then some fireworks. The girls are busy here creating the world's largest connnected smoke ball.

And one of my personal fireworks favorites, the sparklers. Surely you remember spelling your name or acting like the Statue of Liberty?

A really fun time filled with lots of good friends, giggly laughter, and good times.

That's what it's all about, folks. Enjoy the good times!!