First Party

 We had our first successful party at our house.  The kids certainly had a fun time.  There was an unspoken rule that only blonde haired children were allowed. I'm glad everyone complied.  

 There are the only pictures I took, but Erin took some more.  

New Friends

 Charlie made some new friends at Dan's cookout/ that ended up inside.  

With 7 kids..all boys, all 3 and under it was quite a get together. 

Fun at the Museum

Activity 1....face painting
Activity #2 Boating

Activity #3 Puppeteering

Congratulations Nicole and Tony!

Congratulations Nicole and Tony! We had a fabulous time! What a great wedding!

Onlookers

Erin, Nate, Baer and I were supportive onlookers for all the fabulous Green and Portuguese dancing at the rehearsal dinner.

Also on the menu...

Duckfarts, wheel barrel rolls, dance parties, and a great party.

#2

Once one mini keg was in the pool it was time to open #2. Pre opening ceremony...fireworks of course.

1st on the 4th

Insane Bounce House
Tent, Dinner, Band, Canoe full of Beer
Happy Anniversary and Happy 4th!

Dance Party

What better way to celebrate than to dance on a light up platform.

Near Disaster

There was a near disaster when they had kegs of Spaten and Dinkel Acker, but the tap was not the right one. Luckily, the correct system showed up and quite a system it was.


Baer borrowed an authentic german beanie from Dan for the night.

Where in the World?

Germany? Nope New Hampshire. We went to an Oktoberfest party in Londonderry. Very authentic as you can see.

Fireworks

We had a second excellent invite for the Fourth to BC and Angela's rooftop party in Boston. You couldn't ask for a better view for the main event.

Nice day for a Swrim.

We were lucky it didn't rain for our shower but it was SO HOT! I got very warm and told Baer that as soon as we were done opening presents I was jumping in the pool. He took the much classier route and put his bathing suit on first.



Erin only needed a few chants of encouragement along the lines of "Erin, Erin, Erin" to convince her to dive in too.

The Big Event

The Big Event of a shower is the opening of the gifts and we couldn't figure out how to avoid it. To make it a bit more entertaining Erin made us a sign to help thank everyone for our gifts. Baer did an excellent job making sure everyone was properly thanked and my dad announced our gifts through the bull horn so everyone could participate in BINGO. I am not convinced that every shower needs a bull horn and a Thank you sign.

Biergarten and Babies

The baby contingent of our parties is growing and while the babies were playing on a blanket. The boys were playing in the Biergarten.