Bethany's 1 year Birthday party

Bethany's Birthday is July 9th however we had the party on the 16th because we had another family thing with Jayson's family on the 9th. I had so much fun planning and putting this party together.

We gave her a cupcake on the 10th just before church because Mommy felt like she should at least get some cake near her birthday so we took a lot of pictures. It was a good thing we did take lots of pictures too because mommy had no idea cake mixes had milk in them so Bethany got sick. So these were the only cake eating pictures we got.

Cake table- I had so much fun putting this together. I loved the napkins.

Jayson cut the cake. I made a really large sheet cake and he cut the gator shape out of it. Mishala, Jayson and I frosted it as fast as we could. But in the end I think it is the coolest alligator cake I have ever seen. Jayson did an amazing job. 

This is the backdrop I did for the kids to have their pictures taken in the jungle. It was so easy to make, I went to Utah Idaho supply and they had the big rolls of paper that you can buy paper by the foot. and for the animals I found a giant coloring book at the dollar store. Had the pictures colored and pasted them to poster board than cut them out. And for the palm tree leaves we used pipe cleaner to make them stand out more.Thanks Mom and Mishala for helping.

For one of the activities I got toilet paper rolls and taped them together than had a string attached and paper cut to the right size and had the kids decorate them for binoculars. The kids Loved them and they really didn't cost anything

All the kids but Judah.

I made this banner for Bethany. I love how it turned out.

I had the grandparents go out and hide peanuts in the yard so the kids could go on a hunt for the elephant. Bethany loved this. She didn't gather very many but I love the pictures from this part of the party. They are some of my favorite. Audrey ended up finding the most. She found 50 peanuts and won the elephant key chain.