Butterfly in the sky...

...I can fly twice as high...


The last couple of weeks the Utah crew were in town and we had a wonderful visit.
One evening we were able to celebrate our niece, Marin's 8th birthday with a 'Butterfly' themed party

And a good time was had...

As always..


The birthday girl

Ready to party

Nora's ready to party

These guys are always ready to par-tay

But first? We eat

{Beautiful Noelle showing us how it's done}

The cake
{From the order Lepidoptera}

Singing 'Happy Birthday'

A little gift opening

A little craft and playtime on the agenda

Getting to work on making candy butterflies

This guy looks good enough to eat

Shep is excited to make an edible butterfly

Always time for a competitive game of 'duck, duck, goose'

Time to make a little marshmallow jewelry

Sol's getting the hang of it

The cowboy is doing well

Then this 'thing' crashed the party

{Why yes, it did slide down the tree right in front of us}
{Why yes it was gross}
{Why yes it's..a moment I'll never get back}

Cowboy to the rescue

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Back to our regularly scheduled party
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The cowboy and his little lady

Papa and the ladies

A beautiful bunch.

So great to be together...

So..great..

Our visits are never long enough.
Miss you all.