Polka Dot Party

“Now Kennedy is two, that’s truer than true. There’s a party to attend and we’re inviting you!

If you can come, you should. It’ll be fun, and fun is good

From there to here, and here to there, you’ll see polka dots everywhere.”

We decided to have a friend party for Kennedy this year and I had way too much fun with the polka dot theme. I know call me crazy, she’s two and probably won’t even remember it, but I couldn’t help myself.

All the games and food had to do with Orange, Yellow and Pink Polka Dots. We blew bubbles, played put the dot on the dog, read “Put me in the Zoo”, played with balloons and found pom-pom balls throughout the house. We ate cheese puff balls, cantaloupe and watermelon balls, cupcakes, dot pb&j sandwiches, cake and ice cream.

 

I made the banner and covered party hats with polka dot fabric.

I decided I wanted to make Kennedy’s cake this year, so I had fun experimenting with fondant. Kennedy making bubbles for everyone Bubbles, Dot on the Dog, Pom-pom balls, “Put me in the Zoo” Making her wish…  Eating Cake!One content girl with birthday cake!   Opening PresentsCute birthday girl, with a darling purse a friend made her. Party Time!     

Kennedy had a great time having all her friends over and loved all the fun new toys she got.  Thanks everyone, we had a blast. It was really fun having Uncle Spencer here to celebrate with us too.    We can’t believe we have a two year old now!

She’s TWO!

I can’t believe our baby girl is two today!  I had fun looking through all these pictures and seeing how much she has changed over the past two years. Warning:  it’s a picture overload, but I just couldn’t decide which ones to keep! Time is flying by, it really needs to slow down. We sure love our Kennedy Rose!

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Fourteen Months  Sixteen Months Eighteen Months Twenty Months Twenty-Two Months    Happy Birthday Kennedy!

BYU & J-Dawgs

USAA has recruited heavily the last 2 years at BYU so we are getting quite a big group of BYU Alum out here to San Antonio. Given that, we decided to host a BYU Alumni BBQ and serve            J-Dawgs (excellent polish dogs served just off BYU campus.) Not everyone could come, but we still had quite the crowd here       (45 total) and had a great time with everyone and think it was a success!

Hard at work cookin J-Dawgs! This is just some of the kids, there are quite a few close to Kennedy’s age.

We’ve enjoyed getting to know all the new families and have already done quite a few things with them. It’s nice to have others in the same situation as us: young couples living away from family. So our friends and our ward is our family out here.

Witte Museum

Last week we went to the Witte Museum with Kennedy’s friends Boston and Maddi, and their parents.  On Tuesday afternoons admission is free, so we decided to go check it out…along with everyone else in SA :). They had a lot of really neat things,  most of it was geared for elementary age children, but the kids still had lots of fun exploring all there was to see!

Kennedy, Boston and Maddi I think Kennedy’s favorite part was dancing on this mat that changed colors, she loved it!  Her and Boston had a great time.

   

She also loves reading books!

And what kid doesn’t like playing in the water?  Kennedy was watching this coil and I was on the other side taking pictures and the next thing I know she is soaked! A big  kid came over and turned the coil really fast and water went spraying all over Kennedy in a matter of seconds before either of us could do anything. She didn’t even cry, just acted a bit surprised. We are enjoying exploring all the things there are to see and do in San Antonio!