Father's Day and Blueberry Picking

After Jane's birthday party we celebrated Father's Day with Kevin's side of the family. I was a little worn out from the party so I didn't get many pictures. The next day we went out to Auburn to celebrate with the Copp side. I took a couple pictures there. 

I love this picture of Kevin and Jane. We were checking out some big fish swimming down at the pond. 

There were several kittens behind the house and the kids were all pretty interested. I felt a little bad for the kittens. 

Luckily we were able to distract them with the donkey. 

One of my summer goals was to go blueberry picking. We didn't make it last year and I was determined to go this year. Our weekends were filling up but Kevin had a light Friday and was able to come with us. We intended to go a little earlier in the morning but we didn't get there until it had already gotten pretty hot. 

Anna and Jane enjoyed it but the heat really got to them. They liked it but I don't know that they had as much fun as with the strawberries. With the bushes being so tall many of the berries were out of their reach. If we'd gone early I think they would have lasted longer. 

We still managed to get several pounds of blueberries and they were delicious! I was happy to be able to mark this one off my checklist. 

I wanted to throw in a few random pictures I pulled from our cell phones. This adorable one of Jane we took when we went over to a friend's house. Anna wasn't there (it was during her vacation with Grandma and Grandpa) and we were trying to extend our time there by just a little bit so we let her watch a couple shows.

Something else we've been wanting to do for a long time is take Anna camping. It wasn't happening so we decided to just do it in the backyard. Our biggest tent is only a 4 person tent and with a queen mattress 4 people is a little crowded for my taste. I was fairly certain Jane wasn't going to make it and with it being fairly warm out I was happy to be inside with her. Anna loved it though and I think Kevin was pretty happy to be able to share this experience with her. I can't wait to get a bigger tent and go when it's cooler in the fall. 

The girls being cute on Jane's birthday before going to Activity School. 

My last random picture for the post is also from when Anna was on vacation.. I met up with my friend Amanda and her boys at Crown Center for a Thomas the Train exhibit they had going on. We had lunch there at Fritz's and enjoyed the fountains outside for a bit. A group asked us to take a picture of them and then offered the same in return. Amanda and I are always taking the photos and rarely in them so it was a nice treat. 

Jane's 3rd Birthday Party

My baby girl turned 3 a few weeks ago and I'm still in disbelief. Jane loves all things pink and requested a "Pink Cupcake Birthday". I had a lot of fun with this theme and I think Jane enjoyed it too. 

I wanted cookies at the party so we thought that 'cupcake cookies' would be perfect!

Of course we had to have pink cupcakes as well. I even had a few strawberry cupcakes to make Jane happy. 

 I made plenty of new decorations but I was actually able to reuse several items from previous parties. I did have a lot of fun creating this centerpiece though. 

The garland behind the 3 is one of my recycled decorations. I did make the "3" new but I always put these on their bedroom doors afterwards. 

Anna and Jane were pretty excited while we were decorating. Jane kept asking me "Is today my pink cupcake birthday???" 

We're so thankful to Kevin's parents for allowing us to have the party at their house. And for the balloons!!!!

I forgot to tell everyone about the detour heading to the house so we had a little extra time before everyone arrived. We decided to try and take our family picture then instead of wrangling kids later for a photo. The first photo was better but the top of our heads got cut off...this was the only other option. 

Hugs for Red Grandma!

Anna was pretty excited to see Adell again. (I guess they weren't too sick of each other from their vacation with Grandma and Grandpa the previous week 😄)

We brought our bouncy house with us but it was so hot and humid that we didn't even bother setting it up. The kids still had fun playing inside. 

Jane was pretty excited about opening her gifts. 

She insisted on doing it all herself and would get mad at me if I tried to help too much. I love that she's independent but some of the presents took forever to unwrap haha!

I wasn't sure how Jane was going to do with all of us singing happy birthday. At the Copp family June birthday celebration a couple weeks before she did great and smiled and blew out her candle. This time...not so much.  Anna ended up blowing out the candle for her. What a great big sister. 

Pink cupcakes! 

Smile! 

I attempted a nice picture of Kevin with his brothers but it wasn't happening. I did get these gems though. 

Anna really loved the Princess Popcorn. 

I had a lovely time at the birthday and we're so thankful to everyone that came out to help us celebrate our little girl's birthday. Jane had a wonderful time as well and crashed watching a show after the party. 

I had Jane's 3 year well check a couple weeks after her birthday and everything is looking good. While Jane had previously been around 50% for both height and weight she was only 35.5 inches tall (16%) and was 32 pounds 6 ounces (75%). I don't expect her to be tall but I am thinking we have a growth spurt coming soon. 

Jane and Eric's Birthday Playdate

In an attempt to simplify life a little we decided to have a small family birthday party for Jane in Topeka rather than a big friend party in Olathe. We still wanted to celebrate with our closest friends though so we decided to have a joint birthday playdate with Eric. He turned 2 the month before and had a family birthday as well. It was a perfect way to celebrate!

Anna, Ethan, Eric, and Jane

For the celebration we went to DeAnna Rose. We had a membership last year but we decided not to get one this year so this was our first time there this season. They have free admission after 2 pm so it worked out really well. 

I love it when little kids hold hands. 

It was a little warm that day so we were happy to go indoors for a little video about cows and milk. 

Yee-haw!

It was nice that Kevin was able to take the afternoon off to join us. 

Once Meg and Margot arrived we went outside for cupcakes and gifts.

Happy 2nd Birthday Eric!

Happy 3rd Birthday Jane!

After playing outside for a bit we went back into the farm to see a few more animals. 

 A little mist to cool off. 

All Anna and Jane wanted to do was feed goats and they were thrilled when we finally got to feed them. 

Our attempt at a photo with all the kids wasn't exactly successful but I love it nonetheless. 

Anna, Eric, Jane, Ethan, and Margot

On the way to the exit the girls wanted in the wagon. Then Eric wanted a ride too so we plopped him in the middle. Anna cracked me up declaring "we're a 3-pack!".

It was a fantastic afternoon and we're so thankful for such wonderful friends.