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This is the moon walk that we borrowed from JD. It had a little trouble at first but by the time kids were in it, we were good to go.

Ava loved it. She didn't like to be alone, but when I held her and bounced, she was cracking up.

The kids had a ball in this thing. Even the older cousins had fun. I got to play in there with my boy cousins like old times. We played 500. Joshua hit me in the face....twice...and David almost took me out by my legs. It was just like old times. I loved it. I don't know if it was the uneasy surface or what but joshua seemed to always be the one who went so hard into the side that he almost tipped the thing. If I even saw it leaning, I could bet that he was down there.

Aunt Chrissy took over the cotton candy for a while. She dished it for everyone.

The Edna cake. Delicious.

This was the same cake that I had at my wedding. Talk about going overboard for Ava.

I love this sign. It's just so awesome to see something with your kids name on it. As a new parent in the hospital to see the name you picked going onto the birth certificate and hospital sheets, its so funny. I almost cried when I got her Social Security Card. Now we have this cute sign that I will, as aunt Elaine did with Laura's first birthday sign, use every year. Around 11-14ish she will hate me for it, but when she get's past that, it will be so cool to have happy birthday Ava hanging on that ragged old sign from 2006.

Laura is going off to school next year so we have to document her a lot this summer. I can't wait until her party in a few weeks. I actually took this picture from far away and she thought I was taking it of a group. No...just you laura.

Little Ava by her big sub.

There's my dad trying to take down the cousins. They are actually a big bunch of boys. It's pretty hard to believe that they would all say let's wrestle uncle Grant and then simultaneously be bodyslammed with one arm. That was not too long ago.

Happy birthday sweety.

No need. David tried to get me into the river but I would have none of it. Unfortunately I didn't have much say on the issue. Grandma Sanders got me out of it the frist time and Aunt Claudia gave a stern warning the second. It didn't happen a third. I hope I'm that kind of a mom.

BOYS!!! The moonwalk didn't do anyone a favor in the ripping of Davids pants at such a delicate spot. I think I speak for everyone at the party when I say I'm glad he was wearing shorts underneath at the same time thinking, why was he wearing shorts underneath.

Three chicks. Just hanging out, wondering when one of those kids will fall into the river.

Ava and David posed for the squished nose picture.

Now back and forth with the toungue kids.

Nice catch Dillon, or is that bait?

Happy Birthday song ended....

....a delicate touching of the cake begins....

....and then it hits her that this cake is for her to demolish.

"what"

"Bye, bye for now. A few more pics will be coming later."

Though they are not all on here, we filled up a memory card and didn't have our extra with us so this is it for now. I just had my dad take the important pics, they will be up later on. (pics of presents and misc things at the end) So there Adrianna, I bet you thought it would be weeks.