owen's 3rd birthday (and the rest of the weekend)

My grandmother passed away last week.  I wasn't very close with her, but several years ago, I used to get her ready in the mornings and take her to "day care."  My mom was her primary caregiver before she moved into a nursing home a few years ago, so I was worried about how she would handle things.  We headed home this weekend to see my mom.  It was nice taking a trip back and getting to spend time with our families.  We usually go home on the weekends to see friends.  My mom and I got to spend most of the day together on Saturday (we never get to do this anymore).

We were excited that Owen was celebrating his 3rd birthday on Sunday instead of Saturday.  We drove back to Lafayette on Saturday night, so we could be here. After a McDonald's breakfast, we got ready for the party.  Kaylea has been very much looking forward to this.

His party was at the Fire House Museum in Lafayette.  It was a pretty cool place to have a party.  Kaylea could not wait to give Owen his present and was going to carry it around with her until I let her, so she passed it along to him early.

Jen & Matt did a great job hosting and I think everyone had a great time.

kaylea with the birthday boy

painting



on the truck with mom (guess who drove?)

fire hats (with pagie & preston)



adorable cake