Party time!

Today we had the second of three Saturdays in a row where Emma has soccer in the morning and a birthday party in the afternoon!  Since Scott is free, we all go along and make it a family thing.

Todays party was in New Jersey, for Abby, the daughter of our good friends.  Abby was born just a couple of months before Emma, and they have been friends since they were little.  Here they are on Abby's first birthday!

 

Abby is quite the beautiful big girl now!

 Chrissie had planned an art party for Abby, and it involved painting, chalk drawings and even paint filled balloons that had darts thrown at them!  All outside of course.

 One of Chrissie's friends had brought their 3 week old baby, and they were kind enough to let Emma hold and feed him.  She was ecstatic!  She loves babies so much.

Before we went I had an idea for a great before and after with Chrissie and Joshua! (Yes, I can remember most of the pictures we've taken over the years, and have them organized by month!)

The first was from Emma's 2nd birthday, when Toby and Abby's brother Joshua were only a few weeks old...

 The second was today.  The boys are good buddies too, which is so great.  Chrissie and Brian had a third, but we aren't playing that game!

Funnily, Scott and Brian were wearing practically the same outfit (and beard), which was exactly what happened at Toby's party last year!

Good times, great friends.