Jay's Pirate party

Jay picked a Pirate theme before his 4th birthday, so when it came time for his 5 year old pirate party, we were ready:) We had a big plan for the backyard, but in my spare time I built this with cardboard:

For the backyard ship: First, we put together some pieces of foam board and cardboard backed with a wood/metal frame. John did a lot of work on this, but I found paint for .50 a can at a garage sale and this whole ship and other stuff. So in comparison...my ship was pidly and our playset turned Pirate ship was awesome!

I had a lot of fun with decorations, and designed the labels.

Here is some more of the food:

The Games (especially the treasure hunt) was a good time.

(The water fight at the end was a ton of fun!)

Other details...the invitation

Some more fun!

We LOVE you Jay.

Road trip to Montana

The boys and I took a little road trip. We took a break at a free Dino Museum in Wyoming.

We made it to the state line! Oh, and here is the hovercraft that I followed and passed repeatedly.

Here are pictures from our first few days there: