Raquel is 2

On Sunday was Raquel's birthday so we had a little get together with family to celebrate! Raquel has been so much fun and truly a drop of sunshine in our life so what better theme for a party than a sunshine party:)

Her cute invite Cheri made for me:) I can't believe Raquel is already 2!


Newborn


6 months


1 year


2 years old:)


The fun display:)


I did banana cream pudding cups, chocolate dipped Oreos, chocolate dipped pretzels, starbursts, and this yummy yellow popcorn!


I had the R's from last year that I used again:)


And the cake


I usually do fondant but I decided to try a petal cake this time! It was harder to hide my mistakes but I love the texture it gave to the cake!


Random:)


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Present time











She got so many fun things thank you to everyone that came:)


Cake time


I made one layer yellow and one pink:)


Ready to dive in


And instead of her mouth she put it all in her hair! Silly girl!


All the little Sunshines that came to the party:)

Happy birthday Raquel! We hope you know how much we love you and your fun personality! You have brought such an amazing energy into our home and we love spending time with you! I can't wait to see how you grow in the next year:) we love you!!!!

Yellowstone

Over the weekend our family and my brother Ryan and his family headed to Yellowstone:) it was such a fun trip! I have not been there since I was in Middle School so it was fun to see everything again!

Sophie and I at the Yellowstone sign!


The arch


The first day we stopped at a river and swam for a bit


Raquel of course was wondering everywhere and jumping off rocks


Then we had a visitor come and lick our spoon clean:)


Joseph swimming


Butterfly


In the truck driving to our campsite


The steam


Cheri had a little monkey leash I borrowed and it was awesome I need to get one:)


All the kids wanted to "walk" Raquel


Hanging with the cousins


Waiting for old Faithful to blow


So cute


There she blows


Hot spots


Such clear water


Raquel is so adventurous she sure keeps us busy


Later that night Joseph showed us this cool spot that you had to cross a log to get to


It was a little island on the water


The whole group


Coming back across the log


Sophie and Ry


So pretty


This place was so cool the hot water turned the rocks completely white!!!!! Crazy!!!!


It's amazing what The Lord has created for us, we live in such a beautiful place!


So much beauty around us!


This was a huge water fall, the picture does not do it justice!


This is the The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone!


Buffalo just walking in the road!!!! Ha ha ha


This one looks like it got shaved half way


Watching a movie while it rained!


You cant really see, but Raquel has popcorn crumbs all over her face! She woke up for a little bit grabbed a popcorn crumb ate it and went back to sleep! Ha ha ha so funny


Korv got sick on Saturday night so instead of leaving late Sunday we packed up in the morning and headed back to Utah! Korv slept most of the way, he sleeps with his eyes half open, kind of creepy!
Such a fun trip (minus Korver getting sick) I want to go back when the kids are older! Camping is a lot of work especially with kids, but I love the time we spend as a family doing it! I hope Korv and Raquel will always want to come camping with Joseph and I even when they get older:)