A Tale of Three Cakes

Olivia had three different birthday cakes and three different parties. Because we were going to be at Family Reunion on Olivia's birthday we decided to celebrate with the Wosnik family a week early. Aunt Kelly made Olivia this "Buddy" cake. Kelly's dog is named Buddy and Olivia loves him.

This is Olivia's cake while we were at family reunion. Everyone sang Happy Birthday and ate some cake.
This is Livvy's Elmo birthday cake. We celebrated with the Winn family at Pizza Plus. The kids like to go there because they have video games. I made this Elmo cake. I think it turned out pretty good for an amateur. I know that Livvy loved it.

Family Reunion

Every year we go to the Egbert-Beckstead family reunion on Rick's side. It is typically held in Mount Pleasant, Utah but this year it was in Burley, Idaho. We camped at a ranch on the Snake River. It was really fun. They had a huge waterslide that went right into the river and many other activities and of course boating. Who can forget that? Here is Rick about to get up on the surfboard.

Nora sitting on the boat with Kate and Megan.
This is me (Christa), wakeboarding with a drysuit on. The water was freezing cold it took my breath away. It was so worth it though. Livvy loved the tire swing, not necessarily to ride on it but to push it around.

The girls playing on the grass with their cousin Kate. I was nervous about camping on the river for 4 days. Look how close we were to the bank of a moving river. I didn't get much sleep but we survived. It was nice having a lot of family to help keep an extra eye on the girls.

Our cousins from Reno, Kevin and Austin and their family followed us home and stayed overnight at our house. The next day we went to lunch before they headed home. (left to right) Livvy, Donnie (Austin's sister) holding Abram, Nora & Kate.

This is Nora with her sweet cousin Kate. They were best buds.