Thursday, May 5, 2016

Papa's Birthday/Retirement Party

 Most all the Smith family came last weekend for a big party. Papa turned 66 and he retired on Friday so we made it one big party.

We started the day off with some bowling. The kids loved it and we had fun watching and helping.
 This photo is a bit blurry but so cute. Every time it was Carly's turn she would jump all the way up and jump around as the ball headed down the lane.
 What a cute little beauty with her beautiful locks.
 And this was the smile after she got a spare.
 Then I took some pictures of the other two lanes that had the older kids on it and the photos were fun to look at to see all their different forms.
 All those kids with their Papa. They all love him lots!
 Then we headed back to the house for lunch. All the adult men went out to eat and the girls and the kids stayed home and had fun visiting and playing. Most of the time all the boys were in the forest playing around with sticks and building things so Lily and Paige made them some "soup". I loved watching Paige's imagination go into making the soup and I made lots of pretend food with whatever was around when I was a kid too.
 Most of the older kids went over to the park. All the little girls stayed home. Carly was sleeping but Paige helped us take some cute photos of the two youngest Smiths who are only two days apart. They are so cute and lovable!
 Then when Carly got up Paige and her spent quite awhile "reading" to each other.
 Then we had a nice barbecue and then it was time for the birthday party. There was lots of candles for Papa to blow out but that meant lots of candles to be licked off too.
 Aaron and Rachel left on Saturday night but everyone else that was still around had a nice little dinner after church before Mike and Christy headed home.

So of course it led to cute pictures of the cute girls.
 What a cute little girl that is my entire world!
 And there is the face when she sees a bee. It is so cute and sad at the same time.
 The line up ready to see Mike and Christy off.
 And they were off. It was such a fun weekend and we are all so grateful for everything that Papa has done for us!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the pictures and preserving the memories!

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  2. This bowling retirement party looks really enjoyable. All must had a great time. Want to have a simple retirement party at one of local LA event venues for my dad. He does not like partying so much. But want to make his retirement a lovely celebration. Hope will be able to make it.

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