Harper's 4th + Tanner's 2nd | Ice Cream Birthday Party

well almost two weeks later and i've finally gotten to doing this post for harper + tanner's ice cream birthday party!

we had just the best time celebrating that day and it was all so much fun!

they've now been FOUR & TWO for almost two weeks now!!

time is a thief and they are growing up so so quickly.

but it also somehow keeps on getting better.

just a bit before the party was about to start, i went and grabbed my big camera to quick snap some pics before the party got started. the darn thing wouldn't turn on. battery dead.

annoying, but iphone did just fine too ;)

this party, among the birthday parties we've done over the last few years, has been the easiest for setup and made for a rush-free, stress-free, time before the party.

which we all could appreciate!

#1 contributing factor to that:: i hardly made any of the food.

normally i make it all and do it all. and as much as i've loved making the cake/cupcakes, ect... this year it was so nice! i had the cakes & cookies done by some awesome local people (i'll link to them at the end of the post for reference!) and they turned out soooo well!! i couldn't be happier. and then the ice cream too was purchased from a local ice cream shop who makes THEE BEST handmade ice cream!

that all being said...

the balloon garland was one exception to the 'quick & easy'...

simple:: yes

time consuming:: YES ;)
though it truly isn't complicated to do! i am NOT a crafty/diy person ;)

(i saved a post on my pinterest for reference on the DIY steps to balloon garland making)

i had the best time hunting down all the little details for this party.

keeping it fun and colorful, yet still 'boy' appropriate was my goal. the challenges of having a boy and a girl with the same birthday. we don't even consider princess parties or truck parties. yet ;)

but i'm happy to say it turned out just as i had hoped! and our gender neutral party came together so so well! 

harper + tanner, we all love you two.

and LOVE celebrating you together!! 

how special it is that you get to share something together that is so so rare, your birthdays!!

we love you, sweet birthday twins of ours!!

matching tanks // hen and co.

harper's necklace // hooray everyday

cakes // sweet things by emily holden

cookies // kiki confectionary

ice cream // ice cream social 

party invitation // ckfireboots

ice cream cups + spoons // the bakers party shop

black+ white polka dot cups // party garden

sprinkles // shop sweet lu lu

(any other link to something i may 

have missed, just ask! happy to share!)

Xoxo

-Brittney

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4th of july 2018 || suncadia

boy oh boy. 

the fourth was daysss ago. 

like  f i v e  days ago. 

but for us it feels like it has just ended.

the never ending holiday. but definitely NOT complaining! cause it was so so great :)

we made a getaway of the fourth. left tuesday morning and just got back home saturday afternoon. we’ve made this trip to suncadia over the 4th two years in a row now, along with some very best friends of ours. after we had so much fun vacationing together with our families last summer, we knew we had to try our best to make this summer happen too. there’s a high chance this could become an annual thing!

each of our families have two kiddos (making four) and we're both expecting our number threes this fall! so before we know it there are going to be six babes between us!

it's so fun to grow our families together. 

harper + aubrey are only two months apart.

tanner + adelynn, 8 months.

and these next tiny ones will be only a month apart!
we somehow didn't manage to take a whole group shot! ;( but the kids will do!

we looked around a little bit at houses to rent that would fit our families and ended up going with the exact house that we had stayed in the year before. 

we got to thinking- why change something that isn't broken.

it was so fun to reminisce on the memories we had had over the fourth of july last year. and to experience some of the same this year around too!

we turn the temp down on the hot tub and the kiddos use it as a pool all day every day.
last year harper + aubrey lived in here.
this year they had to make room for tanner boy to join too!

matching jams + all the festiveness we could manage!

besties from birth. and now til the end of time.

they lived on otterpops from morning til night. 

these colorless ones (i found at costco) were soooo great! mess/stain/stress free ;)

jacob giving the 'serious' low-down on the rules to the fireworks.

haha i can't even take him serious (at least they did!) ;)

the line up for their pop-its to throw.

so fun seeing tanner being a "big kid" right in the middle of the girls!

kids kept jumping into this picture, and it just kept getting cuter and cuter :)

P H O T O  D U M P
of all the others :)

 

 

  we all came back with our cups so full along with a handful of mosquito bites each ;)

Xoxo

-Brittney

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