The Hazard Chronicles

This last weekend marked almost exactly one month since Evelyn turned seven. It also happens to be the weekend that we actually celebrated this event with a party. A little late, I'll admit- but it was still a great party. In fact, I would opine the the sheer awesomeness of this party was enough to outweigh the belated circumstances of the event.

Evelyn invited a lot of her school friends that we did not know, and it was fun to put names to the faces of the people she talks about playing with. It was also reassuring to see how well they knew Evelyn and the things she liked- all their gifts were extremely appropriate even though we never said anything to the parents about what sorts of things Evelyn was into. I don't know- I guess every parent wants to know that their child was doing okay socially, and this party was good to put any worries we had at bay.

The theme for the party that Evelyn chose was Ninja turtles. This was was pretty awesome- forget the "girly" stuff and go straight for the ninjas that were my childhood heroes. Yep- my daughter is pretty cool. Also, even though we offered to host the party at a skating rink, a climbing wall, an indoor swimming pool with a water slide, or a bounce house, Evelyn was adamant that the party be held instead at our own home. Plain and simple. We did our best to decorate, and I think we pulled it off pretty well. It was also kind of cool to me that Evelyn likes our house that much and was excited to invite her friends over.

As far as Rachel and I are concerned, we had a pretty normal week. On Friday we went out and watched the Gonzaga game (it's kind of a big deal around here), We also went out with some friends on Tuesday evening (St. Patrick's day) for a double date which was interrupted by a bagpipe band. Hey it's live music, right?!

This coming weekend we have our first BBQ of the season planned for Friday, and we are going out to see the Best of Broadway performance of Camelot in Spokane on Saturday. Next week is also the week that the mountaineering club I am a part of begins it's weekly climbing trips (as long as it isn't raining). In other words, there is a lot to look forward to.

Here are some pictures of the party. Have a good week!

All but the two most important things- cake and pizza! We had those too though. What's a Ninja Turtles party, after all, without pizza?

Green Slime Cake. This was good.

I think we got at least most of the people here. It's hard to say though- our house got pretty hectic and there could have been some people in the back still.