BELLA'S 101 DALMATIAN PARTY

As we were looking at the fall, we realized that Bella's birthday would come on the heels of a lot of stuff, so we decided not to have it at our house.  She wanted a jumping party themed with 101 Dalmatians, and it was such a fun everything!

I sent out the invites designed by my sis, Ellen, between my international trips this year.

My crew was ready to party this morning, though they were not all ready to take a picture. (😒Lily)



There were no other parties before or during ours, so we got there early to set up and had the place to ourselves.  My mom and step-dad, Wes, came from Wichita to help and party with us, and Wes did a fantastic job transporting the cake.

The party room is jungle-themed, which I had forgotten, but we managed to *mostly* cover the palm tree behind the main table to make it look a little more festive for our purposes.  Jump Zone provided pizza, ice cream and juice boxes, so I kept the rest of the food pretty straight-forward.

First up on the party agenda - lots of jumping!

Several of our friends are on a soccer team that actually had a game scheduled at 11:30 today, but because of the party, they got it rescheduled to earlier so everybody could come.  We have the best friends - really.  After all the jumping, we moved into the party room so all the kiddos could chow down.

We sang Happy Birthday to our sweet Bella girl and served cake.

We sent everyone on their way with a cookie, of course.

I was exhausted after the shindig and fell asleep this afternoon while editing photos.  John snapped this super flattering shot of me trying to block out all other noise in our home while I slept. 😴  Partying is hard work.

Happy Birthday, Bella!  We love you more than words!

{To see past Spenst birthday parties, click here!}