we started our party out with some bike decorating…
my brother and his girlfriend paula came and helped…

i just loved these of eric and eli…

my two and a half year old on his big boy bike…

brandon and eli…

eric barbequing some yummy tri-tip

eli doesn’t like the noise of the fireworks:)

miss toni doing some face painting…and eli not liking the noise…


brother being a goof ball…these were the ear muffs that eli wore most of the evening to block out some of the noise. he switched back and forth betweem these and ear plugs. needless to say, he was a little hard to communicate with, and he did a lot of shouting at everyone!

all the kids celebrating…

lance in awe of his “sprinkler” (that’s what eli calls them:)

all of the couple’s in attendance…
we had a great time! good food, good company, good fireworks. we made some great memories:)