Happy Birthday, Aunt Louise!

The birthday girl! She was so surprised and happy - with a fabulous tiara, too.

Chissy, chissy Auntie Lisa!
Lisa, Grandmom Fish and Aunt Louise. They all look so pretty!

This picture makes me laugh.

So, before dinner, there were plates and plates of really yummy appetizers. Carly loved the pizza, especially. This photo was taken right as I was cutting up another piece of pizza for her. She really couldn't get enough.
Oh, yummy pizza...notice how this piece was from a different plate!!!
Yummmm. Messy face.
Mommy and Carly (with pizza of course)
Oh yeah, and then there was an ENTIRE roasted pig...stuffed with sausage.
I was actually trying to get a photo of them carving the pig (just for my friends Beth and Michelle), but they posed instead!
We were there for four hours, so we had to be a little flexible about Carly running around the restaurant. She spent most of one hour running up and down the ramp to the front door, and she got really mad, like airplane mad (and that's serious), when I had to draw the line at running out the front door into the street. One of the perks to being a cute little kid is that, if you're not screaming or being annoying, people will pretty much let you do whatever you want. Like coloring in the MIDDLE of the floor. If I can find any, I'll post some photos of Kylie, the sweet little girl who brought crayons and paper to share with Carly.
It is also completely okay to get your messy pizza hands all over Pop's sport coat.
Playing with MomMom and PopPop. The bunny is from Grandmom Fish. You know our girl and her bunnies! And with the balloons, too! She was so funny.
A couple of our Aunties!
All of Carly's most fabulous dresses come from Auntie Anna (left). Carly says thanks again for her beautiful Easter dress!
Sweet little face and her new bunny.
The balloons!!! She carried these things around for two straight hours! I wish I got a photo of her with our cousin (If that's what you'd call my husband's cousin's cousin...) Joey. They each had one and were hitting eachother over the head.
All bundled up and ready to go. We couldn't believe she didn't pass right out in the car!