House Warming Par-tay!

So a little after we moved in...
my sweet awesome Jessie threw us a house warming party!!

It was so great to actually have a place to
throw a fun summer time get together!
We are just lovin our backyard!
But more than that we are loving
that we now live in the same neighborhood
as all of these great friends!

We even rode our bikes over to Jessie's house tonight!
I love that we have friends so close...
and the bestest friends too!

Here are the besties at the party!

Here's a big group shot of the partiers!
And Matt grillin...

It was such a fun night!
Very entertaining all around!

The kids ran through Laura's big globe sprinkler...
in their clothes most of the time.
Allikaye had about 5 wardrobe changes
during the party...
which is actually only like 2 more than a usual day. Here is Laura.
She is our next door neighbor!
I play volleyball with her
and Allikaye and her daughter, Delaney are great friends.
She "found" the house for us!
Yay for Laura!
Here she is tattooing the kids.
I told you it was a killer party!

Here is my sweet friend Brittney and her newest baby, Maya.
Brittney is becoming such a great friend too.
Her family is so fun to hang out with...
only more times to come!!

We played lots of cornhole...
or bean bag toss...
whatev.

The boys played teams...
and you could see a lot of chest bumps
and fist bumps throughout.
They were hardcore cornholers!

Then for some reason...
the mini tramp made it's way outside.
??

So why not take pictures of us in mid air?

Here are the best shots of us crazies...

mine...

Laura:

Jessie:
even with a skirt...

We are volleyball players who like
to pretend that we are small and agile enough to
have been cheerleaders earlier in life.
So bring out a mini tramp and our dreams are alive.

Oh! Here's a neighbor shot of Laura!
Hi, neighbor!

Then the mini tramp went from a
cheerleading training tool
to a volleyball tool...
our true colors.

We hit off of this for awhile.
All mid-party.
Tell me you do things like this too with your friends.
Jessie could still rock it with her skirt.

Or maybe not...

Here's a really pretty shot of me...

Where were the kids during these shananigins?
Just hanging in a tree next door...

So, yeah,
I am super thankful for these great friends.
They bring me joy and silliness.
And I love that they all came to celebrate us moving into
their neighborhood!

So fun!

Oh, and I am cleaning the house this weekend -
so I will post a little tour coming up soon!
We really do love the place!