Birthday bonanza, party-goers

Katrina's birthday was our first celebration in our new house. I was interested to see how many people could comfortably fit. Originally we had planned on just three of Katrina's friends and their parents. With the addition of godparents and grandparents and one or two other folks, we quickly reached our limit, though there were several other people that we would have loved to see there too. Overall, almost everyone could fit, though it was a tight fit for a bit with the kids running around.

We were really lucky to have the following people come (I'm not posting pictures of some of our guests, due to privacy issues):


Godmother Erica and Uncle Fingers, er Uncle Geoff


Danielle


Kathy and Ryan


Godfather John


Farmer Dan

We posted all of the pictures (taken with a polaroid - you remember what those are, right?) on a tractor that I made. It complemented the tractor pulling pictures of Katrina throughout the year and I'm hoping to put them all together into a book for her as a keepsake of the party.




After folks left, Katrina had fun opening all of the generous presents that she got. Erica and Geoff got her a wonderful papyrus that she is having fun pointing to and that we plan to put up on our wall soon. She also got some wonderful books, tractors, trucks, planes, games, clothes, and even a great wheelbarrow that she has insisted be upstairs when she is, and downstairs when she is. Here is just a sampling of some of her present opening: