We knew Aaron probably wouldn't be home in time for Brady's actual birthday. So we planned his party for the weekend after his birthday hoping Aaron would make it home. My parents, sister and girls came for the weekend and Aaron's Mom and Dad, sister and grandma were coming as well. It came down to the last couple days that we thought Aaron would be letting us know his plans for coming home. But he said it was not likely that he would make it home. He was partly right because it was pretty much a stroke of luck or something because somehow he made it home on Friday night before the party on Saturday.
I hadn't heard from him for like 2 days (which happens sometimes because of his flying schedule and the difference in time zones). But I got an email saying he would call me. But then nothing for another day. Friday afternoon at about 1 pm I get a text message asking if there's room at the dinner table for one more! As soon as I saw the text I knew he had to be somewhere in the US where his phone was working. So I called him and found out that he was back in the US at the Houston airport headed to Omaha. He hadn't called or anything because he knew he would ruin the surprise because I would press him for details of what he was doing or where he was! He even told me later that he didn't use the credit or debit card in fear that I would see where he was making the transactions. Only 5 of 28 people on his crew made it back that night and he was one of them. It was such a fun surprise and we surprised his Mom and Dad who came later that afternoon when he came home.
Anyway, now on to the party pictures. I'm warning you that there are a lot of pictures and I am so happy with the way that everything turned out I'm posting a lot of details. Most of these are on FB so you've probably seen them on there already. In case anyone wants a robot party of your very own, I'll post some links at the end too! :) I think I had as much fun planning this as Brady did enjoying the party! He was so excited when he saw all of the decorations going up!
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| All back together again! |
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| Robot sign I made for the front door |
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Party decorations in the basement before the party
We did red, green and blue with robots and gears for decorations |
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| Food table and banner I made |
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| Brady, waiting to dig in! |
I had to stick with the technological theme and name all of our snacks to go with the theme! I know, I know, the kids can't even read but it was still fun!
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| My favorite pictures of Brady from the last 5 years |
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| Robot bean bag toss game I made |
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| Goodie bags |
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| Tags I downloaded |
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| The real cake-I kept the topper I made last week from the practice cake! :) |
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| Pinata time! |
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| Aaron busted it open! |
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| Kids coloring robot pictures |
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| Ava's all done! |
Aaron's family was very happy to be there and very happy that Aaron actually got home in time! His Grandma was visiting from Maryland and wanted to see him before she went back home and she got to!
Because my Mom takes all the pictures, we hardly ever get pictures of my Mom and Dad with the kids or at all! They were here and a big help as well so we were also very happy to have them here with us too!
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