Alina's 4th birthday parties

Just wrapped up a fun weekend celebrating Alina's 4th bday. Helen, Alina & Mary are going out of town next wknd, on Alina's real birth date of Oct 24th, so we decided to celebrate a wknd earlier. Plus, my parents were in town for a visit. Saturday we drove down to Boulder in the morning to check out the Valmont Bike Park's Groundbreaking Cross race. Was really fun to race in front of my parents, and I ended up doing well and getting 5th place.


Afterwards, we drove up to Bill & Mary's house up on Sugarloaf for some grilling and enjoying the company of both sets of Alina's grandparents, G3 (Great Grandma Grace), and Josh & Diana. Of course, being a Saturday, we were also able to enjoy some college football and beer. The weather was beautiful, so were fortunate enough to enjoy their beautiful deck and some nice afternoon sun.


Alina really enjoyed the company and of course the great presents she received from everyone. She was excited to play with her new baby doll babyjogger. She was really happy to be at grandma's house. Here are the 3 generations:


On the way home, she of course slept soundly. The next morning couldn't have come soon enough, and we were quickly prepping the house to have over about 20 kids, most of whom would be in princess costumes, for her n'hood party. Everything worked out well, incl the weather. A few brave boys were invited and they braved the many princesses all cruising around the house and in the bouncy castle.


Alina really had a blast, and so did we! Wondering if she'll be cranky tomorrow morning, she had a BIG weekend.


Click here for a complete Flickr set of some good pictures of the birthday weekend.

thanks for reading, and thanks to my parents & the Hills for helping with everything.