Happy Birthday to Aya Maureen! She's 4!

On August 16th Aya turned 4 years old!  The 16th happens to be Hawaii's statehood day so all the kids were out of school which worked out perfectly for the beach birthday party we had for Aya.  When I asked her awhile ago what kind of birthday party she wanted she said she wanted an "ocean party" which is pretty perfect since we live here by the beach! I bought a few decorations but didn't need much since we have real palm trees and the real sandy beach and the real beautiful ocean!  I did bring lots of food though because you can never have too much food, right?
 Here are some fun shots of the day...

I made the cake to look like a fish and I was happy that it turned out pretty well! It was decorated and undecorated a bit with the gummy sea life candies on the table before we took this picture but everyone still enjoyed it!

Aya LOVES her ketchup!

All the kids excited for Aya to open the presents they brought her.

Our adorable little neighbor baby. Love him!

Here we're "going on a shark hunt"

After eating  & presents we played "fish pond" and then we all headed to the water to play.  Such a fun party! Thank you so much for those of you who came! Wish all of you not in Hawaii could've come too.  It was a fun party & Aya seemed to love it.

Later in the day the girls decorated cake #2

It was so breezy at the beach we couldn't get the candles to stay lit so we did that at home with this cake.

Aya loves Daddy!

Aya with all her many wonderful gifts & cards!  Thanks, everyone!

Our lanai (patio) swing is inside because the outside of our building was getting painted so we had to bring in all the outdoor furniture.  The girls thought this was the best thing ever!