Connor's party started out with a swimming party out in our backyard. It wasn't anything spectacular- but the kids had fun. 





Grandma Tenney gave Connor these super cute swimming trunks- but they were to big for him so this picture is all he has worn them so far. But they will be perfect for next summer!!






For the party I decided to do a sandbox theme because Connor loves to play out in the sandbox. Well it slowly changed into a beach theme but same concept.

Here is a picture of the shark I made out of watermelon. You can see the eyes very good because they are from Connor's puff treats and are a tan color. I was going to use blueberries but someone (*cough BJ*) at them.
We made it simple this year and bought pizza from Dominoes. I signed up almost a year ago for this thing called ShopRunner and it gave me a free 1 year trial of free delivery at Dominoes. So we order there a lot more than we used to and it was wonderful because I just had the pizza delivered to the party-it was so nice.
Since I knew the kids were going to be swimming and would be hungry before we ate dinner, I put out these snacks {popcorn in sand pales, sweedish fish, and fishy crackers- see the theme :) }


I failed this year and didn't get a picture of Connor with both BJ and I...bummer



























After he had eaten his cake (and he ate a lot of it) he was reaching for the shovel full of cake. I smiled and gave it to him. BJ's brother JC was like "he already had his own cake!" ha ha I said, "yeah but it is his 1st birthday- he can have as much cake as he wants :D
We decorated with pictures of Connor month by month from the day he was born. He surprisingly hasn't changed drastically since he was a little baby.

1. ha ha I love this face

Oh and after he had his cake, his extra cake from the shovel...he found somebodies leftover ice cream and ate that too. ha ha