It's Birthday Time Again...

As I've said before, October is a busy month in my family. Not only is it Mackenzee's birthday, but it is my mom's, sister's, neice's, and three nephew's birthdays. All but one of those are part of the Robinson clan. It's crazy! So, every October conference weekend, we get together at my mom's house and have one big birthday party for everyone celebrating this month.

Unfortunately, only my sister Melanie was able to make it this time, so we were short a "few" people. But, we still had a good time and were able to have a great celebration.

Yesterday was actually my neice, Savanna's birthday. She is now 7. I can't believe it! I used to babysit her when she was just a little bit older than Mackenzee is now. :0( And now she is so big! Mackenzee just adores her and whenever Savanna is around, I am no longer her bestest friend. Her "Nana nana" takes that spot from me. I've always called Savanna "Savanna banana" and so apparently Mackenzee has now taken it upon herself to use that nickname as well. Though, the way she pronounces it ends up taking on the form of "Nana nana" instead. :0)

My mom's birthday then comes on the 8th, though she swears she doesn't have anymore birthdays. :0) Mackenzee was actually supposed to be born on the 8th and we were hoping for a double birthday. Mackenzee even has her Nana's middle name as her middle name. But, she obviously wasn't ready to come and play for a few days, because she was born 4 days late.

My sister's birthday isn't for another week and a half, but we share the love with her too. And my two nephews don't celebrate theirs until the end of the month. All in all, there are 6 Robinson birthdays in October. It's a popular month around here. :0)

Landon really enjoyed the cupcakes I made for the brirthday party....can't you tell? :0)

Anyway, happy birthday family! Austin...I still have your present here waiting for you {along with Alina's}. I can't wait to see you at Thanksgiving so you can open it! :0)

October Birthdays

So, in my family October is "the month" for birthdays. There are six, just in the Robinson family. It's insane! We start with my neice, Savanna, and then it's my mom's turn, followed by Mackenzee, and then comes my sister Melanie, with my nephews Austin and Jon at the end of the month. Crazy! So, everyone came this last weekend for conference and to celebrate my mom's birthday which is today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

And since we were all together, we decided to have one BIG birthday party on Saturday. We did have a special little party for just Savanna as her birthday was on Friday, but after wards it was chaos as the rest of the kids opened up their birthday presents.

It was so nice to have EVERYONE there this time. We haven't all been together like this since Christmas last year. All 24 of us, soon to be 25. Who'd have thunk it? ;0) Anyway...we had a blast, the kids wore themselves out...and good times were had by everyone. (I was so good and took my camera to my mom's house on Saturday so that I could take a lot of pictures, but when I went to take them I realized that I had forgotten my memory card. It was still plugged into the computer. Sigh. So, I was only able to take pictures on Sunday for my mom's party. Though it looks totally chaotic in the picture, which it was, it's one of my favorites. It just shows how much the kids love their Nana. Totally swarming her so they could be close to her. Of course, the excitement of what she was unwrapping was part of it too....but still.)