Dax's First Birthday

I was looking at websites months and months before my little Dax turned one. I came across a Willy Wonka Party and fell in LOVE with it. So of course, I had to drag my talented sister Tina into the mix to make the party happen!
She came up with the candy store, and my talented dad threw together the candy stand in under 24 hours! Suzzi provided the fun tree decor and the cute centerpieces I don't currently have a picture of. Oh yeah, and the drink labels. I only have these pictures because all my in laws are really good at taking their camera, and I slack in that department!

We rented a bubble machine so we could have bubbles going by the drinks, as they are "Fizzy Lifting Drinks" Stupid thing didn't even work... BOOOOOO!



Brady works with a guy who's dad rents out these bounce houses. We had talked about it and when it finally showed up at the church house I was in awe!! IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME! One side was the HUGE slide, and the other side was this obstacle course thing. The kids had a blast and stayed in the gym and not all over the church building. Renting one of these things is worth every penny!!!



Payt and Corbs had a blast!



We had to get crowd control at the top of the slide so they wouldn't kill the kids at the bottom trying to get out of the way before the next pack came down!



Daddy and his two favorite people! Here's a really good picture of the costume. I have to write this down so I don't forget, but the buttons on Dax's costume is actually from Grandma Sal's coat. We didn't have any big buttons, so she just cut those off her coat, and attached them to the costume!! My mom is amazing.



Here is the cake!!! A lady in my ward did it.. amazing I might add!



Dax had the time of his life eating his cake! All it took was a tiny taste, and away he went!



No, he didn't eat the whole thing. He probably would have tried if he could though.



He was happy as can be. He was in HEAVEN!



And this is my favorite picture of him. He had had all the cake he could handle, and was ready for his bed. It was such an amazing birthday, I really couldn't have been happier with the way it turned out. I wish I had pictures of the buffet, the tables and all who came, but I haven't bummed those off the right person yet! I'm sure I can get them and add them at a later date. But just in case I forget, (which I will) we had teriyaki been, chicken, chop suey, cabbage salad, and frog eye. YUMMY!!!
Thank you to my family, and all who contributed. There were many, and without you it wouldn't have been what it was. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but there will be at least two more!! :)