Holleboom Family Blog: Rebecca Turns 3!!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Rebecca Turns 3!!

A few weeks ago, on April 16th, we made another trip west to Grandville (near Grand Rapids) for our niece's birthday party. This was Rebecca's 3rd birthday, but her first party, so we were very excited to finally celebrate her birthday with the family! She had a Disney princess themed party, complete with her own Disney princess dress with matching bib and bag that her mom (Kevin's sister) made for her.

Mary made another awesome birthday cake to go along with the theme, too. A tiered cake - the top tier was chocolate and the bottom tier was white. It looked great and fit the theme perfectly!

These kids are growing up way too fast! I still remember when we met Rebecca for the first time at just a couple days old. It's hard to believe she is already 3!

We had a great time celebrating Rebecca's special day and look forward to more birthday parties in the years to come! The kids all had a blast playing together, as always. They even put on a little dress-up fashion show at the end of the party for us all!

Sorry the pictures are all quite dark. I haven't had a chance to try brightening them up and Kevin didn't change the settings on the camera before shooting them. :o)

Happy Birthday, Rebecca!!

1 comment:

Mary Voogt said...: So fun to have you guys celebrate with us. But now I remember why we usually don't do parties :P I'm glad Rebecca got a special day this year, but I don't intend to do parties very often still.; May 5, 2011 at 1:57 PM

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