Casey's 8th Birthday Party

Even though Casey loves to spend her actual birthday on the beach at the Outer Banks watching fireworks (OBX pics coming soon), she always enjoys getting together with friends to celebrate as well. This year was no different. She had 19 friends over last Thursday for her "beach" birthday party where the kids enjoyed the water slide, inflatable pool, and playing "water tag" with Mr. Chris. There was pizza and watermelon, cake, and ice pops. At the end of the party, we rolled the beach party into a slumber party for her fellow 2nd grade (soon to be 3rd grade) girlfriends- some of the nicest girls ever! We made a "beach in a bottle" craft, watched a movie, had snacks, played games, and generally did everything except sleep!

A few pics: