Penny's 1st Birthday Party!

On August 13, we had Penny's first birthday party at a park here on base. It was really fun and the food was amazing. However, the wind got so strong it nearly blew all of us away. It was soooo windy. Another problem we had was that the sprinklers kept going off. We had to move the cake table three times! With the wind blowing, the water from the sprinklers would reach us under our little pavilion. Let's just say that no one will ever forget the party! It was still fun because we had such great people there. It was just disappointing that all our decorations were ruined.

Here is a picture of the cake we had made for Penny!

Here is a picture of everyone sitting and eating. We had amazing food!! My mom did most of the cooking. Everyone brought food too. It was so great to have everyone support little Penny!

Penny with grandpa Moulton!

Chris' mom Pam got to meet Penny for the first time. She just walked right up and took Penny. Penny loved her! She sat with her for a really long time. Pam wouldn't even go get her food because she was bonding with Penny so much! It was so cute.

Grandma Moulton with Penny. We got her that crown at Party City and it was so tight that it was practically cutting off her circulation. We didn't want to kill any brain cells so we took it off!

My brother Ariel and his wife Francini trying not to get blown away.

My best girl and me!

My dad did his usual duty of being camera man. Thanks to this guy, we always have fun memories because he has filmed so much!

Pam with Penny some more.

You can see how bad the wind is blowing.

My mom, and our dear friends Shawna, Jordan, and their little cutie pie Kaden. He is only 8 days older than Penny and they are the cutest little friends! Seriously, who ordered the wind?

Then everyone gathered around and we opened presents. Chris helped Penny open all her presents and read all of her cards. Everyone was so generous! Thanks for all the gifts!

Penny did not want to sit in the chair but once she started opening the presents, she was into it!

When she would open a present, everyone would clap and she loved it. She would start clapping too. It was adorable.


She would tear off a piece of wrapping or tissue paper and hold it way high in the air for everyone to see.
Then she would put the paper on her head or in her hair like it was a hat.


Then it was cake time...
We bought Penny her own little cake so she could eat it. We stripped her down to her diaper and let her at it. This is what happened...

She completely demolished the cake! We thought she would take handfuls and eat it but she went totally bonkers and murdered that cake!


Everyone started asking her where her ears were so she would get the cake in her hair. They succeeded and she touched her ears and got cake all over!

She did get a few handfuls of cake actually in her mouth. She really seemed to like it! Not as much as destroying it though.

Blurry but still cute!

This is my mom at home with Penny. Her hair stuck straight up from all the cake and wind!

Overall, it was a great day! I can't believe my little girl is 1! She loves to be the center of attention (I don't know where she gets that from) and has so much fun being around lots of people. Thanks to everyone who made this day so special and all the people who traveled so far to celebrate with Penny! I love you all!