Happy Nerf-Day Tanner

It's been a very full weekend over here and its been such a blast. We started the weekend with Bailey's party, then her baptism yesterday and Tanner's birthday party today.  

It was just a family birthday party but it was so much fun.
The theme was Nerf and it was awesome. Tanner loved how it turned out. 

How fun is that balloon wall? I kind of loved it!

I also made my first successful striped cake. It was fun and challenging.

Tanner loved how it looked, even though he isn't a huge fan of cake he still thought it looked awesome. 

I added the little nerf darts on at the end too. Tanner loved that. 

Besides cake we also have "Sweet Shots" which were sherbet push pops and "Gun Powder" which were pixie sticks. 

And for the drinks we served "Battle Fuel" which was Gatorade. 

I love this cute boy.
We ate lunch first and then opened presents.

Tanner was so lucky to have both sets of grandparents at his party.
This was the main reason we moved his party up, so all the family could be there for it. 

After we ate, Tanner opened his presents. 

This led to him getting tons of nerf guns and this awesome vest.
So we suited up and went to battle. It was an epic NERF battle. 

Here was Tanner's team. I love that so many of the adults joined in. 

And the opposing team. It may seem a bit unevenly matched with so many adults on one team, but those kids held their own. 

Nanny was so funny to watch. All the adults were cracking us up. They all had so much fun. 

These cute girls decided they didn't want to play, but they wanted to cheer so they were the cheerleaders. It was pretty cute. 

After we battled it out with all the nerf darts and guns, we came in to cool off and eat cake.
While Tanner loved my striped cake, he had requested one of Aunt Sarah's famous sheet cakes.
She happily obliged and he was so thrilled. 

How is this sweet boy almost 10 years old? I really can't believe it. 

I had so much fun styling this party and Tanner loved it all so much. He kept giving me hugs and saying "thank you mom!"

Happy Birthday sweet Tanner boy! We love you so much!