Corben's 4th Birthday: Cars Theme

Corben ready for his car themed party 

Race tracks down the tables with black duct tape and yellow paint 

Cousin Colby, Corben & Mason 

Ready for car box races

It was raining all morning, so we had to move most of the party indoors 

Corben and friend William racing 

Friend Sophia and Braedon 

Cousin Colby was really fast 

Friend Macie 

Mason Kate 

Friend Sophia 

Bean bag toss into tires

Notice our lovely flag girls 

All the guests and Eliana tossing the bean bags 

Pop, Nonie and Corben

Thanks for all your help setting up the party! 

We ate outside, Corben's party food

Hot dogs, chili, carrots, cheese cubes, apples, mini sandwiches, veggie chips 

Cousins Noah, Colby and Eli 

Cousin Eliana 

Mason Kate having fun 

All the kids eating  

Cupcakes with flag picks 

Aunt Kara made the Corben birthday quilt

Notice Corben's #4 cupcake 

Then we went back in game room to play with the race track 

The kids picked their lane and of course we have Maggie the flag girl 

The boys watching closely to see which car wins 

Cousins Noah, Corben, Eli and Colby 

Cars going down the track 

Tessa loved the popcorn 

All the kids singing happy birthday to Corben 

Blowing out his candle 

Cousins Cole and Eliana loved the red frosting on the cupcakes 

The balloons were a hit with Mason 

Corben hitting the pinata 

Mason hitting the pinata 

Lucas broke it open

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Corben had a great party thanks to our family and friends!

Sneak Peak: Car Boxes for Racing

Ok...for all the family members not able to attend Corben's birthday party.

Here is a sneak peak of the car boxes we made!

(ok, I shaped and cut and spray painted, while Cheryl detailed each car, she is a true artist!) 

Finn McMissile and Lightning McQueen 

Red the Fire Engine 

Pick up truck Tow Mater 

The back

love all the details! 

Corben is so happy!

He asked Cheryl to add the lightning and fire on the sides 

Watch out for Mason tomorrow, she took off! 

All four cars!

I am so excited to see the kids run around and race the cars tomorrow!

Baby Stats Subway Art

Here are some of my latest creations....

I made this for my friend, Jocelyn, who had a baby girl 

Made for my friend, Manja, who had a baby boy

Preview: Race Track

Caleb made this AWESOME race track for Corben's car themed 4th birthday party 

I placed vinyl numbers and letters to add detail 

Corben flips open the plexi-glass to start the race 

What a neat gift Caleb has made for Corben...it will probably stay in the game room for many more fun races.

Stay tuned for Corben's birthday party pictures this weekend.

Garage turned into Game Room

We converted our 3 car garage into a game room

(completed in December, this post is overdue)

on the right is the door from house walking into game room

We stained the concrete floors and we love the way they turned out 

We installed 'dummy walls' over the existing garage doors

The walls are painted grey (a little hard to see in pictures) 

Sitting area with kid's play area behind

Fridge and storage in white cabinets behind also 

View of kid's play area 

Caleb mounted his marlin on the wall 

View of pool table, curtains, extra space not totally defined, possibly a mini bar or counter space in the future in the corner.