It's time to paaaaaartay!

Camron turned 6 on May 19th. Camron had his birthday party on June 11th. There is no correlation between these dates.

Rather, there is just an exhausted mother who could only do so much in May. And even June has almost proved too much... so we're happy it actually all came together when it finally did. And it came together in a wonderful way.

Camron loves space. Galaxies. Planets. Astrology. The solar system. Did I mention space? So how excited was I when I found out that Houston's Museum of Natural Science puts on astronomy parties? I was thrilled. We pulled off an all-space themed birthday party, from the movie on black holes, to the goodie bags of Milkways, Starbursts, and other space items. And the cake... the cake! Maybe procrastination isn't such a bad thing if it means you can pull everything together when it counts.

Coloring the solar system.

With a sweet friend.

And Meaghan with one of her sweet friends.

In line to see "Black Holes" in the planetarium.

With the cake.
(See his shirt? Did I do good, or what?!)

THE cake!
And boy, was that frosting ever blue.
(I won't go into the gritty details of just how blue it was.)

Family picture!
(Personal note: This just goes to prove that I don't always post the most flattering pictures of myself.)

Singing "Happy Birthday"...
and at least someone was super excited about it.

Just how blue was that frosting? Pretty doggone blue.

The sugar must've just reached his system.

Listening to the presentation on animals.

With his Grandpa Richard

The salamander... which he (and most) refused to touch.

Gettin' a little love from his sister.

Opening his presents... with his sister's help, of course.

Happy birthday, once again, to my boy.

I will say this, my kids' birthday parties are bitter sweet for me. It's hard when your family lives far away and you imagine how much the cousins would've enjoyed each other. Plus, all the help you would get throwing a party. But then you're so thankful for your family of friends and all the help, support, and love they provide. And I'll tell ya, I've got some pretty amazing friends. I'm sure Hallmark or some other retail company has already declared it, but I think there should be a Happy Friends Day to celebrate all that friends are.

Well look at that; I just looked it up and there is an International Friendship Day the first Sunday in August. I'll be remembering that one.

I'm so thankful that I am surrounded by great friends - whether at birthday parties, sweatin' it out at the box, lunching it, or enjoying a girls' night out.