Ben's Birthday Party

We had Ben's 1st birthday party a few weekends ago (sorry for the late blogging, work & life have been nuts in the Bolger house) with lots of our friends & family and the house decorated in a pirate theme. We had people from New Mexico, Southern California, San Francisco and the Bay Area all here to celebrate this little man's big day. How loved did he feel?! All in all, it was a fantastic day... the sun actually came out in Monterey in early July... it was a miracle! Jeff & Ben had matching pirate hats on for all of 5 seconds... Ben wasn't so sure about the hat but his Dad loved it!

This is a pic of his cake while we were getting the food ready for his party. The pirate ship cake was for the party guests and the little treasure chest cake next to the ship was for Ben to taste and ultimately destroy... see pics below of the tasting and destroying...

This kid sure has a sweet tooth! He didn't waste any time digging into the chocolate icing.

We have NEVER seen Ben so exhausted as he was on the night of his party. He doesn't just fall asleep like this but he had such a fun day playing with his friends and eating cake that he literally could not stay up one more second.

Thank you to everyone who came, from near and far, to help us celebrate the big day. We are so very lucky to have the best family & friends in our life.