Summer Party: Friends

To follow up on my post of details from our Summer Party, I thought I would share some photos of our guests enjoying the party:

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Our Summer Party

A couple of weeks ago we had our fourth Seasonal Season Party, celebrating what we love about Summer. If you are new to the blog, I'd love to introduce you to our little Toney family tradition: Last fall, we decided to have a party at the beginning of each season, inspired by our favorite things of that season. We select a decor theme, discuss what foods remind us of that season, my husband picks out a playlist of the perfect seasonal songs and we get together with our friends and enjoy it all! You can take a look at Fall, Winter and Spring.

For summer, I wanted something laid back and easy (and not just because we were moving the next week!). We had a pool party complete with BBQ (hamburgers & hotdogs), otter pops & ice cream sandwiches and lawn games. It was so fun to just relax with our friends enjoying the beautiful weather.

Friend of ours graciously offered a family home that has an amazing backyard which overlooks a local lake:

Here is a look at our decor (my favorite part!):

For tablecloths for the food tables, I used cheap towels that coordinated with our color scheme:

I made two different styles of paper pinwheels and stuck them into sand pails filled with sand:

I also utilized the sand pails (from the Target $1 section!) to hold the plastic utensils (just stuck upright in sand):

I 100% stole this next idea from little tags I saw at a scrapbooking store:

I reworded them a bit to my liking :)

Mason jars for drinks (frozen margaritas, horchata and lemonade):

One of our good friends works for an up-and-coming upscale water company, Kiawii, and they graciously offered to sponsor our party:

It is really great water... and I'm not just saying that because we got it for free! And... get this- it even matched our decor!!!

Plates and napkins were all from Target:

I made these fruit kebob sticks by cutting out small circles with my cricut and taping them to the end of bamboo skewers. Not only was it cute, but it made a great holding spot.

Lots of delicious summer junk food:

And, finally, a cute frozen margarita (with umbrellas that I found on clearance at Pier One in december!):

All photos were taken by my good friend, Jenetta Penner Photography. Thanks so much Jenetta for always working a bit while attending our parties!

So, my question for you: now that you have seen all four seasons, which seasonal party was your favorite?

summer

father's day

i love isaiah.

and he love's me.

amazing.

he is a gift. a sweet. sweet. gift.

courtney made such a special day for us. 

and he was so affectionate and told me he loved me several times.

what a cool thing.

Lately

Yep, our last post was Easter. Bad Toneys. Here is a quick catch up on the happenings of Mr. Isaiah:

A deep love and excitement for all things "ball":

Getting very skilled at building lego towers:

Blowing lots of bubbles:

Disneyland:

Giving mommy lots of love for mother's day:

Being over all cute:

Our newest addition has been a train table (thanks nonna!) and a huge train collection (thanks carrie, cathie & boys!). He plays with his "choos-choos" all day long. I'll post some pictures soon. 

We had our longest time spent away from last week when we went to Hawaii for a wedding. We had a great time enjoying Honolulu and celebrating Brittany and Josh and Isaiah had a blast with Nonna, GG and grandma & grandpa. He recognized our voices right away on the phone and got better at talking on it when someone is actually talking back :)   However, we were more than ready to be back together.

He has also become very good at singing melodies. "Jingle Bells", "Happy Birthday" and "The ABCs" are his current favorites. It just makes my day to be driving along and hear his sweet little songs from the back seat. 

Overall, things have been wonderful and we are so enjoying seeing our little baby grow into a little boy.