Madeline Lyon's 9th Birthday Party
Arvada, Colorado: April 3, 2015


Our niece, Maddie's, birthday party was held at the local rec center in Arvada. The times are a changing - she's got a number of friends
from school who were there. We were part of a small group of family members who also attended.

I got to use the bathing suit I had bought for Alaska for a second time! (I don't go swimming often.) Here's a picture Mike got after my first time going
down a water slide with a tube. It was fun! I was a mess trying to get started. The lifeguard finally looked at me and said "You're ok. Just like that." "Really?" (of course, I didn't believe him) ...
fuss, fuss, reposition. Then, off I went! It was a pretty cool little slide, and it included a dark tunnel right before you came shooting out into the pool. You can tell I am holding on for dear life....
Kari Sanders (Kari Rawluk)
 
Valerie (our younger niece) has much more experience with water slides...
Valerie Lyon
 
We had dinner in a party room next to the pool area.

 
The theme for this year was puppies!
puppy cake
 
Rob set up the food:
Rob Lyon (Schlep)
 
Grandma Kitty and Auntie Linda were heading off to Clara's birthday party, so Maddie opened her gift from them.
Madeline Lyon, Linda Sanders, Patricia Sanders (Grandma Kitty)
Madeline Lyon, Linda Sanders, Patricia Sanders (Grandma Kitty)
 
That's Maddie's "I found a gift card" face:

 
A crowd gathers...
Madeline Lyon, Linda Sanders, Patricia Sanders (Grandma Kitty), Hannah Korosec, Valerie Lyon, Rannae Lyon (Rannae Sanders)
Madeline Lyon, Linda Sanders, Patricia Sanders (Grandma Kitty), Hannah Korosec, Valerie Lyon, Rannae Lyon (Rannae Sanders), Terry Sanders, Michael Sanders
Madeline Lyon,Hannah Korosec
 
Mike's mom:
Gwenn Sanders (Gwenn Nicholls)



 
 
 

MOVIE!

Happy Birthday, Maddie! This video comes with a candid moment of Rannae trying to light candles...
. AVI file, 7.4 Mb

 
 
 


Present time!









 
Minion!

 
Minion gets a hat!


 
Rob and his mom, Chris:

...and here's the very cute thank you card we got from Maddie:

Last updated 10Apr2015