Hide and Seek

If I am ever wondering where Adilynn has crawled off to my first place to look is here. She takes out all the shoes and just likes to sit and play. Man I love this little girl!

Life is good

I am 29 today!  I guess I have finally reached the age that I will stay forever.  (Don't women always say when asked there age that they are 29?) It has been a wonderful day.  Most of you who know me know that I love birthdays!  I think it is fabulous that you get to celebrate one day a year just because you were born!  How great is that!  You get to celebrate the fact that you are you, and people are so nice to make you feel important.  I have to say that this birthday has been one of the greatest.  Thanks to wonderful family and friends, and facebook, I truly feel loved. 

The day started with a wake up call from Doug, he is so sweet and he wrote me an awesome email that made me cry.  Then some of my dear friends took me to lunch today (some couldn't make it and I missed them) and they surprised me with an awesome gift!  I went to lunch without any kids because one of my friends sweet husbands didn't have work today, and he volunteered to watch my kids for me! (Thanks Taylor).  That was  a treat by itself.  Lunch was so fun just to be with the girls, thanks for all the sacrifices made to get there to celebrate.  Then I came home and since have received a few more gifts, and phone calls, and even had a dear friend bring us pizza and cake so I didn't have to cook tonight while the hubby is gone!

I feel so grateful that I have so many wonderful friends and family in my life.  Life really is good.  I have been reading a lot lately about the compassion of our Savior Jesus Christ, and I feel that one of the greatest ways he shows compassion is giving us people in our lives to love and help us.  After a few trials and hard days, this birthday is a reminder to me that we are all loved and I am truly thankful.

Seventh Heaven

My beautiful Brielle turned seven today.  It seems unreal that she could be so old.  Time goes by so fast.  She was able to have a fabulous birthday.  We started the celebration on Saturday because Doug couldn't be here to celebrate today.  So we went out to IHOP Saturday morning.  The kids LOVE that place almost as much as Chick-fil-A.  Then we came back and opened presents, and they were able to play outside before it started raining.  (It snowed on Sunday by the way.  What?  I thought snow in March only happened in Utah!)  Then she got to go to another little girls birthday party, and come home to eat her favorite dinner which happens to be Doug's delicious alfredo pasta!

Then on Sunday the kids in Primary sang happy Birthday and she got a few birthday surprises.  Then we went to our friends, the Copelands, for a special birthday dinner. 

Today is her actual birthday, so I went to her school and ate school lunch with her.  That was so special.  her cute little friends Ally and Sarah got to come and sit by us!  Then after school we went to the library (another one of her favorite places), and then home to open a few more presents from great friends.  Then we ended the night at our friends house, the Matsons.  Their daughter has the same birthday as Brielle so we had a joint Birthday/FHE dinner. 

Overall it was a lot of celebrating and fun.  She is such a special girl and I don't know what I would do without her.  She is the most stubborn and strong willed child we have, but she is also the sweetest and most caring and loving child we have as well.  When I went to eat luch with her at school today, I think I saw every kid in her class ask her if she would sit by them at lunch.  She loves everyone no matter what they wear, or look like, or talk like.  She wants to be everyones friend.  That is one of her best qualities.  She is such a big sprit in a teeny tiny 40 lb. body.  We love her so much! 

Her Cake..Of course it has to be something really girlie with her!  She LOVES ballet and wanted a ballerina cake, I thought she might be disappointed when it was just the slippers, but she loved it!

Loving her brothers and the Barbies they picked out for her!

This is such a sweet picture!

This is the cake that I made for the little girl Sarah who we celebrated their birthdays with!