Brooklyn's 8th Birthday.

On Friday our big girl turned 8. It is amazing how fast the time has gone by. It seems like just the other day we were holding her in our arms. It has been such a pleasure to watch her grow up and develop into a little lady. We started out the morning by having Brooklyn's favorite breakfast, french toast. Then I took her out for lunch at Pizza Hut with her best friend Riya. Then we had all her friends over to our house for pizza, games, movies, fingernail painting and some cotton candy. Brooklyn then had 5 of her friends stay up all night and have a sleepover. It was such a fun time and I know that Brooklyn had a blast. We got extremely lucky as the weather was calling for severe thunderstorms all night and we really didn't get much at all. It allowed all the kids to spend most of the night outside playing on the trampoline and swing set while burning lots of energy and having a lot of fun. It was also very nice for us to have them all outside instead of running all around inside the house.


Here is Nolan with the marshmallow gun not knowing exactly what it was.


There was a lot of wrestling going on outside and here is Maddux getting dominated by Meghan.


Cannon getting beat up by just about everyone. You can see Maddux trying to help out but the boys were outnumbered and not very effective.


Brooklyn and Riya swinging on the swings.


This is everybody but 3 of the kids. I think we had a total of 20 kids at her party which made for a lot of kids and a lot of fun.


Bill was kind enough to bring over his projector so the kids could watch a movie on the wall. They watched Brooklyn's new favorite movie, The Princess and the Frog.


Brooklyn and Riya all cozy on the couch watching the movie.


Cotton candy machine was a big hit and a lot of fun for the kids. It is a little messy but I would definitely recommend it to anyone having a party. It is very cheap and makes a lot of cotton candy.


Not only was it Brooklyn's birthday but it was also her best friend Riya's birthday. Not only do they share a special friendship but they also share a birthday. We were glad that her family allowed her to spend the night with Brooklyn at her party. I know Brooklyn was very excited to have Riya over and is excited for Riya's party next week. Well another year has past which not only means that Brooklyn is another year older but also means that Jennie and I are another year older. It is amazing how fast the time goes by and we are just blessed to have Brooklyn in our family. Brooklyn, we love you very much and wish you a Happy Birthday. For those interested Brooklyn will be baptized on June 18th. We will have Jennie's whole family in town that week and are excited to have them share in her special moment.