It is great to be eight!!

Our beautiful Sarah turned eight on April 21st. She started the day with a special package from Meme.

A new dress to wear on her baptism day!! It cam with a cute dress for her American Doll too!

Later that day we had a cute birthday party. Eight friends were invited!

They played LOTS of balloon games!

It was a fun day! I hope you had a great birthday my beautiful girl. We are so lucky to have such a fun loving, sweet, sensitive girl in our home!

(Eight is a HUGE milestone in our house. Most importantly you get to be baptized. You also get to stay up later, go to activity days, and get your ears pierced. Sarah was very excited to be able to do all of these things!)

Dr. Seuss's Birthday!

March 3rd was Dr. Seuss's Birthday. The kids could dress up like a character from one of his books. Can you guess who each one is.....

... Sarah is Thing 2 (because thing two shook Sally's hand in the book), Sam is Sally from "The Cat in the Hat". Carrie may have been the hardest, her book is newer. She is Sue Snue from the book "Who are you, Sue Snue?"

Christmas Concerts

This year we had two different Christmas concerts to attend. Jessica's was first on December 15th. It was a performance called "candle light" and it has been a part of the Ephraim Christmas celebration for 70 years! Jess did a great job at her part!!


Sarah, Carrie, and Sam had a traditional school Christmas concert on December 20th. Each grade sang a song and then the entire school sang one together. I love that it is a short and sweet performance. I actually sat longer before the concert (if you aren't there early you don't get a seat!!)

Happy Birthday Sweet Sarah!

My little girl turned seven this month. She is growing up so fast. She is turning into such a lovely young lady. She has a huge heart and a wonderful bouncy personality. I am so glad that she is my daughter!

For breakfast she requested crepes... not the easiest for a school morning, but super yummy non the less!


The night of her birthday we opened gifts. She was very happy with everything, especially her American Girl doll, can you tell!!
Here she is blowing out the candle on a cupcake bite (this was the treat she took to her class, the recipe is from the bakerella blog)

The day after her birthday she had a little party with three of her friends. They had lots of fun with crafts, an egg hunt, and more. Here they are after the hunt!

Here they are again after making some super cute bunny cupcakes from the family fun website.

Over all I think she had a great birthday!