Happy Birthday Emma!

Emma

6 years old!!

The birthday morning started off with maple bars for breakfast and a few presents.

Emma has afternoon Kindergarten so we decided to have her party in the morning, before school. It worked out perfect!

Linsey designed the invitations.

As the guests arrived, they colored a bee....

...and then tried to get it as close to the pollen as they could.

So cute!Everyone got to plant a flower.

We blew some bubbles,

and played in the rain.

Look at all those kids crowded around our kitchen table. I think this is the largest birthday crowd we have ever had, and probably the easiest group too. It was great!

The birthday cupcakes!

Make a wish!

Opening presents is always so much fun! Emma is so lucky to have so many great friends and cousins. She really got spoiled and ended up getting everything she was hoping for, and more!

While we were waiting for the parents to arrive, we did the crazy freeze dance. The kids dance crazy until the music stops and then they freeze. The door bell started to ring and I left the music playing while I let in one parent and then another. Little Austin went over to the CD player and pushed pause. You should have seen his face when he realized that he caused everyone to freeze.
He pushed play and then giggled with excitement. He continued pushing pause and play while the kids danced and froze. It was hilarious!
After the party was over, Emma had lunch with her cousins and then had to race off to school. My sister in law Carrie shares the same birthday with Emma so once the babies were off to sleep, we began another party.

We had a yummy fondue lunch! We're thinking this should be our new birthday tradition!
Later that evening, we went to Red Robin for dinner. It's a great place to celebrate birthdays!
Emma is certainly worth celebrating! She's a fun and happy little girl. She's always thinking of others and truly is a blessing to our family.

Here are some questions I asked Emma:

Favorite Food: donuts and pizza
Favorite Toy: Pollys, horses, my new Rapunzel castle
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Movie: Tangled
Favorite day of the week: Friday! (She loves That Rebecca Black "Friday" song.)
Favorite Activity: coloring
Favorite Place: Red Robin
When I grow up I want to be... "A cowgirl! That way my kids can play with all the baby horses."
I wish.... "for a DOG! and a horse and a dragon and a pegasus pony."
I dream... "about bad stuff"
My Favorite Vacation: Disneyland!
Best Day: "When mom came on my class field trip!"

Spring Break

Spring Break! No school for a week (but not for Dad). A trip to visit Grandma and Grandpa seemed like the perfect thing to do.

I love that it was warm enough to go without jackets. We even rolled up our pant legs so we could soak in every bit of sunshine.


We went to parks, had picnics, played in the yard, watched movies, read books, and did a lot of relaxing.






My kids always have fun playing their latest songs for Grandma. She taught Emma a new song. Emma hasn't started piano lessons yet so she was really excited!

The look on her face is priceless.

My kids LOVE to go Roller Skating!Doing it with Grandpa made it even more fun!

It was a great trip! I've already started to forget that I woke up every morning to one of my kids being sick, (and in the worst way). Thankfully they felt okay, but we did take the throw up bowl with us almost everywhere we went (and we used it a lot). But like I said, I'm blocking that part out! It was a great trip!