9.1 Years Old
- I didn't get to talk about your birthday in the last month's post. For you birthday this year, you had a sleepover with your friends. We had Piper, Emmy, Emery, and Sadie. They came over after school. You all played outside, ate snacks, painted pillow cases, made galaxy slime, had hamburgers for dinner with ice cream sundaes for dessert. You watched a movie, played night games, and stayed up way late talking in your room. I made omelets for breakfast, and then you crashed the rest of the day. On your actually birthday, we had donuts for breakfast, you opened up your present of crocs (we got you galaxy ones, but we ended up exchanging them for light purple). After school, Maggie and her friends helped you make a red velvet cake. For gifts, Sam and JoJo got you the new Wings of Fire book, Maggie got you a how to draw Harry Potter, and Dad and I got you a drawing set that you wanted.
- The ward had their pinewood derby activity and Piper's family came to that. It was fun having them over a bit ago to make the pinewood cars. You went for a Harry Potter theme one. The ward also had their big fund raiser. They had a pie in the face and you got the most votes so you got a pie in the face. It was an older gentleman that won the round and got to pie you.
- It is birthday season. For Sam's, you gave him a leather wallet making kit with the girls. For Maggie's, you gave her a coupon for a trip to K Koffee with you. One of the mornings in spring break, you two walked down to K Koffees where you treated her to a drink. I thought that was so sweet. You and Sonora were able to sneak into her party and got painted all over with the glow int he dark paint.
- Spring break came! You started the weekend with the sleepover with Sonora at our house and Maggie's birthday. The next morning, you had a volleyball game that Sonora was able to watch. Sunday was the linger longer with cinnamon rolls. Monday, I ran the girls up to Woodburn for Hazel's birthday and then brought down Jessie and Sonora for a sleep over. The weather was warmer (but not that warm) but you all got in your swimsuits and had the sprinkler under the trampoline. Tuesday, I drove you up to the Prices, where you got to hang out there while the rest of us went to the temple. That night, you went to bed early. Wednesday, we tried to do friends but most of them were out of town so you and JoJo hang out, riding bikes and playing at home. On Thursday, we left for the beach as a family. We stayed in Yachats this year. The weather was amazing. The first day was really windy, but it made for the best kite flying day. Those kites were so high in the sky. Your kite string broke in half and it really showed that it is the string that hod the kite up. The place we stayed at had a pool, hot tub, and game room. It was nice to soak in a hot tub in the evening. We ate seafood for dinner and packed our own breakfast and lunch. On Friday, we went down to Seal Rock Beach. That was a great beach. It was a cove, it wasn't windy, and there were tide pools. After eating lunch, we went to the different shops around Waldport and Yachats. We caught the low tide at the Yachats tide pools. We ate at a very nice seafood restaurant. You kids are so great in trying new food. We ended with more pool, hot tub, and eating popcorn while watching Diners, Drive Ins, and Dines. On Saturday, we hiked to Cape Perpetual. On top of the hill, we could see seals/sea lions (though we thought they were whales) playing in the ocean. I really wanted to do the Hobbit trail. It was only a 0.5 mile to the beach. Most of you were tired on hiking, but gave this one to me. The hike, was through these groves that was so fun and beautiful and then you come out to this great beach. You all loved the fluffy sand there. Our last stop was the light house. When we saw that it was another 0.5 mile to the lighthouse, I decided to do it another time. We were trying to hurry home for the Wallace's farewell party.
- We hosted Easter this year. The weather was great to be outside. All the cousins came over for an egg hunt. There are still about 5 eggs hiding in our yard. Since we were celebrating Dad's birthday also, he made brisket and we had potato salad, green salad, rolls, and peach cobbler. It was a great night. Easter this year was on General conference. We got to stay home in our pjs. We did church books this year. I gave you a Young Girl Christian book. Each chapter is a story about a different girl and the Christ center lesson she learned. You loved it and read the whole thing within a few days. We went for a hike on the trails behind the middle school and put together some baskets for Sandy Morris and Ramona Vangh. That was your favorite. You asked if we could do something like that every year.
