This Is Us

So this years new toy for the family was a Trampoline. So far we have had so much fun on it, and can't wait for all the fun times to come.

So Xander decided that he wanted an Army theme birthday. We sent out Camouflage invitations, and played "army" games. When the children arrived they were given dog-tags with their name and ranking on it. It went by age so the younger children were Privates and went up to General (Melissa is very creative). The first game they played was Capture The Flag. They were separated out into two teams (with an even of older and younger/ boy and girl). They hid their flags, then had lots of fun finding them. The next game they played was Battle Ship. Melissa printed off battle ship pictures and made one giant board (with the help from Nicolas and their friend Juston). Once they sank a ship they all received a prize (so their were 5 ships and they all received 5 prizes). The last game they played was Captain Says. It's Simon Says, only you say Captain. :) Than we had Ice Cream and Cake and opened presents. Well we hope everyone who came had a great time. Thank you!

It is so hard to believe that our baby girl is 8. She is so beautiful, wonderful, special, amazing, smart, talented, caring, loving, happy, spirited. We are so happy to have her for a daughter. We waited for a long time to have her and am so happy she's here. We are so happy that she wanted to be baptized and is so excited about it. We are so grateful to have the gospel in our lives. It has helped us through lots of trials and helped us grow closer together as an ETERNAL FAMILY. This is just one step she has taken to grow her own testimony, and show everyone how important and wonderful the gospel is. We love you so much Brichette! XOXO!!! *When Brichette was blessed Melissa and Vera found red shoes for her to wear. So Melissa decided that since she wore red shoes then, she needed red shoes for her baptism. So Melissa, Vera, and Lorena hunted for red shoes. Melissa told Brichette that whether she likes it or not, she is wearing red shoes for her wedding. :-D

Yes, she is already 8. Like we said before... time sure flies. We decided that since her birthday was so close to her getting baptized that we would just do all of it on the same day. So we gave her the present from us and the kids before her party, as did Dieter and Colleen. That way she had some presents and didn't get so overwhelmed with them at her party. We had to send away for her present because the only store that had the Leapster Explorer in pink was Toys R Us and they were out of stock. So as soon as it got here we gave it to her. She has really enjoyed it. After she was baptized we had her birthday party. We had chili cheese hot dogs, which were really yummy! We played balloon games. Relay race with gum chewing contest Stop the balloons. They had to try to pop each other's balloons without getting theirs popped (the balloon was tied to their ankle). I hope she had fun! There were lots of family and friends there to celebrate with her. We love you so much! You are a...