10/18/08 HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIMMY AND VIKKI...WE LOVE YOU!!!

Happy Birthday to our sweet twins, Kimmy and Vikki. Hope your day is special.

Last night Melissa and Bruce dropped Hailey off while they go on their trip. She was so sweet. We did her night time routine and I was so blessed to hear how she prays. She prays better than alot of adults do. Amazing!!! We read her books and she listens so good and answers all the questions. She is quite a conversationalist now. She is growing up so fast into such a nice little girl. Nana is very proud of her. She went to sleep in our room on a compfy bed made of blankets and a sleeping bag. She slept all night through and didn't wake up until I woke her in the morning.
Today we got up and went to a Mission's breakfast at church. Hailey was very good there too. We left and went to grandpa's house. He was happy to see Hailey.
I gave Taylor his IV and it went quite well although it's not something I enjoy having to do. Grandpa was a big help to me. We came home and Hailey and I went to make Aunt Kimmy and Aunt Vikki's birthday cake. We started and realized it was a brownie mix. We made them because Hailey said she wanted to eat a brownie at the party instead of cake and probably some of the other kids would want to too. She helped me make cabbage buns while the cake and brownies were baking. She had lots of flour on her face and hands but did a great job spreading the dough out for me to put the hamburger filling on. When we were done, we frosted the cake. Then we played pretty pretty princess. She beat me bad. She had all the good jewels and crown and I had the ugly black ring. After we were finished we went outside and raked leaves so we could play in them. She worked very hard raking and kept right at it until we had a big pile. We had fun and took lots of pictures. We came back in the house for a while and she played with play dough. She was so happy when her mommy and daddy called and talked to her. She ran for the phone when I told her who was calling. She told them everything she had done, and had lots of kisses and hugs to give them over the phone. All day she was looking forward to the birthday party. She picked out a beautiful white top with sparkles and put it on and said it would be perfect for the party. She made beautiful cards for her aunts too.
Papa started working in the garden and she wanted to help him clean it out. She was hauling corn husks for him and worked real hard. I left to pick up grandpa while she ate and papa watched her. We went to Kimmy's and had a great time. We ate lots of yummy cake and ice cream and watched the girls open their presents. The kids loved helping blow out the candles. It was so fun watching all the kids play together, including big kid Jared. He had them laughing. He put the tunnel over his head and would go looking for kids to pick up and take inside it. Max was scared and sat by me so I would hide him with a pillow. Pretty soon Jacob was hiding with him with another pillow. All the kids would laugh when Jared got them except Max. He wanted nothing to do with it even though he saw it was Uncle Jared in there. He clung to me to hide him. He was so cute. One time Hailey wanted the car Max was playing with so Max came up to Vikki and me and said, "Do we have to share the car" in his little accent. It was so cute. Adam smiled his cute smiles when Kimmy would ask him to smile. So adorable. Kenzie made us all cards. They were so sweet. That was so thoughtful and we all sure loved them. She is so kind hearted and very good with her cousins. We miss Jack. He went with his mommy and daddy. We missed them at the party, but know they are having fun.
















Hailey like this huge leaf she found and wanted her picture taken with it.


Hailey took this picture of nana. The one above we set the self timer for.











Hailey showing her nails I just painted for her. She picked the colors for each finger!



Hailey beat me playing Pretty Pretty Princess