Happy Birthday Ellie!

Ellie turned 9 today. On Saturday she had a birthday party with her friends and cousins at Carter's Gymnastics. They played games and jumped around the gym. Then they had pizza, cake and ice cream. After that they played and jumped some more. I think we sent the kids home very tired.

This is the cake I made for her birthday party. She wanted a soccer themed cake. Kevin and I tried to figure out the best way to make a soccer ball and decide little mini ones would work the best (since I didn't want to carve out a round tier). He had made all the little shapes for the balls and I colored them in. It was pretty fun having him help me with a cake. I think he should do it more often. (It keeps me more relaxed.)

Today Ellie celebrated by waking up to decorations and opening presents. Then we went to Dunkin Donuts for a hot chocolate and doughnut breakfast. This afternoon she was spoiled with a trip to the nail spa for a pedicure. Then we all went out to dinner at YC's Mongolian Grill (her choice) with all four grandparents. We hope she had a wonderful fun filled weekend of celebrating. She is a wonderful girl with a very sweet spirit. We love her very much!

Here goes!

So here goes my very first blog post. I've been thinking about doing this ever since I saw a gift someone gave to my sister-in-law this Christmas. It was a bound book with all of her blog posts from the past year. I thought how fabulous that was! Scrapbooking has gone out the window for me (oh about 4 years ago). I am doing this mostly for me because how much easier is it to keep track of you and your family's life digitally? I am assuming it is much easier since I haven't done it yet. My very talented friend is going to help me jazz it up and look super cute, so hopefully the next time I post something it will be super cute. By the way, that is our latest family pic taken by Shannon White. I didn't get Christmas cards sent out this year, but if I did, this is what you would have received. I'll try harder next year.