Brooklyn's Birthday!

I know that it has been like six weeks since her birthday but I must did document this occasion! Brooklyn decided to have a combined party with one of her good friends' Elizabeth Zundel. They are only 12 days apart in age and have most of the same friends. Since Karen and I are friends we came up with the idea to combine the parties. We had an outdoor movie party on August 21,2010. We first fed all the girls a barbecue dinner. They enjoyed playing outside together, playing our Just Dance Wii game, and eating! Karen made this amazing cake/cupcake display of a movie ticket and popcorn cupcakes!

This was a hit with everyone and the birthday girls' enjoyed blowing out the candles together. All the girls then got their goody bags filled up and ready for the movie outside! We had a wide variety of movie candy and of course popcorn!! They loved snuggling up with blankets and watching a good show!

I think everyone had a great time and were very full of junk by the end of the evening!!

Here are all their friends! Cambree Morgan, Cassidy Dustin, Lilly Grismore, Rachel Zundel, Brooklyn, Elizabeth, Callie Mills, Brinley Jackson, Emily Young, Lauren Kartchner, Sage McKague, Faith Skinner, and McKenna Sork.

Some Facts about Brooklyn at age 10 (I'm mostly doing this for my own journaling purposes)

She is very independent and a go-getter. I rarely have to ask her more than once to do a job. She is a big helper and is already babysitting occasionally for short periods of time. She loves to read and do math. She is very on-top of her studies and diligent with them. She loves to give the FHE lessons. She plans them from scratch, makes assignments, and delivers them with ease. She loves to play soccer and the piano. She won't quit at something until she has mastered it! She enjoys her friends and everyone seems to love Brooklyn! She likes to play ball with Mason but also enjoys playing Barbies, Pollies, or School with the little girls'. When we were watching our neighbor boy he had a messy diaper. I wasn't at home and I told her that I would change it when I got home in about 10 minutes. She told me "no mom I can change a diaper." And she did it all by herself for her very first time. She still loves the color Blue and really doesn't like the color Pink. She has been very responsible with her dog Charlie and she adores him! She also loves another birthday present that she received, getting her ears pierced. She love to shop for new earrings and wear Morgan's old ones. She is such a joy to have in our family. We love the spirit she brings to our home and cherish her deeply!