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My little Emily is 8 years old!!! I can NOT believe it. I remember the first time she smiled at me and how she fit inside my lap when I sat on the floor. I remember when she cried and cried and cried and kept me up night after night after night...I digress.

Even though she was a really difficult baby she has turned into a superstar of a young lady. She is the wish of every parent--sweet, loving, thoughtful, smart, beautiful and kind. We love her to pieces.

Well, my little ladybug turned 8 yesterday and she planned out every meal--in detail. We started out with number 8 shaped pancakes, then I brought WhatABurger to school and ate with her, then we had pizza bagels and strawberry cake for dinner and dessert. We all took vitamins don't worry. When she got home from school I asked her what she wanted to do and in perfect Emily fashion, she excitedly ran to her room and read her latest library book from cover to cover. I had to drag her out when my family stopped by to wish her a happy birthday and when aunts and grandparents called. Anyway she had a great day and we are all looking forward to Saturday when she is baptized.

Showing off the new birthday outfit


David's attempts at making 8 shaped pancakes--he did great!


The surprise sign at her school--she was so excited!

Her cake, she wanted 8 and eight on it--weird??

Opening her first set of scriptures

There she is with the new scriptures case

Soccer

Well soccer has ended, the kids recieved their trophies and they are begging to play again. I have absolutely decided that I enjoy watching soccer games a million times better than watching t-ball. There is a lot more action that is for sure. Dallin ended up with a few goals, Emily didn't. However, she improved a ton and worked so very hard. We are proud of both of them. Here are some final pictures.

Happy Halloween

On Friday night my three oldest went to my parent's ward trunk or treat and then on Saturday night we headed to our trunk or treat and carnival. On Sunday we went to Church and then headed to my in-laws house so they could play with their cousins on Halloween. Lots of fun! Too much candy! Too much staying up late and Monday morning it was darn near impossible to get the kids off to school! However, we are all recovered now and we postponed family night to tonight, to have an early bed time last night.

Also, random, but Dallin is star of the week this week, so I went and had lunch with him today. He was surprised and very excited!

Ok on to Halloween pictures. We had Dorothy, a ninja (he was a ninja at 2 years old too), a Japanese Princess and a skeleton. Also, don't mind Devin' extremely red face. With weather changes and introduction to food, if I don't keep it well hydrated it turns red. The doctor says it's because he's so crazy fair skinned. I forgot to lotion up his face on Saturday--oops!

Also, we tried to get the three boys (Weston, Jake and Devin) to all be happy and look at the camera but that didn't work so well. But they were super cute skeletons!