Sadie's 8th Birthday

Sadie's 8th Birthday was a very special birthday.  It was a "golden birthday" because she turned 8 on May the 8th.  And it was the year she could be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!  A very big event!

Her actual birth date landed on a school day so after school she was greeted with some balloons and hugs from family.  Then she went to her favorite event, gymnastics!  They even made sure to make it extra special for her at class that day.

When Sadie got home she was surprised with a present Daddy brought home.  Her first pet!  A snake later named Houdini!

We then celebrated with a yummy homemade cake and ice cream.

For her birthday party that weekend she invited some of her good friends over for a sleepover at our house.  Jason and Braden went to a Father and Son's campout and Mackenzie went to Nana's.  Sadie had an all girls night with Cat O'Conner, Kylie Johnson, Ryli Alvies, Kirsten Hanson, and Alexis Pells.  Shelby Urrutia came over to help me host and Callie was with us too.  We started the night out with each of the girls their own homemade personal pizzas.

Pizza time!

Maile

Cat

Kylie

Alexis

Birthday Girl! Sadie

Kiersen

Ryli

After the girls finished their pizzas, they played some games together.  One game was version of hot potato.   The girls passed a toy around and when the music stopped if they were holding the toy they had to pick a fashion accessory out of a bag to wear.  After everything had been picked we did a fun fashion show of the girls wearing their silly outfits.

Passing the toy around the circle

Callie even joined in!

Silly Accessory Fashion show!  Walking down the cat walk and posing for a picture!

And a dress up flash back picture of Sadie with her friend Ryli.....

All the fashionistas together!

The girls enjoyed assembling their own waffle cone ice cream sundaes instead of birthday cake and then Sadie opened her presents before they settled down with a movie and manicures.  

It was a fun day and sleepover for Sadie and her friends.  They all got along so well.  What a good bunch of girls!

Summer of 2012 - Anchor Bay, Boating and Summer Fun

This summer we spent a lot of time at Anchor Bay.  

Lots of family time together.

We played in the stream trying out the boogie board,

 and in the Ocean chasing the waves.

We played in the sand and made sand castles,

And got buried in the sand.

We Flied kites,

Watched sunsets,

and explored Tide Pools.

We played at the bottom of the Waterfall,

And used our imaginations.

Walked up the trail to get our groceries,

And spent time in the trailer.

Enjoyed the animal life,

Went Fishing,

And ate yummy Camp food!

Homemade Pizza Pockets in the campfire

Abalone ready to BBQ

Worked on organizing, cleaning and fixing.

And of course we had plenty of time to relax as well.

We enjoyed company of friends

The Bellantes

Braden with Tony and Brennan

Emily and Sadie

Girl time with Sadie, Sierra, Mackenzie, Ryli and Marissa

Callie loving the White family's dog Rocky

Sadie, Callie, Mackenzie and Ryli Alvies

Sadie and Ryli

Marissa, Sadie and Ryli

 We went to Anchor Bay's Annual Salmon Derby.  This year's theme was Las Vegas!

Some of the decor and food

Costumes

Sadie and Kenzie leery of the Elvis skeleton hanging out there

We celebrated Independence Day on the beach with sparklers and fountain fireworks.  Lots of fun!

We also had a great time on our boat.  We went to Lake Hogan.

Sadie and Braden learned how to knee board!

We also went to Lake Tahoe with our friends the Johnson's and the Preece's

Beautiful Tahoe

Jason and I

Lara, Cindy and me

Our view Labor Day fireworks from the beach

Unfortunately we also spent some time in the doctors offices too.

Well Check for all 4

Pink eye

Start of Pneumonia.  Not supposed to happen when you are at the beach!!

ER trip after a fall and split near her eye

Pneumonia and Asthma

We made the most of our summer when we were home and healthy as well...

Music

Smoothie faces :)

Family Movies

Roller Skating

Playing Piano (in the nude??!)

At The ZOO

Learning about animals

At local Farmer's U-Pick

Picking Strawberries, yum! 

Strawberry Freezer Jam!

Big girl at the table!

Enjoying our visitors from Idaho (Sharon, Riley, and Tate)

Posing at the bottom of the Nutcracker's feet At the Children's Museum

Sibling love

More Sibling love...

And More Sibling love :)

Playing at the park

Campout in the backyard

Jason worked on his new fishing boat

We also were able to spend time with cousins!  Chris and Traci came down from Utah and we had a great time at Todd and Jen's!

What a great summer!  We love our family and friends!