Birthday Extravaganza

Kensie had a great 8th birthday! I can't believe she's that old........{sigh}.

What she wanted most for her birthday was to get her ears pierced. After school we headed to the mall & good ol' Piercing Pagoda. I was surprised by how calm she was on the ride there. My stomach was in knots {probably because I knew what was coming}!

Before...looking a bit nervous!

One ear done, preparing for number two!

Wipe those tears away.....

And now she's happy!

The end result

She was SO excited after it was all over. She kept saying things like, "I feel so beautiful with earrings" and "I keep forgetting I have earrings until I touch them. I love them!". She is very concerned with keeping them cleaned and twisting them. She asks me a million times a day if it is time to twist & clean.


We met Matt at the gardens & spent the evening enjoying the tulips, then headed to Iceberg for a shake.



Kensie had her friend party on Friday. We decided to tone it down this year & only invite 3 friends. Kensie wanted to have a pajama/late-over party. It turned out really fun {and low-key}.

The Bed Cake

Birthday Girl

Being Silly

Making pizzas

ready for the oven!


Pillow Fight!

Hula Hoop contests

"interesting" dinner conversation!
♫ Happy Birthday To You ♫

attempting to watch a movie....there was far too much giggling going on & the movie was abandoned for more hula hoop games & silliness!

It was a great couple of days & Kensie is so excited to be EIGHT! She's looking forward to her baptism at the end of the month {on Jackson's birthday}.

I'm so proud of her, and grateful to be her mom! She is such a loving, funny, dramatic girl.

Love you, Kens!!