After much anticipation, Heather has finally turned 8 years old. Her birthday, April 5, landed on a Sunday this year. In fact, it was on General Conference Sunday. Heather had put in her breakfast-in-bed order the previous night, so she awoke to blackberry waffles. Her room was decorated and full of presents, the biggest being her new bike. Heather got to spend the day relaxing and spending time with family. She planned to have her actually party later in the week with her birthday dinner at the Golden Corral in the middle of the week. She has learned to drag out the celebrations all week.
We decided that it would be fun to have an Easter Birthday party since she was lucky enough to have her birthday at Easter time this year. We invited her whole school class, 22 kids, to come over and celebrate. Heather has such an outgoing personality, this makes her quite popular with the kids. She insisted on inviting the boys as well as the girls because they are her friends too. The boys were just as excited to come as the girls. We planned an Easter egg hunt, coloring Easter eggs, and a few other games, as well as eating lunch. The plan was for all of this to take place outside. Unfortunately, Mother Nature was not aware of our plans and we ended up with rain the entire day. The party was moved indoors and, with the help of Luke and Lindsey, was quite a success. When you invite a lot of kids, you get a lot of presents-- I think most of my kids have figured that out. Heather got a lot of fun things from her friends. She said they are all her favorite.
