April 5th was Heather's birthday. She is now nine years old. It is hard to believe that she is nine. It seems like this year has flown by. It seems like just a few weeks ago she was being baptized. She is such a sweetheart. She is always concerned about other people and concerned about other's feelings. She doesn't get into a lot of the "girl" things that others her age seem to get involved in. She tells me she thinks it's stupid. That could explain why the large majority of her friends are boys.
Heather invited 12 boys and 3 girls to her birthday party. She had a party with an animal theme. All of the guests were asked to bring their favorite stuffed animal. They played games with the animals, had snacks, opened presents, and watched "The Wild" (an animal movie.) Heather said it was her best birthday ever. (Of course, she says that every year--it just illustrates her positive attitude.)
On her actual birth day she woke up to breakfast in bed and then had to go to violin lessons. Sometimes you have to do things you don't like to on your birthday. She got some fun gifts from family. Savannah had made a book for her and Lindsey had made her a doll. She got a camera from us. Later that night we went to a steakhouse for her birthday dinner. We came back home for birthday pie which we all had to eat without forks or spoons. That is Heather's new birthday tradition, we eat birthday dessert without utensils. All in all it was a lot of fun for Heather and us to celebrate.
