Birthday Girl!

Take a deep breath because this one is FULL of pictures!

On Elle's birthday:

We measured her

Look how much she's grown since last year!

(blue tape to blue tape)

She was officially welcomed to

"The Hive" by her fellow young women.  She found all this when she came home from school.

Not sure where I was while it went up. . .

We had dinner at a sushi restaurant 

I'm not sure how she gets those things in her mouth!

Fish eggs!

Ew!

Apparently, Hagrid made the cake this year.

(or maybe I had issues taking it out of the pan)

Elle insisted on lighting her own candles

(Chris burned his finger trying to show her the proper way to light the last one)

(Thanks Grandma Hales!)

Temple names!

(Thanks Grandma Harvey!)

Obviously a good pile of gifts were opened

Angel food cake and strawberries for dessert

And her very own  kid-tracker cell phone!

It turns out that none of the people in her babysitting pool have land lines!  

Plus, it was cheaper to get a cell phone thank keep paying for our land line.

All in all it was a great day!

Stay tuned for her party, yes PARTY!  She had a party this year!

We are such indulgent parents.