Emmie's 13th Birthday and Valentine's Day

Emmie's birthday is on Valentine's Day.  If you are going to have your birthday

on a holiday, this would be the one to do it on ;)

Since Valentine's Day and her birthday were on Saturday, she got to celebrate

Valentine's day on Friday :)  She brought these cute suckers to share with her friends.

 Friday afternoon Maddie came over because she wanted to make Emmie's birthday cake.

She got some layer pans and colored each layer a different shade of green -

Emmie's favorite color.

 Saturday morning we picked up Emmie's best friend - Jill!

We have a tradition that instead of having a party, Emmie and Jill go

out to lunch and then to a movie.

Here they are 5 years ago in 2010...

 ...and then this year.

Such cuties!

 I dropped them off at the movie.  I thought they were old enough to

go alone this year since they are 13 :).  They went and saw

"Into the Woods"

Then I picked them up and we went to Emmie's favorite

restaurant - The Pizza Factory

 Our YW leaders put this cupcake on the girl's lawn when

it's their birthday.  They really look forward to the cupcake!

 After the celebrations and cake - Emmie opened her

presents.  It was a good birthday for her!

 A rose the YW President - Sister Crandall gave her.

It was so beautiful in the kitchen window and looked like this for over a week!

Shooting Range

A few Saturdays ago we decided to go to the local shooting range

so Logan could shoot the new gun we gave him for Christmas.  Dave also loves an excuse to

get all his guns out and practice.

Talbie had to work this day so couldn't go with us.

We had a lot of fun.  Next time I think we will leave Emmie home though

because it was too loud for her - even with ear protection on.

She did not enjoy it one little bit!

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures I want to have documented on our blog :)

Emmie and I matching one week at church...

 Emmie's soccer team has been playing indoor soccer since Christmas

and it's been really fun to watch!

 Talbie has been working at Kneaders since she's been home from school.

She loves it and looks cute in her little uniform.

 We have had such a mild winter here that Bronson has been able to recruit

Emmie to wash his new car every Saturday :)

 We had a fun temple trip with the kids.  We especially love it

when we find family names to take with us.

   I wanted to include this picture because I thought Emmie looked so cute :)