"Happy 8th Birthday Natalie"

My little girl is getting so big. I can't believe she is 8 years old now! We have been very excited for this birthday and preparing for it in many ways. Not only have we been going back and forth about a birthday party with friends but a party with family including getting baptized, and releasing her pet butterflies.

Dad ended up getting pulled out of state for a business trip on Nat's birthday so I was trying to figure out how to make it special since he wasn't going to be there and we weren't having luck with inviting friends over and her family were coming for her baptism, two weeks away. It just so happened that the pet butterflies she had been raising for caterpillars that she got for Christmas were ready to be released that day! That helped. Then, she requested that I hide her presents and make a scavenger hunt to find them! To top it all off, Danicia was able to come over and join us for dinner and dessert. It was all a huge success.

Here we are getting ready to let the butterflies go. It was really exciting but some of the butterflies weren't sure how to get out so we had to cut up the cage and that was interesting. We have some video that I may post some day...

Yes, Danicia has a way of making everything fun and special. Natalie was so happy she was there. They both wanted me to make cupcakes. Nat requested ones with double frosting! We ate about half of them in one day!

These two are SO silly!

Kylie LOVED the cupcakes - you can see the evidence on her face!