Happy Birthday Mare Mare!

Rebecca turned 9 today! Here she is sporting her new purse that Rachel made for her. So cute! We played volleyball in the pool as a family, went out to dinner at Macaroni grill (Thanks Haroldsens for the gift certificate). Then came home, opened presents, and watched Black Beauty (one of her presents). Dad, Kathi, and Grandma Judy...Rebecca bought a boy and girl Bratz doll with her birthday money from you. She was so excited! Thank you! and to my friends that I got addicted to tres Leches at cafe rio, I have a new addiction for you. It is the lemon passion at Macaroni Grill. It tastes like a lemon version of tres leches. It is so unbelievable!!!!!! Also, thanks to Sister Burt who brought over a candied party mix on Friday night that is called "addiction". I have been on a non stop sugar high ever since. I can't stop eating it! I will put the recipe on here when I get it. I recommend that you plan on giving most of it away or you will be feeling as sick as I do right now. Anyway, back to Rebecca. She is so sweet and had such a fun day. Her birthday present from us is horseback riding in Tahoe. She lovessss horses of course. Hopefully they aren't suffering from smoke inhalation. I keep asking my Dad if we should still come up with the fire that has occurred. I don't trust him when he says everything is fine up there because I know he will say anything so that we will still come. Well we leave early Tues. fun fun. We are bringing my niece Kelsie home with us and stopping over in so. cal on the way home. I will be alone with all 6 kids then and we are going to hit hollywood, the beach, and see WICKED the musical in L.A. I got cheap (relatively yikes) seats, but I am so excited for them to see it. They have every song memorized from the CD. They can't wait.
So anyway, what a fun family day. It made me nostalgic for the fun days I had with my family growing up. I am so blown away that I have this family of five kids, and get to experience this whole life thing with such an incredible person as DAve. I have the family I always wanted. I remember when Dave and I were engaged. We couldn't wait to just be together every second of every day and never have to say goodbye (or goodnight ha) or part again. And that we could raise a family the way that we wanted to, and have our own little happy world. How cool to realize those plans, and that there is so much more to come and look forward to. I actually sat back a minute as we were all in the pool and watched everyone laughing so hard together, really took it in, and felt blessed.
Happy Birthday my sweet Rebecca Mary. What joy and love you bring to our family every day. And I am so proud of you not getting as grumpy all the time. yah, you heard me right family. I think it is because she is getting more sleep and our schedule isn't as hectic. We really just hang out mostly at home together. So that is the Rebecca update. Gotta go and finish my lesson for Relief Society tommorrow.