First Birthday of the New Year: Happy 10th Birthday

The turn of this year brought us some incredible surprises

and the beginnings of  some big things!

We are already filling up our calendar for the entire month of December

and have been working towards getting things set-up for that!

There is another high school graduation on our horizon

and driver's training happening!
We are looking at college trips, SAT tests, mission trips this summer

and a fun visit from my Mom!!

But our first big event this year was the celebration of our youngest

daughter's first year of age in the double-digits!!

It's hard to wrap my brain around the fact that we no longer

have children in the single-digits!!

Big milestone for our family,

and one worth celebrating in a big way!!

Aryn went back and forth about what she wanted to do to 

for her birthday this year,

but finally settled on a sweet little party at home with a few local friends!
She chose to stay home with me that morning to help me shop for last

minute goodies for the party and to open a few presents.

Later that afternoon, we tackled getting the house ready for a sleepover,

farming brothers out to friends for the night, and finishing up her cake.

Once her friends arrived, we went over to our local outdoor shopping mall

where they broke up into teams and ran around taking selfies 

for a scavenger hunt I put together for them!!

We had such a blast with that!!
Once back home, we ate pizza and played some hilarious games!!

They ate cake and ice cream while watching "Soul Surfer" before this Mom realized she is not 10 years old anymore and headed to bed.

In the morning, I was too blitzed to take any pictures, but the girls

played quietly and ate cinnamon rolls and bacon together

before family came to pick them up!!

Happy Birthday, Aryn!!!!