Party Time!

 I invited a few of my closest friends to an arcade + laser tag party this year - we had an awesome time and didn't want to leave when it was over - just how a party should be!

Playing one of our favorite games - skeeball!

Doing a little dancing with Lillie:

Sometimes we get pretty intense :)

Gearing up for laser tag:

After all that action we were hungry!

Another wonderful cake made by Bebe:

Dreaming of the wishes I'm about to wish:

Nadira got air hockey lessons from Papa:

And I racked up with some tickets:

The parents couldn't help themselves :)

Papa and Bebe square off:

With two of my favorite people - Cooper and Ian:

Now the Brooks family is at it:

I think Kyle and Myron liked their first air hockey game!

Family time:

Back home and opening presents very happily:

Pillow fight!

Nadira time :)

After a wonderfully eventful day, we decided to have Mexican while watching a movie:

Happy Birthday to Me!

Y'all I'm NINE!  To celebrate, I took a break from camp and came to have lunch with Mama:

I was silly and funny and all-around awesome at lunch but I did NOT want my picture taken...especially in a room full of people so I decided to be goofy instead:

Mama, really, could you cut it out with the camera???

After swim lessons, I chose Golden Corral for dinner, amidst lots of protests and pleading to choose differently from my parents.  Cooper brought me a present too:

My brother is the best:

Miss Lindsay told us to try rolls dipped in ice cream while we were here, so we gave it a try.  One of us loved it and one of us hated it - can you tell who?

Not sure what we were play-battling over, but this is just what we do:

What a happy day for me!

4th of July!

First we played a little football on the church lawn:

And raced some cars down the playground hill:

We worked really hard to make Daddy super dizzy:

We got lots of snuggles in with Grandpa Tommy + Molly:

And practiced handstands and cartwheels (or as I call them "cart-n-wheels"):

Time for fireworks and I've got the best pillow on the lawn!

Perfect ending to a wonderful day!