The Day Emmy Turned 10

Well it's taken me a while to get this posted because I've been working the past two weeks and we went out of town last weekend . . . so finally I have some time.

Emmy's 10th birthday was on a Sunday - which doesn't lend itself to the most "fun" birthdays, but I think it was a really great day for her and the rest of us.  I had set up a Daddy-daughter date for Emmy and Ben on Saturday and so they went to Amazing Glaze and painted some really cute mugs.  They both had a great time!

On Sunday, we got up in the morning, Emmy opened a gift, everyone ate some sugary birthday cereal (Cocoa Puffs) and then we were off to church.  Emmy had fun at church - sharing time included having little ice cream sundaes (to go along with a great lesson on Sundays/Sundaes) and her class had a sub and they didn't have a lesson, just "fun" as Emmy put it.  :)

Ben gave Emmy the gift of coming home straight from church - Emmy even got to ride with him.  That was pretty awesome.  We had lunch, opened up the rest of Emmy's gifts, and then watched the movie Matilda.  For dinner Emmy requested porcupine meatballs and they were yummy!  Ben then had to leave "for an hour" meeting for ward conference planning, or something like that.  Two-and-a-half hours later, he came back.  There might have been a tear or two shed by the birthday girl.  But Ben finally came home, we quickly had cake, and then sent the kids to bed - it was a school-night after all.  :)

It was a great day and Emmy was super happy - she's so old now!

 10 - wow!

Emmy having fun opening her gifts.

 Haha, I love this picture.  Emmy is writing in her locked diary . . .while Ben is coming at her with her nerf gun.  :)

 Emmy got something that puts jewels in her hair - Jonas had a lot of fun doing it!

 Emmy and one of her favorite gifts - Broster the teddy bear.  The kids all pitched in their money (plus a little bit from me and Ben) to buy the bear at the farmer's market.  We decided on Broster - a mix of brother and sister, since they gave it to Emmy.  Both Emmy and Broster are so cute!

 Another favorite gift - a mini locker.  She requested it - but I don't think either of us knew it would be this small!  I love the kindergarten picture she found and put up in the locker!

 Birthday cake!  It was some ice cream cookie dough cake.  Very rich, but yummy, too.

10 years old . . . aiyiyi.