Emmy's 12th Birthday Party!

For Emmy's birthday she decided to go paddleboarding - and eat donuts! :) So we invited some friends and had a great day! It was really fun and the kids all loved it.

 The girls and I got there a bit early to set-up. The boys were getting the paddleboards. (Jonas and I had gotten rental coupons for a race we did and so we got 4 boards for the price of 2. Plus, this rental place is inexpensive. I got four boards for four hours for $40. Score!)

 Once all the girls got there (except for one) we did a little getting-to-know game of 2-truths and 1-lie. Some girls had tricky ones!

I didn't get too many pictures of the girls (and our boys) out in the pond, but they had an absolute BLAST. They were off the boards as much as on the boards. :)

 What a bunch of cute, sweet girls! Adaiah, Lauren, Jillian, Holly. Emmy, Jhoselin, Lucy, Bailey, and Lila in the front. :) Lila is Holly's sister and Lucy's friend. The rest of the girls are from church (none in our ward, though) and gymnastics.

 Jhoselin pretty much did bunny-ears in just about every picture. :)

 Gym friends! Bailey, Emmy, and Jhoselin.

 After taking a break from the water and eating some veggies, pretzels and hummus, the kids played some old-fashioned Red-Rover - per Emmy's request. It's actually quite the physical game - we had one girl cut her lip a bit and another girl pummel into another girl . . . But everyone survived and had fun. :)

 Check out Lucy getting some air trying to break through!

 Go, Jonas, go!

After snacks and Red-Rover, the kids all went back into the water. Csilla and her family came and played with us for a bit. Again, the kids had a super fun time. After a bit, we called them in to have donuts.

Here they are coming back in. Check out the donut inner-tube Emmy had picked out a couple of months ago for her birthday. Perfect!

A bunch of awesome kids - all the same girls, plus Lexi. Our boys plus Kyle and Levi. Emmy is in her donut with her friend Lauren - her "twin." They share the same birthday (including year)! :)

 The donut cake turned out cute. Emmy picked the fruity-pebble donut. She LOVED it. :)

 I made these signs to decorate the table.

 Getting ready to sing . . .

 Happy Birthday to you . . .

 Our lighters didn't work (as Jonas informed me as I was trying to light them. I think he had used them all up. :( ). Oh well, Emmy still pretended to blow them out!

 While we waited for parents to come, the kids played "Night at the Museum." A statue game. Emmy opened her presents and got lots of adorable gifts - earrings, lava lamp, 3000 question journal, Target gift-card, color-your-own water bottle, etc.

 Emmy playing with her donut after everyone had left.

What a fun birthday party!