A First and Some 2 on 1 Time

We had a big first tonight-Braelyn went to her first slumber party!  We had said we weren't going to do that yet but I have known the mom since Emerson was in kindergarten and all the girls going are really sweet so we decided to allow it.  Since she was off having fun with her friends, we took Emerson out for a night of fun.  We started the night with her request of Cici's Pizza.  From there, our plan was to go to a place Shawn found online that has bumper boats, mini golf, go carts, and an arcade.  Unfortunately, after driving all the way over to the Kingwood area, we realized that it was on the opposite side of town!  No big deal, we headed for some fun at Main Event!  It is not often we get to spend time with each girl by themselves.  We had so much fun and hope to have a night to do the same with Miss B soon!

Inseparable

The girls have always wanted to be able to travel by themselves to Grandma and Papa's house and to be able to spend time with Grandma and Papa and Gransan without their sister.  They finally got the chance!  Grandma and Papa moved to Texas and they are only about 2 and a half hours away now!  So, after Braelyn's birthday, she went home with Gransan and Emerson headed to Nolanville with Grandma and Papa.  They were both gone for the whole week and from the looks of the pictures, they had a blast!  Daddy and I divided and conquered to get them back home.  I picked up Braelyn in Lufkin while he got Emerson in College Station.  Daddy and Em got home first and it was the cutest thing ever when Braelyn and I got home.  Emerson came running out to see Braelyn and they started talking 90 to nothing about everything they had been doing since they had been apart.  Daddy and I didn't exist.  Neither of us got a hi or a hug from the girl that hadn't been with us.  The rest of the day, they were glued to each other, snuggled up on the couch watching movies.  We couldn't believe what we were seeing!  I guess absence really does make the heart grow fonder!

Party Time!

Since we went all out redoing her room, we told Miss B that we would do a family birthday celebration but that she could invite one friend over to spend the day with us and that we would go out and do something fun.  She asked Brooklyn to celebrate with her and we had the best day.  When she came over, we played at home for awhile, cooked out, ate cake and ice cream, and then headed to Sk8 Town.  It was a perfect day to celebrate our sweet 8 year old!

One of my favorite cakes of all time!  So cute!

Happy birthday to Braelyn, Happy birthday to you!

Make a wish!

 

A cute new gymnastics t-shirt from Gransan.

Gransan, Grandma, and Em at Sk8 Town

Look Who's 8!!

Sweet Braelyn is 8 years old!!  She is so much fun, always keeping us laughing.  She loves playing with her Barbie's upstairs and wants to do it all by herself!  She doesn't want anybody to hear what all she says when she is pretending with them.  She also loves music and has so many songs downloaded on her tablet and loves to sing along.  She is still obsessed with her stuffed animals and LOVES dogs.  She asks almost daily for a puppy. It wouldn't be a birthday at our house without celebrating at Mi Rancho either!

Emerson set up "breakfast on the couch" as a birthday surprise for her sister.

We had lunch at Freddy's complete with enormous brownie sundaes!

She couldn't wait to open her gift from Grandma and Papa when they got into town.

She was beyond excited that it was the Discovery globe that she had been wanting!