Eight is Great!

Abigail turned 8 on June 20, 2010. Here she is eating her breakfast in bed. Her birthday fell on a Sunday this year so we had to get her up early!

She got to open up a few presents before church and one present was a dress for her to wear to church.

Abigail got her very first scripture set with her name on it.

After church she could hardly wait to begin opening up more and more presents.

Here she is with all of her goodies surrounding her. Rachel said that it must be a lot easier to buy for them when the are young. Don't know what she was quite implying there. They just get more expensive when they get older!

Abigail got a frozen ice cream cake from Walmart this year. I ran out of time to make her my own. It was a yummy treat.

On Monday Abigail had a few friends over for a birthday party. We wanted to play in the water outside but the weather was a bit too cold to do that so we played lots of games.

True and Chezney were the only boys. Lucky!

We played the present game where you have to do silly things. The kids had fun with this as we whittled through the many layers of wrapping paper.

True and Chezney had to arm wrestle each other. It looks like True won but Chezney didn't give up without a fight.

Abby got lots of fun presents from her friends.

Abby and Alyssa are trying to pop the balloon.

So are True and Chezney. Nobody won so I gave them each a cry-baby piece of gum.

The kids had fun playing sharks and minnows.

What party would be complete without a few rounds of "Do you love your neighbor?"

What a blessing Abigail has been in our lives. It is so hard to think that she is already 8. It seems like yesterday when her little black and blue body was born (the cord was wrapped around her neck several times). She is such a sweetheart and so easy to please. She is a great friend to her sisters and a great help to me. I am excited for her to be baptized the end of this month. It is such an important step for us all to take to return to our Heavenly Father. We love you Abigail!