Rachel turns 12!

Rachel finally turned 12! She has been waiting for this day for a long time. She now gets to join Melissa and Hannah in YW's. She is totally excited about being with more girls in her grade. I am excited to be with 3 of my oldest daughters at girl's camp this year. What a treat that will be for me! Rachel had 7 friends over a birthday party over-nighter this year. We took them all to the mall where they broke up into 2 groups and participated a mall scavenger hunt. It was a lot of walking and our feet were tired when we finished. I thought that the athletic groups from CSI were going to be there so for every signature they got from them they got 10 extra points. Well they were not there but Rachel's group went around to college age students and asked if they went to CSI. They did mange to get 3 signatures. We then took them to Idaho Pizza where they filled up on pizza and pop. I thought that they would be totally exhausted but they managed to catch their 2nd wind and they ran around our yard playing night games until midnight. They slept out in the trailer and ate junk food and watched movies all night. Saturday Rachel had breakfast with her friends and opened up her gifts. She got lots of presents and things for YW's. She even got her own curling iron for her beautiful locks of hair she does every day. She has mastered the curling iron quite well now. She requested a "Tres Leche" cake for her birthday this year. I found a recipe on the internet and made the cake and it was moist and very yummy. It was a great day. We love you Rachee! Happy Birthday!