Eight is Great

It is really hard for me to believe my sweet girl is eight years old. She is so precious to me. She loves to be in the kitchen cooking, cake decorating, baking, and mixing up "science experiments." Nine times out of ten she will give up what she wants for someone else-especially her brother. She is loving, generous, helpful, silly, sensitive, and full of life. She has really improved in her reading and will speed through a Junie B. Jones! She is learning how to manage lots of friends at school and really enjoys her teacher.She loves listening to music and dancing. She loves to get"dolled up" -whether it is a special occasion or not. She will paint her nails, pick out a cute outfit with earrings, and gather her essentials into a coordinating purse.Her testimony is growing and she loves her Heavenly Father and her Savior. She is perfect in our family and I am so thankful for her each day.

 Here she is opening presents:

 She asks to go to Olive Garden on her birthday every year:

Opening more presents:

She invited her BFF to spend the night to celebrate. They played Chubby Bunny:

She asked for a giant Twix bar for her birthday instead of a cake. It took a long time to make and wasn't nearly as good as a regular size Twix! Sadly I didn't take any pics of it. Another memory I didn't get any pics of is when Mr. J and J brought treats to her class on her birthday. M really loved having them there. Overall I'd say she had a great birthday!