Sarah turned 7 last week and we had to get pretty creative at our house for her birthday. Times are tight for us all and Sarah was terribly worried about her "family party" not being very exciting this year. We decided many years ago that only one of the kids could have a big friend party at one time. So they are all on a three year rotation. It was Sarah's turn for the family party this year and so we started planning. We decided to have a Willy Wonka party and it ended up being so fun. There is a chocolate factory in Salt Lake we toured with Andrea and her kids. After eating chocolates and learning all about chocolate and watching the cool lady dip the chocolates, we came back to the house for the rest of the festivities. The kids stayed up and watched Willy Wonka at the end of the party. It was a pretty fun afternoon!
Sarah requested a Strawberry cake with white frosting. This was sooooooo sweet it was hard to eat. It turned out cute but the rest is going in the garbage. Wow! It gives me a headache just thinking about its monumental sweetness. It was fun to get back to my cake decorating roots.
Since we were having a Willy Wonka party, there must be candy! I found all these Wonka candies at the store and with the miracle of computers, made Wonka Bar wrappers! It was so fun! I forgot to add the golden ticket though. Oh well, they all ate them pretty fast anyway.
Make a wish! Hannah got a glitter water ball like the one in Sarah's hand a few months ago and Sarah has been asking for one ever since. Her brothers got her one finally for her. She carries it everywhere now.
We were all so sick of candy by the time Sarah blew out her candles, we didn't even eat the cake. Everyone went outside and ate some apples from the tree. I don't think we had cake till the day after. Too much candy! Sarah had a fun birthday and I can't believe she is 7 now. I say that every year the kids get older. I feel like I have such a short amount of time with them until they grow up and do their own things.
Alan and the boys along with Leanne attended the temple dedication of the Oquirrah Mountain Temple a few weeks ago. Sarah wasn't old enough to go yet so I stayed home with her. What a wonderful thing to have another temple in this world. Kent and Nick live a stone's throw from the temple and went to the dedication personally. We were fortunate enough to have it broadcast to our stake center. One of the talks I have heard recently mentioned if we could see into the spirit world and realize how many people are waiting to have their work done for them, we would be at the temple every spare moment we had. We have had a wonderful temple attending summer and this was a great way to end the season. It is amazing to live so close to so many temples. We feel so blessed!
Sarah turned 7 last week and we had to get pretty creative at our house for her birthday. Times are tight for us all and Sarah was terribly worried about her "family party" not being very exciting this year. We decided many years ago that only one of the kids could have a big friend party at one time. So they are all on a three year rotation. It was Sarah's turn for the family party this year and so we started planning. We decided to have a Willy Wonka party and it ended up being so fun. There is a chocolate factory in Salt Lake we toured with Andrea and her kids. After eating chocolates and learning all about chocolate and watching the cool lady dip the chocolates, we came back to the house for the rest of the festivities. The kids stayed up and watched Willy Wonka at the end of the party. It was a pretty fun afternoon! 
Sarah requested a Strawberry cake with white frosting. This was sooooooo sweet it was hard to eat. It turned out cute but the rest is going in the garbage. Wow! It gives me a headache just thinking about its monumental sweetness. It was fun to get back to my cake decorating roots. 
Since we were having a Willy Wonka party, there must be candy! I found all these Wonka candies at the store and with the miracle of computers, made Wonka Bar wrappers! It was so fun! I forgot to add the golden ticket though. Oh well, they all ate them pretty fast anyway. 
Make a wish! Hannah got a glitter water ball like the one in Sarah's hand a few months ago and Sarah has been asking for one ever since. Her brothers got her one finally for her. She carries it everywhere now. 
We were all so sick of candy by the time Sarah blew out her candles, we didn't even eat the cake. Everyone went outside and ate some apples from the tree. I don't think we had cake till the day after. Too much candy! Sarah had a fun birthday and I can't believe she is 7 now. I say that every year the kids get older. I feel like I have such a short amount of time with them until they grow up and do their own things. 
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I can't believe that she is seven! Where does the time go???
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