Hayden's 9th Birthday Party

The title of this makes me realize that my baby girl is growing up way too fast.  She is such a sweet, intelligent, caring, loving, happy, athletic and angelic little girl.  She wanted to have a big party this year, so I found the perfect place for a cold, rainy February birthday party.....a POOL!  We rented the Morgan County Aquatic Center for her party and in her very own words  "that was awesome best party ever"  then in her own words "thank you Mommy for letting me have a big birthday party".  I told her that we would do anything for her but to make sure she told her Daddy how much she loved it too.  She is such a thankful girl and it makes me so happy that she appreciates what we do instead of expecting us to do things. 

She had a pretty big turn out at the party.  She had so much fun.  There were lots of laughing and squealing.  There were lots of climbing on the inflatable, some were racing, some were just hanging out and some were just being silly.  Colton had a great time.  He was so worn out that he was sound asleep by 6:30 last night.  They all swam hard for close to 2 hours.  After lots of swimming we had cake and they all had two pieces of cake.  This is the first cake that has ever been completely gone at a party.  It was Yummy!  She also got lots of really great gifts including lots of gift certificates.  She wore all of her new earring, necklaces and bracelets today to show off at school.   I am planning to take her shopping on the Monday she is out of school.  She is going to have so much fun!