Happy Birthday Ashley!

Yesterday was Ashley's 7th birthday. I still can't believe my baby is 7! She woke up really early and opened presents. Then we had a birthday breakfast before we headed to the gym. The girls had their summer olympics in the morning. They both did so good. Kaitlyn is just getting back into gym since the appendix. Ash loves her new level 2 class. Unfortunately, when I was running the camera I took mostly video and had the camera turned. I can't figure out how to turn the videos, so most of Ash's pictures are still shots from the video. After gym we took Ash out for lunch at Craigos, yum. We then hurried home for the "friends" party. Ashley invited 6 friends and 4 were able to come. The girls had so much fun and made so much noise! We played a few games and then we decorated mini cakes. I made Ash a barbie cake this year, so we made mini cakes for all her friends to decorate and take home. This was a big hit. We had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Mostly the girls just hung out and had fun. I was a lot more laid back this year and it was nice. I spent Thursday cooking cakes and Friday decorating them. Barbie's skirt is strawberry with cream cheese icing and the base is banana with buttercream.
Today was the primary program and so we decided to do the family party afterward. The girls did such a good job. Kaitlyn was so excited to be up there. She has known her part for weeks, but gets nervous in front of others. Ash had hers memorized all on her own one day, much to my surprise. I was so proud of both of them. Kami enjoyed being passed around on the bench. Ashley wore her birthday dress to church today and got so many compliments on it, I made the jacket to go with it. She looked so pretty! After church we had a potluck/dutch oven dinner, kudos to Ky for the great chicken. Everything was so good. We also had more cake and presents! Ash will need two rooms downstairs for all her stuff! We enjoyed a nice visit with everyone who came. Ashley said she had a great birthday. Thanks to everyone who contributed and supported the girls this weekend!