Today kathryn turned 8 years old! I can hardly believe that eight years ago I was in the hospital giving birth to her (while watching the SLC Olympic Games)!
She is getting more mature - though not when it comes to dealing with her sister!!! She is doing great in school and has a good handful of good friends! She is excited to start going to Activity Days with one of her closest friends, Elise! She is also still preparing herself to be baptized in a couple of weeks! (She has a hard time with paying tithing on all of her b-day money!)
I told her she could decide what to do for her birthday. First, she wanted a yummy breakfast. Mat made bacon & eggs, and french toast!!! Yummy!
(When she opened up the movie "Phantom of the Opera")
Then she got to open her presents! She got a bunch of cards in the mail from family and she loved it! Even though family is far away, she knows she is loved. That's a very good thing! Mat and I surprisedher with a couple of things - she gets to go see Phantom of the Opera with me when Aunt Cristin comes down in April! - and Mat is takin gher to Blue Man Group next Saturday! She is so very excited for both of them. We told her that now that she is 8 years old she can go to shows!
Em got Kat some HSM sunglasses!
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(Finding out about Blue Man Group!)
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After presents, Kat and I got ready and left for the day. We went shopping at Old Navy to get her some new shoes for pictures. We went to Eupohria for her to get her hair done. (It's a beauty college = cheaper for me!) She go her hair washed, dried and curled! She looked so cute! (I forgot to take pics when her hair was done - sorry!)
Then we went to Target for pictures! I also let her pick out a new outfit and she used some of her birthday money to buy a new Littlest Pet Shop Toy. Her pictures turned out really cute (I spent too much money....shhhhh! Don't tell Mat!)
(Her new outfit, complete with hat! So cute!)
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Hopefully I can put up a link to them so you can see them online until I get them back from the studio.
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When we finally got home tonight, we had cake and ice cream! Yumm!
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We didn't get her a lot of toys for her birthday, but she got show tickets and a day of pampering with mom! She also got her ears pierced last week! So, basically, for not getting any toys, this turned out to be one expensive birthday fr her! (Luckily the Blue Man Tickets were free thru Mat's work!) And, we still have her birthday party on Saturday! Geeze!
I love Kat so much! I am happy that we got to spend the day together having fun and letting her have it ba all about her! She is growing up and it mkes me sad. But when I see her making the right choices and being a good friend and leader, it make me happy! Everyone I work with says she is my 'mini me'! I don't think it is that great for Kat to be labled my mini, but secretly I love it! She is my buddy and a sweetheart!!!
HAPPY BITHDAY KAT!!!!
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