Brinley's Friend Birthday Party!!

Brinley was pretty sure she NEEDED a friend Birthday party this year.  I dragged my feet until finally a couple days before I called the Mom's of 3 of her little friends and whipped up a party!  I shouldn't procrastinate...but I did.  They had a blast.  They ate pizza and went swimming at the Nat and then came back home for dessert and presents.  She has the cutest little friends.  I just love them.  The 3 who came to her party were Kate Mecham, Olivia Godfrey, and Mia Stokes.

 This is how you look after your Birthday party!  They partied hard and she was exhausted!  She was pretty funny.  She made some decorations for her party...complete with signs for the doors!!

Happy Birthday Brinley!  We Love You!!

Brinley's 7th Birthday!

Brinley and Sarah have Birthday's 1 week apart so they got to celebrate their Birthdays together.  They both thought it was great.  We had a mix of food that they both love, and 2 huge pans of dessert...one of each of their favorites!  No one complained about that! 

 Brinley asked for "baby stuff".  She still loves to go into her room all by herself and play with her baby dolls.  She got a baby playpen and car seat and of course a new baby doll!

On her 7th Birthday Brinley loves...

*To play with her friends...Kate might think she lives here!

* Her baby dolls!

* Her teachers...Mrs. Moss and Miss Lily

* Cream puff dessert

* To swim

* When her sister Kylee comes home from College!

* A select few TV shows...she's not a big TV watcher.  She loves "Good Luck Charlie" and "Jessie"

* to draw, color, and make any kind of creation!

You are the cutest, smartest and BEST 7 year old we know!  

WE LOVE YOU BRINLEY!!

Brinley's Chinese New Year Program

Brinley is in her second year of Dual Immersion Chinese at Foothill Elementary.  We have been so happy with this program.  She is learning so much and can now read and write characters and speak in conversation to her classmates.  It's so great to hear her speak.  She's really got the voice influctions down!  Pretty entertaining to watch this little blue eyed blondie sound like a fluent Chinese student!!

Her school celebrated the Chinese New Year.  They put on a small program and got to go from room to room doing different activities.  We also got to eat catered Chinese food from Hunan Village!  I think that was her favorite part!

Hadley Family Disneyland Vacation!

Grandpa Tom took us all to Disneyland!  When Grandpa Hadley passed away he left Grandpa Tom a little bit of money.  Grandpa wanted to share some of that with each of his kids.  He told us what he wanted to do and we all decided that we would like to put our money together and take a trip to Disneyland!  It was almost 6 months in the planning, but it was awesome!  We went for a whole week.  We spent 4 days in Disneyland, one day on the beach and one day in San Diego.  So so so much fun with cousins!  It was ta trip we will always remember!

THANKS GRANDPA!!