Eliza's 9th Birthday

We celebrated another birthday for our sweet Eliza Beth this week. We love this girl so much and are so glad to have her in our family!

Eliza requested cinnamon rolls for her birthday breakfast.

In celebration of Eliza's 9th birthday, we checked her out of school for a special birthday lunch at KFC (her choice). Eliza thought it was so cool that she got to leave school to go to lunch--Brigham, Hazel and mommy liked it too!

Eliza got this pretty necklace from her bff, Madison.

These are all presents from Madison too. (Isn't this girl so photogenic?)

And last, but not least, a chocolate bunny (also from Madison). Can you tell she likes it?Eliza also got the Dork Diaries books from mom and dad.And some Polly Pocket stuff from mom and dad.

Here's all the kids enjoying Eliza's birthday presents. She got a pool for Polly Pockets and they've all been in my bathroom everyday since playing with it. Fun times!

Unfortunately, Eliza started feeling icky shortly after she got home from school (notice the yellow puke bowl in the pictures). It didn't put too much of a damper on things though and she was still able to mostly enjoy her birthday. We also had about 20 mutual kids over for cake later on that night (it was a progressive dinner and our house was the last stop). What a party!

Easter and moving!

We are excited to be embarking on a brand new adventure. We will be moving (again) to Oxnard, CA! This was kind of a scary decision to make since I never in my life imagined we would be moving to southern California, but we feel very strong that it's what the Lord wants our family to do right now. And I know our family will be blessed for doing His will.

In light of our impending move, we had a nice, but very hectic Easter weekend. Ben has been working like a madman trying to get everything done before he leaves next weekend. We did have a delicious Easter dinner with Matt and Nikki, David and Ruth and fam over at the Van Scoyk's house. We are going to miss all of them so much and have enjoyed having them close by!