#teamplayer Katie 5th Grade 2020-2021

teamplayer Tyler 5th Grade 2018-2019

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Katie Turns 5!

Katie had her first friend party three days before her 5th birthday!  

She had about a dozen friends come to her Princess Party.

We had so much fun planning her party.

The party turned out just perfect.

I really think Katie loved seeing so many friends, getting super spoiled with presents, 

and being a real princess for the day.  

Sam and I surprised Katie with her own Elsa dress and Elsa braid to wear to her party.

She LOVES to dress up as Elsa all the time now and insists on growing

 her hair out long so she can have her own "Elsa braid."

One of her good friends, Katelynn Smith, has the exact same Elsa dress.  

My sister, Laura, and my sister-in-law, Alice, helped to frost the cupcakes for Katie's 

Elsa dress cake.  We had lots of decorations too.  

And I even wore my high school prom dress just for fun.

Now for the pictures in no particular order:

Katie helped get this table all ready for her friends.  

Each girl got their own princess plate with nail polish, a rainbow streamer bracelet, a candy bracelet, and a princess crown.  

 Julia and Katie are ready to party!

 Katie and Daisy (Katie's best friend from preschool)

 Avory ZaeJoDaeus as Princess Jasmine

 Chloe (Lia Ciccotti's girl) as Princess Sophia The First

 Ellie (Lia Ciccotti's girl)

 Ellie (Lia Ciccotti's girl) as Belle

 Ellie and her princess bling.

 We played a princess matching game and then "don't let the balloon touch the ground" game.

 Lucy Giles as Princess Anna

 Katie insisted that we get these Color Wonder markers and 

a special Princess Sophia Color Wonder book to share with her friends.  

It was a big hit.  The girls all spent at least 20 minutes coloring.

Mariah Crossley, Eden Jewkes, Katelynn Smith, Avory ZaeJoDaeus, Penny Wheelright, Lucy Giles, Chloe, Ellie

We made Fruit Loop necklaces and they each chose their own princess plate of goodies.

Lucy, Chloe, Ellie, Katie

Eden, Katelynn, Mariah, Avory, Penny, Lucy, Chloe, Ellie

 Jasmine (Katie's buddy from Tyler's soccer games), Eden, Katelynn, Ashley Crossley (against the wall), Mariah, Avory

After all the cake, presents, and games, we went out front and the girls each got their own bubbles to blow.  They also played with what I had put in their loot bags too.

Katie loved her party!

Logan Temple Girl Date

I planned a little fun morning for our friends, the Smith girls... Jenny (the mom), Katelynn (5), and Caroline (18 months).  The Smith family has two boys the same ages as our boys and two girls the same ages as our girls.  Anyway, we met up at our local Jamba Juice to get a free 12 oz. smoothie.  Then we drove a couple blocks over to the Logan LDS Temple to see the flowers.  The girls were so excited that they raced each other up the stairs.  

Big Sisters.  Little Sisters.  All Friends.

It was a perfect sunny morning to see the flowers.

They were just gorgeous!

Katie and Katelynn

Cute Caroline

Julia and her Jamba Juice

Meeting Mika

Laura and Brant came to visit us the day before my birthday.  They brought the newest member of their family with them... an adorable puppy named Mika!  We all loved getting to know Mika and instantly feel in love with her.  Mika chased the kids around the yard, played a little tug of war, and let the kids pet her.  We can't wait to see the Mika (and Laura and Brant) again.

meetmika from Lisa Ward on Vimeo.


meetmika-2 from Lisa Ward on Vimeo.

The Many Faces of Julia

 Look at the giant mess she made when I had my back turned!