Natilies birthday was April 28th and she is 12 going on 22...She had a party with a bunch of friends, but it rained (it was going to be an outside party with bonfire) but thank goodness, the rain eventually stopped. Natilie has always been our firecracker (and it appears Delaney is following in her footsteps, Josh says like mother like daughters (minus the drama part, I was never like that) so I guess they get it honestly with their stubbornness and feisty tempers, and when I was younger I always said I just wanted all boys (because I never wanted to deal with the drama) but I really am blessed to have Natilie and Delaney as daughters. Natilie is one of the most giving and thoughtful little girls, she is always wanting to spend her own money on someone else, she just loves to give people anything and she is SO good at playing with her little brothers and sisters (and protecting them!). We were also really proud of her this last school year, school has always been a struggle and she had great report cards all year long, she has worked so hard and it was fun to see her progress so much this last year and build her self confidence. She did really well in band this year too, her instructer loved having her play the flute which she is really good at. She is my artsy girl! She was going to play softball again but decided to go with Dance instead, there are a few pics below.
Eating dinner
Opening presents
Cake time!
We had some fun games to do, every ones favorite was how many big marshmallows they could fit in their mouths, Natilie was kinda cheating here, she was just getting them to stick to each other on the outside of her mouth as well
My good friend Cheryl came over to help me deal with all of the girls and of course they wanted us to join in on the fun, I warned Cheryl before we started I have a big mouth, in the end I won and she said "boy you do have a big mouth" lol.....
Natilie has always wanted to do dance for a long time, and thanks to our friends, we made an arrangement if I got the girls to class, then they would pay for natilie to go. They were a part of a Hip Hop class, which she absolutely LOVED, she is such a good little dancer, this picture was after their recital with her best friend. They did a hip hop dance to the song American Boy, the girls did fabulous, I have always loved to dance to growing up and even when Josh and I dated, but after having the last 3 kids and feeling like I was pregnant forever its been awhile, and watching Natilie dance again reminded me of how much I used to love to dance! :)
Pa's pricess
She is the queen at making silly faces
We are so thankful to have our sweet, sassy, silly, energetic Natilie part of our family, we love you girl!!
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