**HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRINLEE**

Brinlee is now 7 years old! Her birthday was on Sunday (Father's Day) and we celebrated it on Saturday/Sunday. She was asked to speak in Primary on Sunday so it was quite the eventful birthday for her.

Here is Brinlee and MJ on Sunday. She is sporting her birthday headband and MJ is wearing his Father's Day ties he received from the kiddies....
Sunday morning we had to get up and open presents immediately!! On Saturday MJ's mom came for a barbeque lunch and gave Brin a new scooter. It was a hit!!

All Brin has ever wanted in life is a snow cone maker. In kindergarten she wrote a little story that when she grew up she wanted to be a snow cone seller and has never let the dream go. Now, she is in "business". She would like to sell snow cones daily for 25 cents. (She looks thrilled doesn't she?)

This was the cake I "attempted" on Friday. It was supposed to be for our party on Saturday, but the cones kept falling over and the repair work was too hard so I gave the cake to the kids to eat on Friday night.... They loved it. (Then on Saturday I made a "Sand Pail" cake off of the Family Fun website and it was a succes!!)

These are sunglasses that our neighbor got for Brin's big day. The kids thought they were hilarious!
And, to finalize this post...I have waited and waited and waited for the weather to cooperate so I could take pictures of my kids in their Easter clothes...Yep. That is right: Easter clothes. The weather has been terrible pretty much forever here. So, after church I tried really hard to get just the right pic of the children. Aidan once again foiled these plans. Here are the results... (Brinlee's is at the top of the post...)

A face only a mother could love.... :)

Yep...It was super fun....
This was actually at the beginning of the photo shoot.... It was all over before it began!