Anna's birthday pictures

Well it is about time that I contributed to this blog, so I thought that even though it is 2 weeks after the fact, I would post some pictures from Anna's birthday. She told me she wanted a party, and I said, "OK, who would you like to invite?". Her reply "The Jensens." They are our closest friends here and they have 3 little girls, 2 of whom are close to Anna's age who she adores playing with. We had them over for dinner, spaghetti and meatballs. We played one simple game of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey". We had cake and ice cream. We played a lot with each other and with the balloons. It was a lot of fun and each of the kids even got a goodie bag.

Our beautiful Anna is six now! I can hardly believe it. Over the last 3 weeks she has lost her two front bottom teeth. She has also started full day kindergarten and is doing very well. She is ever sweet and caring. I guess we have told her this enough that now she will tell me that her gifts and kindness and love. It is very sweet. She is definitely a peacemaker and helps our family run more smoothly because of it. Her relationship with Adam has been more involved since they have both been going to school together, but she continues to still find time to play with Lizzy, and even Ben. She will often just come up to me and say, "Hug!" and proceed to give me a big one. It is often when I am feeling worn out or frustrated. She is fun to go shopping with (how many kids can you say that about?). She enjoys looking at things and just being with me. She is also a lot of fun. She can giggle and be crazy with the best of them. She is especially good at making Adam laugh. We love our sweet Anna. Happy Birthday!