Happy Birthday Mara!

Mara had a great birthday weekend! First, her fun birthday party on Saturday. She invited friends, and we decided to buck the traditional party, and went rock climbing instead! It was great. BGSU has a fantastic climbing wall that is open for parties as well. She loved having her friends share in her special day. Carson came and tried the climbing as well. ( I was really proud of him, since he is a little scared of height) He did great.

Kale of course could not be left out. I was amazed how good he was for only being 4 years old!

Carson already harnessed up and ready to go!

Look how cute he is in his little harness. :)

Mara was fantastic at this. She has never been before, and as we know she has no fear.:) She is very talented in this, and was able to climb to the top several times. I think she is going to want to keep doing this. She loved it!

She really wanted to try all the most difficult routes. She is definitely an adventurer.

Monday morning was her actual birthday, and finally was able to open her presents from Mom and Dad, and her Grandparents. She was over the moon excited with everything she was given.

She was happy to get her own guitar. Now she won't have to borrow the big ones.:) Of course we had to get her a pink and purple one. Those are her favorite colors!

I took treats into her classroom, and she was excited to share them with her class. This is her teacher, Mrs. Lincoln (on the right), and the student teacher Ms. Garchar.

We are so blessed to have Mara in our family. She turned 8 on the 8th! She will be baptised in a couple of weeks, so she is very excited about that as well.

Eight things that I love about Mara:

--She loves to sing, even first thing in the morning

--She is a fantastic artist

--She is willing to try so many new things

--She is a great friend, and very friendly

--She has great curly hair

--She has beautiful blue eyes

--She actually likes to play with her brothers

--She is a great student, and loves to read

We love you Mara!