Well, as most of you probably have noticed from the blog we have definitely had a fun summer. We have either been getting ready to leave or just getting home all summer long. The few days we've actually been in town Craig has had to work (to fund all of the fun trips). We like to do birthdays kind of big, especially an 8th birthday. That has special significance to our family since it also means getting baptised. So we asked Ashlie what she would like Craig and I to do for her 8th birthday. Her response was, "Same as last year." That means another day of lunch at a restaurant of her choice and a shopping spree. Last year we did this and didn't put a limit on her, wow, that was a mistake. So we learned this year. About 2 weeks before her actual birthday, (this was the only day Craig was off that we were going to be in town before her birthday) we took Ashlie shopping. She chose Wendy's for lunch, go figure. Then we went shopping. We let her pick anything she could possibly want, she had about 100 different pieces of clothing. Then we started the process of narrowing down. It took almost an hour just to narrow it down to an affordable spread and she walked out to the car with several bags and a happy smile (we hit the clearance racks!!!). So she has been wearing new clothes for the past 2 weeks everyday. What a happy princess! We knew we were going to be in Idaho on her actual birthday so the night before we left we had a family party at home. We had frito boats for dinner and swam. We opted for a Baskin Robbins cake (I took the easy way out). Of course it was princess themed with white cake and vanilla ice cream. I don't even have a response to that. I would have picked at least a flavor of something, but it was her cake. She had a lot of fun celebrating with her friends and family here. She is a very lucky girl.
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