Emma turned 12 years old on Saturday, Nov. 26th. She opened gifts from Jared & I that morning (minus the new cell she got a week before!). She's getting to that fun age where she wants clothes and make up. She had to wait until Ashton & I were home from soccer. Then we took the kids to see 'Arthur Christmas' and to lunch to celebrate (our new favorite place NOW located in West Jordan - Brick Oven pizza!).
Emma has not had a "friend" birthday party since 2005! '06 - '08 we were in Disneyland on her birthday, plus 2010, and in 2009 I was 8 months pregnant & didn't have the energy for it. Needless to say, she was over due for one and we promised she'd get one this year. 12 is a big birthday to me, since they leave primary and head to YW/YM. Kelsey & Emma get to be together in Beehives until June! I'm excited for them to be able to go to activities together.
She has quite a big group of friends, add to that cousins and siblings and you have a very large group! We had 28 kids total, which required 6 cars to transport them all from my house, to the trampoline place, then back to my house. In Draper there is a place called Airborne Arena - a huge warehouse full of trampolines all hooked together. They have a foam pit and an area to play dodgeball. They got to jump for an hour and they loved it!
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| Serious game of dodgeball was going on - always boys vs. girls |
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| Big thanks to Whetmans, Bergmans, Brandon & Carrie for helping Jared & I get kids to and from! Denise stayed home with Sophie, which helped a lot! |
After jumping around for an hour, we came back for pizza, cake & ice cream. I totally underestimated how much 6th graders can eat. I ordered two huge 23 inch pizzas from The Pie & they disappeared.
Happy 12th Emma Lulu! We sure love you and are so grateful you are in our family!
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