Happy 6th Birthday, Katelynn!

It has been six years today since our lives were forever changed in the most amazing way.  Sometimes it seems so hard to believe we have already let six years pass us by.  Our itty bitty baby girl has turned into such an amazing little girl.  She is sweet and sassy, smart and determined.  She loves to color and write and read books.  Some days she reminds me so much of myself at a young age.  As a surprise to start out her big day as a birthday girl, Jonathan and I painted the school rock for her and surprised her when she arrived for school.  It's become a daily routine for the kids and I to read the rock so it was perfect to sneak in to start out her day!
 

This year she asked for months for an American Girl doll for her birthday.  It didn't make it quite such a surprise since we let her pick out which one she wanted, but it was still well worth it.  I thought we were going to pass by the American Girl fade, but we ended up getting sucked right in!

 

 

 

It's a tradition for us to let our kids pick a restaurant of their choice for their birthday dinner.  Katelynn's choice the past several years has been Chuck-E-Cheese.  This year she actually asked for the japanese steakhouse at first, but then when we found out Disney on Ice was in town and gave her the option of that instead of dinner, she jumped at the choice.  I actually think in the end Justin might have been even more excited than Katelynn was about the event!  It was a late night out for our early bedtimers, but we had a blast on our family outing to Disney on Ice.  Even Ryan seemed to enjoy it until he couldn't hold the exhaustion any further and passed out. 

Everyone was fast asleep before we arrived home and were able to be carried to their beds (which means they were super tired!)