Ice Princess

Our AnnaBeth is 7!

To celebrate her special day, we went ice skating.  She’d been watching the Winter Olympics the week prior to going, and thought what the althetes were doing looked pretty easy.  Ha!

For her first time on the ice, she did a terrific job.

Raegan was the expert, since she’d been once before.

I really thought that Aidan would have been a little more timid.  I was completely wrong.  He loved every minute.  Especially when he was going FAST.

Rick, Tyler, Sarah and Buzzy were all the official ‘kid escorts.’  Amazingly enough, Rick didn’t fall once.  Which is difficult when kiddos are pulling and tugging you down on slippery ice.  Kerri planned on helping Malia, but Malia refused to go.  (Kerri and Buzzy did get to skate around the ice by themselves.  They were really cute — holding hands and everything.  I was so disappointed not to get a picture!)

Juliet and I sat this one out.  I love ice skating, I did quite a bit of skating in Germany when I was a kid in fact, but just didn’t want to risk further injuring my wrist.  Someday I’ll get back out there though!

Plus, someone had to cuddle with Juliet!  She’d missed her nap, so here she is passed out.

Happy Birthday, sweet girl.  You bring lots of joy and laughter to our family.  I praise God that he blessed us with YOU!