Happy Birthday Emry!

Emry is 4!! Here are 4 of Emry's favorite things to do:

• She's always game for playing dress up...loves the costumes, loves to have her hair done, (especially if a crown is involved), loves to have make up on and loves to have her nails painted.
• She is often found dancing and singing around the house.
• She loves, loves, loves books! She will sit for hours if you keep the books coming.
  
• She loves to go swimming. This summer she's become quite the little fish and begs to go to the pool everyday.
  

For Emry's birthday this year we decided to get a babysitter for Luke and Carley and take Emry up to Disneyland all by herself. We had a wonderful time. We rode on all the rides she wanted and went to see the princesses. We even learned the proper way to bow and curtsy...just like a real princess!

Emry's birthday dinner.......Spaghetti, garlic bread, green salad, & strawberries

The birthday cake.

Funny birthday story - Emry's actual birthday was on Sunday, and since we just celebrated Carley's birthday they are fresh in her mind. So, she's been talking nonstop about how they were going to sing to her in primary on her birthday. Last week, as they sung to another girl, she announced that her birthday was coming up. We are also practicing for the primary program and last Sunday was the first run through, so I was nervous about them remembering to sing to her. The chorister lives down the street from me, so I mentioned to her that I knew they were going to be pretty busy, but could they please not forget to sing to her b/c she was really looking forward to it. She said she would for sure. We get to primary and Emry is all smiles and they start right into the program....well 30 minutes later Emry was being pretty naughty so I took her out to talk to her. At first I couldn't even understand what she was babbling about, but eventually she started crying and said that they forgot to sing to her. It was so sad. Our ward gives out candy necklaces for birthdays and she's seen hers on the table, but couldn't understand why they hadn't sung to her yet (b/c they always do this first). Anyway, I asked the primary secretary if we could just have the necklace since primary was almost done and it looked like they weren't going to have time to sing to her. She smiled really big and said, "No way, I made that necklace this morning and we are going to sing to her!" I just laughed. Emry seemed pacified by this new information, so we were able to go back to our seats. When they announced that their was a birthday, Emry shot out of her seat and was up by the podium before they said her name. She was grinning from ear to ear the entire time they sang to her. And, she just sat in Sacrament meeting looking at her necklace. What a girl! Long story, but so cute!



I just had to post these last few pictures of Carley. This is what she looked like during Emry's birthday dinner. We weren't paying any attention to her and we all burst out laughing when we saw what she'd done with her dinner. At least she was happy...right?