Adeline turned 7!

Adeline was counting down the days till her birthday for quite some time. She was a lucky girl to have her aunt Abbi and Grandma and Grandpa Barker there to celebrate her special day with her. First thing in the morning, we whipped up some pancakes for her. It is a tradition that on birthday mornings, whomever's birthday it is gets a pile of pancakes with candles in them. Of course we also sing the birthday song!! Her birthday landed on a Sunday and that happened to be the same Sunday that we had Anders' blessing. It was a little chaotic in the morning trying to get everyone ready for church and do the pancake thing, but it all worked out.








That evening, we also had our good friends the Petersons over for a BBQ, cake, water balloon fights and presents. It was fun to spend a little bit more time with them before their big move. Our kids were always around each other since we lived on the same street and we were not happy to let them go!











All day Meika kept saying, "It's my birthday!". We had to keep reminding her that it was not her birthday until January and that we were celebrating Adeline's birthday. Of course when we were singing happy birthday, Meika was getting really excited. She started blowing out the candles before Adeline and succeeded in blowing out a couple for her. Adeline got a little angry and of course Meika did too!





















It is always a little bit of a struggle getting a good picture of a group of kids. I laugh at this series of pictures. How did Norah become such a goofball?!





















Happy 7th Birthday my sweet Adeline!!!