Ella's 13th Birthday

She's officially a teenager!  Thirteen fun-filled years with this girlie, and we are excited to see where life takes you.  Happy Birthday to our sweet, silly, creative, sarcastic, funny, independent, compassionate, and sometimes sassy favorite middle child.  😉

Cake Pops -- Round II

 Lemon and Confetti 

Sophie and I made these ones, and they turned out wonderfully!

She celebrated her birthday a couple of weeks early with a sleepover.

For her actual birthday, she woke up to Grandma and Grandpa singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to her with a lit candle in a cupcake.  After that, she thought it would be nice to spend the day Christmas shopping for other people.  We stopped at Scheels for some shoes and trapping equipment and had to take a break to shoot stuff.  

Birthday Supper

Sushi for the girls, and fried chicken for the boys.

"My first time being 13 and eating sushi."

Happy Birthday to you!

"I need to put it out in a different way.  I'm scared to use my fingers."

"I'll drip some cranberry juice on it."

"Or how about a grape."

"It worked!"

Sophie's 11th Birthday

Eleven years with you has been so much fun!  Happy birthday to our loving, sweet, caring, silly, energetic, athletic, hard-working, animal-loving, and sometimes messy favorite youngest child.  😉

For her birthday, she wanted a day with Mama to get her hair cut, nails done, and go out to eat.  We celebrated the weekend before her birthday since her birthday fell during the week on a game night for Brock and Ella.  For her actual birthday, she spent it with one of her closest friends riding horses.
   

Her nail inspiration:

The finished product:

Chipotle Supper 

Her Present:

Tears of joy!

She didn't want a birthday cake this year.  Instead, she wanted to make cowgirl hat birthday treats.

Oh, boy.

Charcoal Face Mask Fun

Ella making fried pickles.  She created a coating for them, and they are actually the best I've ever had.  Yummy!

Sophie's letter to persuade us to get her a phone.  😆

Happy Birthday to you!

Gingerbread Houses

They kept falling apart, which is not a good thing for a perfectionist.