Julianna singing in the school Christmas program with the regular 1st grade class. She's in the second row, middle, in a blue shirt right below the boy with his head turned.
Blowing out her candles. She really liked doing this and did not hesitate at all.
Her presents that she requested: "Lots of Strawberry Shortcakes." Well, we got her 3--there just wasn't enough variety at Walmart!
Holding up her 7 fingers. It was cute--she looked at her fingers to count to make sure she got 7. I guess she hadn't thought about it yet!
At the SD Zoo on Dec. 4th, at the polar bear exhibit. This picture was one she requested--she said, "You should take my picture here!" So she stood there and made sure I did it.
Well, Julianna is now 7 years old! She was so excited for her birthday this year. Once it gets close to Blake's birthday in November, we start telling them the order of things: First, Blake's birthday, then Thanksgiving, then Julianna's birthday, then Christmas. Well, Julianna's birthday couldn't come soon enough. Since we went to the zoo before her birthday, she was upset that we didn't have cake and presents for her when we got home. Luckily she had gotten a package from Grandma Maxwell with a gift that she got to open that night--a fun laptop that she really likes. Another funny thing on our zoo day--when we got to Temecula on the way there, I had to stop for the bathroom (yes, I'm lame). We happened to drive by a Bob's Big Boy restaurant with the big statue out front. She was so intrigued by this and said, "I want to touch that boy!" I didn't want to stop--I just wanted to get to the zoo. But Joel reminded me this was her birthday thing, so we turned around and let her and Blake get out to touch the Bob's Big Boy statue. And on the rest of the drive, she kept asking about Bob's Big boy. So we told her that after the zoo, we would eat there for dinner, and we did. I'm always going to remember that. Then the next day, Sunday, she knew the kids were going to sing to her in Primary, and again she thought she'd be coming home to cake and presents since people were singing her a birthday song. So we made it to her birthday, finally! I got to bring treats into her school class, which was fun. Then we did her presents first, which Blake had to put under the Christmas tree. After she opened them, she told us she didn't want to take the toys out of the package. It wasn't until yesterday after school that she was holding the boxes and said, "Okay, I want to take the toys out now." Blake was so excited to play with the Strawberry Shortcake toys! Much more than Julianna was. Anyway, I think she had a fun birthday. This morning she asked, "Am I done being 6?" She is getting so big and smart! Her red hair certainly attracts a lot of attention. Especially at zoos and amusement parks. She got stopped so many times at the zoo that she asked, "Why does everyone like my hair?" It was cute. We love Julianna!
We waited in line to see the Christus statue in the Visitor's center. Julianna especially liked it.
The lights at Temple Square. It was so cold! The lights were beautiful.
Will and Blake in their cool (and very warm) Spiderman masks/gloves from Grandma on the train to Salt Lake. We decided to take the train from Sandy to Salt Lake to make it more fun for the kids. They loved it.
Grandpa with Will and our kids on Christmas morning.
Santa's cookies, made by Julianna, Blake, Will, and Lily.
One more day until Christmas!
Best buddies, Will and Blake.
All the cousins/grandkids on Christmas Eve (except August who was asleep) in their new pajamas.
The big cousins making their cookies for Santa.
Playing in the snow in the backyard.
