my baby is 9 years old

Brooklin was bummed we were stuck driving home

on her actual birthday but she was missing school so

it was a win/win situation! We woke up and got packed

up and headed to Kneader's for breakfast. We walked around

City Creek for a little bit and then got on the road!

We stayed in St. George to watch Jackson play basketball

and then picked up pizza and an ice cream cake.

Dad and Mason met us at my parents and Kasey and

the kids came over to help us celebrate!

Brooklin you are growing up way too fast but I'm excited

to see where you're going to venture in life! 

You are such a joy to have around most of the time, I'm 

afraid the sassy, attitude side is starting to come out

a little more!! You are doing well in school and working

really hard to get that math grade up! You're still doing well 

in all the sports you participate in and I'm loving the competitive

drive you have. It will take you far if you stay dedicated to 

your goal! You have a contagious smile and your smile

lights up a room! You love going to achievement days

and you're a fantastic artist! I love you Brooklin!!!

let's get this party started....

Yes, it's Monday and we've been waiting for this 

day since Oct - it's the P!nk concert!!!

Mom was babysitting Gpa today so we headed 

to the mall so B could spend her bday money!

She wanted to buy converse so that's what we did..

We walked around the mall and got lunch at Noodles & Co

and then walked around Scheel's for a bit.

We dropped B off to Gma and chilled for a while and 

then it was time to get ourselves ready!!!

The concert was AMAZING, she rocked it!

It was probably the best concert I've been too,

very personable and real, she was doing all kinds

of acrobats and sang the entire time. If she got tired,

her back up singers took over and she joined in when

she was ready! Her encore was the coolest thing ever...

can't really top flying through the audience doing flips 

and singing So What????

We were able to see one of my oldest friends,

 Brittany and her mom Beth. It was fun to visit 

with them a little bit before the concert.

We missed the opening act to stand in line for 

shirts and a poster!!

It was such a fun night and I'm so happy I was

 able to spend some quality time with my sis :)

spoiled girl got katy perry tickets
for her bday!

We finally saw P!nk and she

did not disappoint one bit!!!

happy 70th birthday!

Sunday was Grandma Karen's 70th birthday!!!

She looks so awesome and still is spunky as ever!

We had dinner at their house and watched the

football game (49er's lost)... we had a little

fun and made them wear mustaches!!!

Afterwards we went to visit our most favorite friends

in the whole world... The Whitings! We also met

Kirstin's friend Carlos and Kathleen played with 

his hair.... so funny!!! And Kirstin reenacted her dance

moves from when she was 5 yrs old and woke up with 

whiplash the next morning!!!!

ice castles

We had heard about the ice castles in Midway so 

that was our next destination!

It was dark by this point and super busy, we

had to wait an hour to even get in and it

was cold! It was pretty cool to check everything

out - they make their own icicles and make these

castles. They also have colored lights to give it 

some color which was cool. Our feet were so cold,

we had boots on but not snow boots. B was not having 

fun and was done... so we went out while mom and Kirst

went thru the maze and finished looking at it.

We finally got warm and headed back to Salt Lake 

to have soup and salad at Olive Garden!!