Brenin turned 8 on Sunday, and we spent the weekend celebrating! 

We started the day off with the traditional breakfast donut.

Happened upon the Easter Bunny at the store!  Fancy meeting HIM there!!  

We went to M@gic Quest for the first time, and the kids loved it.  They each got a magic wand that everything in the place reacted to and a book full of clues.  It was kind of like a scavenger hunt, and they had to solve the clues and complete 9 different missions.  This guy was...um...rather into it, if you get my drift.

Oh, and um...so was Bren.  :-) 

...and Tuck. 

We had plans to meet the family for dinner afterwards (or so Brenin thought), but actually we were meeting at Kofi's hotel for a SURPRISE swimming party with friends and family!  Brenin was totally surprised!!! 

Natilie, Liv, Bren and Naomi

Carissa and Luca

Goody bags were easy...everyone got a beach ball! 

 The theme was Hello Kitty

I LOVE birthday candle pictures...there's not a happier, more magical place to be as a kid. 

Brenin got SUPER spoiled.  She got a camera, an electronic drum set, a giant Tangled Barbie tower and dolls, makeup, nail polish, clothes, a fancy new guitar tuner, a reading light (since she plumb wore her's out!), a HeadBands game, a DS cooking game, a Carmen Sandiago computer game, Tangled Wii game, a Webkinz, Magic Rocks, a Ty (all the things little girls know about...ha!), Squinkies and Squinkie holder (sound like a foriegn language?), and lots more goodies. 

It was a splashing great day thanks to Kofi for hooking us up with the pool! 



Had so much fun planning and celebrating Brenin...she is a true gift in my life, and there are days I just can't help but stop and say, "Wow, I am blessed to have this one!"  Happy birthday to my big EIGHT year old...love you so much, darlin'!