Ella's Birthday

Ella's 5! It's hard for me to believe that my little baby is already 5 years old. Here's a photo of her 5 years ago....I know, I know...she's going to grow up and there's nothing I can do about it, but it doesn't make it any easier. We asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday and she said she wanted to invite some friends to go to McDonald's and play (we are enjoying these simple requests from her while they still last). So, Sandra, Ryan + Zoe joined us along with her cousins at the Play Place (thanks to Heidi + McCrae for dropping by to say "hi" as well). I'm sure you can imagine the fun we had. Michael + Bekah are teaching the Temple Prep class is their ward and they were going through the Temple with one of their students that evening. So, Brian met Michael and picked up their kids after work so that they could join us for the festivities. After everyone was fed, after Nannie + I changed 2 nasty Dev diapers (I love that little boy,but man, oh man, it was NOT pleasant) we took everyone home. When it was all said and done, Ella had a lot of fun and she got some really nice gifts. Thanks to everyone for making her feel so special on her day!

We decided that the next evening we were going to take the kids to see a Christmas movie at the IMAX theater, "The Lights Before Christmas"(thanks for the passes Michael) and we decided to let Ella pick where we got dinner...