A week later we celebrated Sophie's 8th birthday. This was a big one. It turned into a week long celebration with eating out, her baptism etc. We had cake and ice cream with our neighbors, the Aherns. This is Jake and Lance with Mr. Nibbles (Brennan's hamster). The little boys loved the hamster, but were a little wary all the same.

This is Collin wondering how he really feels about a rodent crawling on him.

Sophie with her balloons, cake and presents, ready to celebrate. She received her very own set of scriptures, an MP3 player, several books, a little dress, from her family, and a journal, shirt, and sweater from the Aherns.

She had a good birthday, but was disappointed that she didn't get any toys. Oops! She received money from grandparents, so we thought that she could buy her own. Not good enough. We'll remember for next year.

Here's cake 3 within a week.

Sophie's 7th Birthday

Sophie's cute cake. It had kittens and butterfly's on it. It was made by Sophie's friend's mother who runs a bakery out of her home. It was so cute we didn't want to eat it. We waited until Sunday when Wade, Jodie, Rachel and Aubrey came to celebrate with us. It sure it fun to have them close.

We celebrated Sophie's birthday by going to Gattiland. She took her friend Savannah, and even though the place was a zoo, everyone seemed to have a good time.

This is a bad picture of Sophie and Savannah. It's time to get a new camera. Something is wrong, or maybe it's just the photographer.

Sophie's main gift was a bike. She didn't seem overly thrilled when she first saw it, but she has since decided that it is great fun.