Happy 9th Birthday Erica!!!!

 Here is our beautiful, wonderful 9 year old, Erica!  She wanted a camel back for her Birthday.

 We had Mons and Anders visiting us from AZ on Erica's Birthday!  It was so fun to have cousins to celebrate with.  It was a hot June day so we went to a water park with the kids during the day and then had a Birthday party for Erica at our house in the evening.  It was so much fun!

 She didn't want cake!  She wanted homemade chocolate chip cookies and vanilla ice cream.  She is easy to please!  So, the candles went into the ice cream.  This is just how I always had it for my birthdays growing up, and still do!  I am not a cake fan but I love ice cream.  Erica, you're a girl after my own heart!

 Look at that cute smile.  Her cheeks are looking a little too bronzed for her Daddy's liking.(:

 Here is the party crew from left to right starting on the top row:  Hope, Hannah, Cali, Kate, Bailey, Leah, Clara, Erica, Brook, Sophie, Anders, Mons, and Bryant.

Here's the party crew in their best faces and poses!!  Happy Birthday Erica, we love you!!! Here are 9 things about Erica that you should know:
1. She plays the piano.
2. She likes to go with the flow.
3. She is ultra responsible and obedient.
4. She does very well in school and is always at the top of her class.
5. She loves soccer.
6. She usually has a messy closet but her bed is made!
7. She loves to go out to breakfast with me. (:
8. She has learned how to roller skate quite well.
9. She is kind to others and wants everyone around her to be happy.