Happy Happy Birthday Phoebe

Phoebe turned 8 the first week in November.  For dinner, that evening, she picked one of her favorite places to eat... IHOP!  She loves to get pancakes there.

She also loves that she gets a huge birthday sundae and the restaurant staff comes out to sing to her... "Happy happy birthday, from all the IHOP crew.  We wish it was our birthday so we could party too!"

Back at home after dinner she opened her gifts.  A very cool ice skating Lego set came in the mail from Uncle Matt.

There was some chapter books and clothes from Daddy and Mommy.

A nice card and super nice handwritten message inside from Sarah, along with a birthday Lego set.

And, Silas gave her the Spirit, Abigail and Boomerang set.

The big gift from Mommy and Daddy was a Lego Summer Swimming Pool set.

Although we weren't very hungry after eating dinner at IHOP, we all still managed to eat a small piece of the birthday cookie cake that Phoebe had requested.

Happy 8th Birthday, to our dear sweet Phoebe Ann!

The next day two more gifts came in the mail... A package with new clothes from Grandma Sharon...

And, a package with colored pencils, a case, and coloring book from Uncle Bret, Aunt Andrea and cousins Ayden and Kallin.

Then the next day, another package came in the mail from Uncle Eric and Aunt Lindsee... A cool Moana Lego set.

Two days after Phoebe's birthday we drove to Branson for a family vacation.  We met Popee and Nanee there.  They had their presents for Phoebe waiting for her in our motel room.

She got a 3 in 1 Lego set, some clothes, American Girl Pets, and $100.  Popee and Nanee like to give our kids some money each year for their birthdays.  This money is used to help pay for sports and other activities that the kids are in throughout the next year.  Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Popee and Nanee.  Later during our Branson trip, Phoebe got to pick a restaurant for us all to eat at for another special birthday dinner.  She picked Pasgetti's Italian Restaurant.

Happy Happy Birthday, Phoebe!  We all love your sweet caring heart and spirit so much.  You work hard, do your best, and rarely complain.  You are a good helper, sister, daughter, granddaughter, and friend.