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Where would you like to go to celebrate your 7th Birthday? This year Kendal requested Chuck E Cheese. We have always done our birthday parties at home. They are a lot of fun but a lot of work. I offered Kendal another home birthday party but she was insistent that she wanted a Chuck E Cheese party. We finally agreed as long as she limited the guest list and we booked our first Chuck E Cheese party. It was GREAT. Bayley and Kendal were just about as excited as Kendal was and all in all everyone had a great time. Bayley decorated Kendal's star cake this year and did another great job. Kendal loved being the center of attention. They did a whole Birthday girl program that included being crowned, receiving a medal, being sung to, and finally a trip to the ticketblaster. For 30 seconds Kendal stood in the ticketblaster trying to grab as many tickets as she could. It ended up she collected more in her crown that was sitting on top of her head than she did with her hand, but regardless she racked up some major tickets. I do believe there was a bit of a miscalculation or maybe it was just birthday girl treatment but it ended up that she had enough to tickets to pick ANYTHING she wanted. She walked away with a bouncy ball, a blanket and a stuffed animal. A great ending to a fun day.

Here are a few facts about Kendal at 7 years old:

• Kendal loves animals. All she wanted for her birthday was a pet. I kidded with her that we had a couple of presents for her and she was totally upset. She said that if there was more than one present that must mean that she wasn't getting a pet. We did get her not one but two dwarf frogs. They are the perfect pets for our family. They only need to be fed twice a week and their water changed once every 3 months. We will see how we do. The kids have enjoyed watching them and I think Adison loves them just as much as Kendal. Kendal has named them both Lulu because you can't tell one from the other. We also got Kendal a 2 hour horseback riding lesson for her birthday. She is very excited, so I hope she likes it!




Kendal is our competitive child. She is always up for a race and loves to win, but will keep trying if she doesn't. She is loving softball this year. We didn't move her up to the higher age group and as a result she is one of the better players this year. She loves to impress and loves to practice. She announced the other day she would like to play in college someday. She is determined enough that it might just happen, especially if she sets her mind to it.


Kendal loves to write and would love to write a book someday. She writes us short stories all of the time. I hope that love of writing remains. She also is really starting to enjoy reading. She has come a long way this year and I can see her being a lot like her big sister Bayley....rarely leaving the house without a book in her hand. I love that my girls love to read.


Kendal is a very sweet girl. We love her very much and can't believe how quickly she is growing up. She gets along very well with her older sister and younger brother and she adores her baby sister, who loves her sometimes.

Happy Birthday Kendal!