we were lucky this year. we got to celebrate labor day and my niece's birthday all in one. my mom and kace flew in saturday afternoon to spend the weekend with us. i haven't been able to be with kace on her actual birthday for 3 years now so i wanted to make it extra special....and because she is pretty special too. 

we went shopping right away. duh. then i took them to the outdoor movie at the district, secretariat. we ate lots of treats and played on the carousel. 

after church we drove out to see the new bridge at hoover dam. i made everyone watch a documentary on the making of hoover dam before we went. i think it made it much more interesting. 

p.s. it was our first time back at our church for over 6 weeks and i had excited butterflies to see our little ctr 4 kids. they are so dang cute! i had really missed them:( 

the mother did make it all the way up to the bridge, she just didn't walk out to the middle. it was really high....and it was 108 degrees outside. fun.

we cooled off at the pool and then had a yummy bbq to top it off. 

september 5th is a pretty cool day....my baby...is now 12 years old!!! i seriously cant believe it (no she is not actually MY baby, but i like to think she is:)). also, she gets to share her special day with another amazing person, my brother. 

happy birthday jeff!!! i miss you. 

we of course went shopping and then ate at her favorite place, panda express....not so much ours, but it was HER bday. thats real sacrifice;)

then g-ma took us all to the shark aquarium. yipee. 

kacelyn is a real life animal lover/whisperer.  

i think "glo" just keeps getting better with age:)

then we went to 'the lion king'. we got awesome third row seats. the show was great. the costumes were amazing! i got all the girls ready and we all wore tribal/animal to get into the spirit. nerds.

to top off the night....we had a dance party of course. lady gaga was there, along with beyonce and a few others. 

happy birthday kacelyn! 

we love you sooooo sooooo much!!!