Seth at the dam in Parker, Arizona. He went for work.
The weather was spectacular (a few raindrops fell from a puzzlingly sunny sky at the very beginning of dinner), so we had ate our chicken enchiladas outside.
Analee with her dinner.
Kids gathering around Analee as she gets ready to open her presents.
Opening her present from us: a clay charm kit. Analee also received a pixel coloring book from us (on her actual birthday) money from Grandma Susan and Grandpa Dennis (hidden in the balloons pictures above); gel pens, a Switch Pitch ball, a coin purse and money from Tav; paint supplies from Aunt Melissa; a Star Wars origami book, a Star Wars doodling book and fabric and a pattern for pajama pants from Grandma and Grandpa Scott. (Analee went over later and spent the day with Grandma sewing the pants on her treadle sewing machine.) She also received a dream catcher key chain and a necklace from Aunt Rachel when we visited them over Memorial Day weekend.
Analee retrieving the goody bag Rebekah hid for her.
My camera (actually, my dad's camera because I had shipped mine off for repairs) ran out of batteries, so I have fewer pictures of her dinner than usual. Besides what you see, she also blew out the candles on a chocolate tres leches cake.
On her actual birthday, I went to the school and ate lunch with Analee. Then later that evening we had our softball practices and shared treats with her teammates.
Lunchroom selfie.
Analee is a smart and talented kid. She has an insatiable curiosity and loves to create. She often borrows my tablet to look up DIY tutorials on YouTube. And she loves to cuddle her mom.