My 1st slumber party!

Actually my birthday was on the 20th, but it was a school day so I had to wait until Friday to celebrate. Mom asked me if I wanted to have a bunch of friends come to my birthday party for a few hours or if I'd rather just have a few friends over to spend the night. The only friend that has ever spent the night before is Ben, so I thought it would be fun to have some friends come over. I decided to have Garrett and McKoy come since they have never been here before. We had a short day at school yesterday because of the Christmas Break, so after school Garrett rode the bus to our house with me. McKoy came a little bit later because he just lives down the road and around the corner from us, so his mom brought him. At first McKoy wasn't going to spend the night because, other than family, he hasn't ever spent the night at anyone's house. But just before bed time, he changed his mind and decided to stay. I was so happy!!

Well, when we first got home, we played out in the snow and a puddle of ice for a while. Then it got too cold and we came in and played up in my bedroom with my toys. Later dad brought all of us Kentucky Fried Chicken meals & mom let us have a picnic on the floor upstairs while we watched the movie, "Transformers"! I love that movie!! After the movie, mom put my little brother & Tyra to bed and let us stay up late. We played and played! It was tons of fun! Finally, at about 9:30 p.m. mom put Tyra's trendle from her day bed, in my room and made my bed the size of a KING bed! All three of us slept side ways across the bed. It was really cool. We dinked around for a while, so we didn't actually get to sleep until about 10:30.



In the morning, McKoy woke me up at about 6:30 a.m. UUGH! Mom made us pancakes and dad made us some sausage and bacon. YUM!!! McKoy had to get picked up around 9:00 a.m. but I got to stay and play with Garrett until about noon. Then we went and dropped him off and headed to my Aunt JaNae's house to bring her our puppy. I am going to miss little Hershey. She was lots of fun to play with. Well, my slumber party was AWESOME but I think it will be a while before I get another one. Mom didn't like me going to bed so late and waking up so early. I get pretty mean with her when I am tired. I hope I can have another one soon though!!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Today was tons of fun... except we had our school's Christmas Program and I wasn't too thrilled about having to SING on my birthday! Our class got to dress up like Indians and we sang, "The Great Spirit". Mom said that she will put a video of it on here as soon as she learns how. I did a pretty good job singing, I think. I didn't sing as loud as I did in 1st grade or Kindergarten though. Every class was from a different country or area. My cousin Siler's Kindergarten class was in the same program as me. He was from Hawaii. Our program was at 9:00 in the morning. The gym was so crowded that there wasn't even enough seats for everyone. After everyone sang their songs, we all got back on the stage an sang, "It's a Small World" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas!" After the program I tried to get my mom to check me out of school, but she said she wouldn't yet, because she had to come back at 1:00 p.m. for Tyra's program. They had to split the school up into 3 different programs this year because the gym was too small for everyone. Last year we had it at the high school. I thought that was a lot better.
After Tyra's program dad came and checked me out of school. I got to go with him to work and then later we met mom, my little brother, Tyra and Alison's family and Grandma & Grandpa at the movies. We got to go see Alvin and the Chipmunks for my Birthday! I sat by my dad and Siler. I really liked the movie. It was so much fun!!! It got over really late though, so I accidentally fell asleep on the way home. But, all in all, I really had a GREAT birthday today!! Here is a picture of everyone who came:Back Row (left to right): Dad, Grandpa Tom, Grandma Jeanne, Aunt Ali (dad's sister), Uncle Troy (Ali's husband) and Trey (Troy and Ali's oldest). Middle Row: Tyra, Mom, Me and Alexis (Troy and Ali's girl). Front Row: my little brother and Siler (Troy and Ali's youngest)

My primary talk

Today I had to give another talk in primary. It seems like I just barely had to give one a few weeks ago. Usually I am really quiet and I kind of mumble some of the words, but today I did a really good job. The topic I had to speak on was, "Jesus Christ once lived on the earth, and I have faith that He will come again." My mom helped me prepare my talk. I read the whole thing by myself. Mom only helped me with a few words. I only got a little bit nervous this time. Here is my talk:

"There is none other to compare with Him. More acts of kindness have been done in His name, more words of forgiveness spoken with His love, no greater love extended to both friend and enemy by His example than any other in the entire history of mankind.

He is the author of our salvation. He is our guide and our comfort in times of sadness.

It is still early in the Christmas season. There is time for each of us to reach out and help others whose lives we can bless, even with a small touch. This is the time to decide to do so.

May Heavenly Father bless each of us at this Christmas season with an understanding of one of the greatest of all gifts, the gift of Jesus, the Savior of mankind; and out of gratitude, may we become a little kinder, a little more generous, a little more thoughtful, a little more merciful.

We look forward to the time when He will return to earth. We know that he will come again and if we follow him in faith, we can receive another wonderful gift, which is the greatest of all the gifts of God – eternal life.

And I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

My birthday party at Grandma Jeanne's!

Well, today was fun because I got to celebrate my 8th birthday early. About an hour after we got home from school we all went to my Grandma Jeanne and Grandpa Tom's house. We have five birthday's in December on my dad's side of the family, so we celebrate them all at the same time, at one big party. It makes it so much more fun that way!!
This year I got a Sponge Bob cake for my birthday. I kind of wanted a Transformer one, but mom talked me out of it. Besides, I already had one of those for my 6th birthday party. Plus, the Transformer cake didn't look as cool as the Spongebob one anyway. Mom let me put all eight candles on the cake by myself. I love puting the candles on! Then everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to me.

I got the COOLEST robot from my Grandpa and Grandma. It's AWESOME!!! He can do all kinds of stuff. My Aunt Alison and Aunt Melissa got me a Basket Ball game thing and my mom and dad got me Heely's (which I have wanted for a LONG time)! It just stinks that I can't use them very many places because of the snow. Tyra and my little brother got me a Bumblebee Transformer! I played with it, almost the whole party. The other birthdays this month were my Aunt Ali and my cousin's Erica, Siler and Tyler. Erica didn't get to come to the party but this is a picture of Tiler (left), me (center) and Siler (right). I had a lot of fun at the party and I LOVE all of my presents!!!