Rylee is 7!!

This time of year it seems like we all get older all of a sudden around here. While our birthdays are spread throughout the seasons...they start coming fast in the late Spring! Rylee is the first and we always have a great time celebrating her big day.

We decided last year to institute a "every-other-year" friends birthday party. So the kids get to have a "friends" party on their even birthdays and a family party on their odd ones. I actually think this is pretty generous because growing up I only got "friend" parties on my 8,12 and 16th birthdays.

Unfortunately for me, Rylee remembered that when Karlee was 7 she had a "friend" party...so we had to compromise this year. We decided that Rylee could take one friend to go get their hair and nails done at the salon and then come back for cake and ice-cream. Everyone was happy with this arrangement.

So, yesterday I took Rylee and Alyssa (her adorable friend from school) to the salon and they loved getting all fancy! They were so funny...they both had planned to wear skirts, flip flops and matching hair bows...and showed up looking so fabulous! After getting all fancy at the salon we headed home where Grandma and Grandpa Clark were waiting with the rest of the crew for cake and ice-cream. When all was said and done Rylee said, "This was the BEST birthday EVER!" She was so cute and just loved everything about her big day...she thought it was really cool that even her karate coaches wished her a Happy Birthday!