Happy 7th Birthday Audriana!!!!

She began her birthday weekend by having dinner Friday night at the Old Spaghetti Factory. We have gone there every year since she was a baby. Lisa and the boys joined us and we all had a good time - even though we had to wait almost an hour just to get sat! Note to self -- don't go to that restaurant again on a Friday night at 6pm!!!! It was fun and Audriana was excited to get to open her first present -- a Star Wars Lego Set from the boys! Awesome! She spent about 2 un-interupted hours on Saturday morning reading the directions and putting some of it together! That girl can focus! At around 10am, we got in the car and met up with Joye and Maria and headed up to Greenbluff to get organic apples and to visit Harvest House and the Pumpkin Festival. What a perfect fall day -- very chilly, but soooo sunny! Awesome!

She's 7 (well, tomorrow!)


Fun times!

Lovin' the apples -- Spartans, Red Delicious, Cortlands, McIntosh....oh my!

Thanks for taking our picture, Audriana! You big girl!

After Greenbluff, it was off to the Village Cinemas at Wandermere for Natalie's b-day party!

We saw the 3-D version of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", but the girls couldn't resist getting a quick pic of them with Alvin and theChipmunks (which is one of their all-time favorite movies!).


Waiting in line with their movie goodies -- once inside, they will get their 3-D glasses.

Whoa!! This is cool! Audriana is reaching out to grab something out of the air -- gotta love those 3-D effects!

After the movie, the kids got a personalized tour of the projection room. Very cool! Audriana was more excited to see "how they make the movie appear on the screen" than the movie itself! She's so inquisitive when it comes to that kind of stuff!

Ok....so after the party, it was back home to make Audriana's birthday treats for her class at school on Monday. Ever since our friend and neighbor, Jamie Christensen, made SUSHI for the kids, Audriana has wanted it to be her b-day treat. Ok....it's not real sushi.....it's made from rice krispy treats, gummy worms, and fruit leather by the foot. It was so fun making this with her. Luckily, little Sofia was so tuckered out after Greenbluff and the b-day party, that she was sleeping, which made it easy for Audriana and I to whip these up realy quick. We even made enough to take a plate to Sunday school on Sunday!

The finished product -- fishy sushi, or candy......you be the judge! :-)