Darcy Turned 4!

 Our girlie turned 4! I told Drew we have so much craziness going on this summer that I was not going to do any parties this year, but we still had fun with our little celebrations and I don't think our kids knew the difference.

Some things we want to remember about Darcy at 4:

- She is still really tall for her age.
- She loves to talk talk talk!
- She loves visiting Grandma's, Grandpa's, Aunt's, Uncle's, and cousins. Nothing is better in her mind.
- She likes to help me in the kitchen.
- She loves to have picnics and requests them often.
- She is about to start preschool.
- She still has some serious separation anxiety that we are trying desperately to figure out. She will not go to primary.
- She loves to dance around the house, and she is constantly making up songs.
- She loves family home evening and gets really excited when we tell her it's a family home evening day.
- She loves books and having us read to her.
- Most of the time she is a really great helper and likes to do service. She talks about doing service all the time.
- She played soccer this summer and hated it!!
- She has a little group of friends that she absolutely loves.
- She is getting really good at riding her bike and we are about to take the training wheels off.

We feel so blessed to have this sweet girl in our family and for all she adds to our lives! 

 We were going to be camping at our family reunion on her birthday so she got her presents from Grandma and Grandpa Christensen a little early. She was so excited about these awesome roller skates! She took off immediately, and we got a big kick out of her trying to get it all figured out.

 Grandpa Christensen helped her built her new castle for the first time.

 I woke up really early on her birthday and blew up some balloons and put them by her in our tent. When she woke up she sat up for a second and then laid back down, and then shot back up! She had the sweetest, biggest smile on her face when she realized she had balloons in her tent which meant it was her birthday. She kept asking where they came from and we kept saying we didn't know. It had probably been the birthday fairy. :) She loved it! That small idea was a big hit for her.

 Then I scrounged around and made this beauty to take some pictures. I was pretty proud of my work!

 Blowing out her candles. She requested a pink cake with chocolate and vanilla frosting. I just did what she said and it actually turned out to be pretty yummy.

 We just got her a couple little things and one of them was a bell for her bike. I love this picture of her reaction. Who knew that little thing would be so exciting?

 A robe was the only thing she ever told me she wanted for her birthday. I searched the whole city, and I am certain this was the only one anywhere. I was so relieved to find it! She loved it and still wants to wear it all the time.