She woke up to flowers (from the neighbor's beautiful garden) and mini blueberry muffins.
After breakfast, we got to head to the church for some birthday church cleaning. :)
After church cleaning, Kate opened a few presents (some shoes that were way too small, a Young Women circle of values necklace and YW theme bookmark and a new binder for school.
Then Kate made her own cake (texas sheet cake) and enjoyed not helping with Saturday chores. Then she headed to the mall (with Mom) and Audrey and Claire to do some birthday shopping. The girls all bought bath & body works stuff. Then Kate picked out makeup, a new skirt and some new shoes (size 8 in womens!!!!). The girls enjoyed orange julius and a cinnabon cinnamon roll. Kate said it was the best birthday ever.
After shopping, Kate went with me to Seth Mitchell's baptism (wearing her new skirt and shoes). The Blaser family brought Kate a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts and sang to her on the driveway.
Afterward we picked up Dad and dropped the boys off at the Farris' house for dinner. Kate chose to go to Red Robin, but was a little disappointed with her giant hamburger. The root beer was good though.
After we picked up the boys, we headed home and then had texas sheet cake. It was the best Kate's ever made.
This morning Kate met with the bishop to advance from primary. She came out of the interview with a temple recommend. In sacrament meeting she was presented her faith in God award certificate and her advancement from primary certificate. She was very excited to go to Young Women's and loved the lesson!
Here are some things about 12 year old Kate:
- She makes delicious whole wheat bread and has sold over 250 loaves to our neighbors (her customers) since July 2015.
- She is a good cook and has perfected making brownies and texas sheet cake. She makes yummy muffins too.
- She loves to swim and is way faster than anyone else in our family.
- She is constantly reading and walks around almost always with either her kindle or a book.
- She is a great piano player and has improved a lot since she started lessons with Angela Jacobson last year.
- She gets very good grades.
- She plays the flute in 6th grade band.
- She plays the piano in both the 6th grade and 7th grade jazz bands at Desert Hills.
- She is a good babysitter, especially to Nick and Ty.
- She has a very good memory and remembers things to no one else can.
- She is very responsible, especially at school and church.
- Kate loves to be with her friends, especially Audrey and Claire.
- Kate misses her best friends from New Mexico, Sophi, Annika and Nina.
- Kate memorized the 13 articles of faith quickly and still remembers them.
- Her hair is mostly brown now, but gets highlights in the summer time.
- Kate has blue eyes.
I interviewed Kate and this is what she said:
1. Who is your favorite person in the whole world? mom and dad2. What is your favorite color? turquoise
3. What's your favorite television show? Girl meets world
4. What's your favorite outfit? t-shirt and jeans, sandals
5. What sport do you like best? Swimming
6. What song do you love? Stand By You by Rachel Platten
7. What's your favorite cereal? cinnamon life
8. Who is your best friend? Claire, Audrey, Sophi, Anni, Nina, Olivia
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? Author
10. What is your favorite book? mother/daughter book club series
11. What are you really good at? swimming, babysitting
12. Where do you wish you could go on vacation? Hawaii
13. What is your best memory? When I first got to meet Nick.
14. What would you buy if you had $1000? a phone
15. What vegetable do you hate the most? squash
16. If you could have a wish, what would it be? All my friends from Los Alamos could move here.
17. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? salted caramel
18. Who is your biggest hero? mom
19. What do you like to do best with your friends? talk
20. What do you hope you'll get to do before your next birthday? see my friends from Los Alamos
