Channing's 8th Birthday!

Channing had her special number 8 birthday! In our family 8 is a big one and we were excited that she is now 8! She was lucky enough to have both her grandparents with her on her birthday. She had to go to school, but we started the morning off with a healthy breakfast of donuts and chocolate milk :)

We love our birthday donuts! 

At 11:00 we brought her McDonalds, per her request, for lunch. Her Oma and Opa and brother Deacon were also able to join. It was fun to be there with her and she was excited to have us. 

They even put her name on the ESE school message board.  

That evening we hurried over for dinner at Culvers and then she had her 2nd grade musical Seussical the Musical. Both grandparents and Natalie and our family came to support her and be there for her birthday. 

She really loves to perform and sing and dance and had her number down! 

She has such a great group of friends at school that she loves and I am so glad they've been in class for a couple years together! 

Here is Maely and Emmy. 

After the musical we had cake and icecream and then presents!! She chose red velvet cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes! 

She got her own set of scriptures.  

A squishmallow, jewelry, art supplies, clothes, gift cards, and her big present was.. 

She got to decorate her room! We went to look for some decorations, and this is what she chose. 

She was excited about her new room. 

Here is her 2nd grade school shot. She is such a fun loving girl. She is so brave and her confidence over the last year has soared. She knows she can do anything now. She is ALWAYS singing and if she's not singing, she's talking or hugging or writing people thoughtful notes. She is a very loving child. She is also very artistic and creative. She still identifies as an orange head instead of a red head :) She is always wanting to help me and serve others and think of nice things to do. She likes to roll her eyes and raise her eyebrows. Haha. She is a good kid who has great faith and loves jewelry and especially shoes! She is our girly girl and we love her!