Grace is 12!

Hard to believe that this awesome girl is 12! I know that everyone says it but, time really has flown by! Grace is such a AMAZING kid! She is fun, creative, so helpful, responsible, kind, and a great artist. She plays the piano a ton and has recently discovered the joys of youtube.com and being able to learn all the new modern songs she loves on the piano! She is very good at it! The big "12" birthday is a big one in our house-we plan a weekend getaway to the temple with just Mom, a trip to the mall for a makeup how to session, clothes shopping and of course a hotel stay is included in all that fun! Grace and I went to Spokane for our weekend and had SOO much fun! The temple was the highlight of course!

Grace had a birthday party at our house with some of her friends.

She took doughnuts to her home room and Claire and I brought her pizza for lunch!

Pictures before our big Spokane trip!

The Spokane Temple

Manicures

Make-up time!

Grace's first eyebrow wax--she's not a fan!

Stopped by a gas station to get a "f-real" ice cream and then we were headed home! Grace has decided this is what she wants to do every year for her birthday! It was a great trip. I'm so lucky to be Grace's mom.

12 things we love about our Graceie girl!

1. She is fun to be with!

2. She is great at organizing and coming up with ideas to make everything more organized.

3. She is an amazing big sister to all 6 of her siblings-she's very patient with them.

4.She is a fast runner!
5. She is a natural athlete

6. She is kind and considerate

7. She is always trying to be better and improve herself

8. She is a book worm and is often found asleep in her bed with a book on her lap

9. She is friendly and makes friends easily

10. She is reliable and responsible

11. She is a great babysitter

12. She is a great cook!