Rylee's 6!

Rylee turned 6 on Friday. We had her birthday party with friends on Thursday. She had a cooking party. It was all girls this time. She did feel a little bad because she has several boys that are her friends, but the numbers are climbing rapidly and therefore, we limited it to only girls. I love throwing parties for my girls. I say girls, because up till now that’s all the parties we’ve had. Jack is expecting a party this October when he turns 4 so I’ll have to start figuring out what to do at a boys party. I made each of the girls an apron with their name on it. I’m pretty sure they all liked them. The party lasted 2 hours and I’m sad to say that we ran out of time and didn’t get to everything I had planned. They did get to paint plates, decorate cupcakes, make pizzas, play games, and make brownie sundaes. The build up is always so great and then in a short time it’s all over, but it’s definitely worth it.










Out of all my children, Rylee is the most like I was when I was a child. I’m not happy to admit it, but that is not a positive thing. She is very stubborn and quite a bit defiant. No one can tell her what to do. She does what she wants, when she wants. The reason that I have hope is because I was the same way, and look at me now. (What else is there to say!)

Rylee is very smart. Kennedy was always so easy to teach and advanced very quickly with everything. I was quietly a little worried that Rylee was not progressing in quite the same manner. Kennedy was reading to her class in Preschool and Rylee didn’t start reading until the end of Preschool. Kind of a silly way to judge it right! However, Kennedy was almost an entire year older than Rylee was when she went into Kindergarten, because of their birthdays. Anyway my point is, is that Rylee is just as far along. I have very smart children and of that I am very proud.

Rylee is left handed and we think she’s extra special for it. I’m sure it has a little bit to do with her creativity. She is, of all my kids the most creative. She loves doing crafts and is very much a perfectionist. She is also good at figuring things out and is the most patient at things like that. The largest puzzle our family has is 750 pieces. Rylee would sit at the table for hours working on the puzzle, day after day until it was finished and this was over a year ago. (She wasn’t quite 5 yet!)

Rylee is an amazing girl. She will go very far in her life. I am positive she will achieve great things. With all the hardship she gives me, there are way too many positive things about her that I would be very ungrateful if I didn’t tell everyone how blessed I am to have her as my daughter. I wouldn’t want her any other way.

Happy Birthday Rylee! I love you with all my heart.

Friday Rylee picked Chili's for her birthday dinner.






Friday my mom arrived from Connecticut for a weekend visit. Saturday we went to Kanab to visit cousins.