Adelia's 6th Birthday

We didn't want to do a real "party" but did want to get together with some friends at the pool.  With the promise of ice cream and a good time, we met at the Payson swimming pool with her good buddies from Santaquin and their families.

She also was surprised with a fairy themed cake (tied into the birthday present she didn't know about yet either) but the cake toppers were part of her other present :)

That night Daddy came up to Santaquin and we went out to dinner at one of our most favorite restaurants, Tadka, for some Indian food (per Adelia's request)

 We were all a little damp and sunburned.  Signs of a fun day at the pool

 Dinner proved to be too exhausting after a busy day of swimming.  Linaya fell fast asleep mid chicken tikka masala

Saturday morning the girls woke up to a birthday surprise that was actually for all of them.  They were totally intrigued. 

 "Come see us in Disneyland this September!"  We decided to tell the girls our plans for our family vacation.  The previous year's vacation happened to fall during Tianna's birthday and this year my cousin's wedding in California is when we planned to take a trip to Disneyland... we had later found out it would be the same week as Tianna's birthday again..  Not wanting it to seem like she gets more special birthday's, we felt it was best to make Adelia's birthday the time for the big announcement.

 Adelia's birthday present was a fairy house... it already outgrew it's container though.

 This picture doesn't really belong, but it was so cute I had to post it somewhere! Sweet little kitty cat!

Not birthday related, but a party anyhow, this was our going away spa party we held with our neighbor friends before we started spending more time in Price than in our home in Santaquin.  We truly miss all of these wonderful friends.
Tianna's best friends were Anna Smith and Ellie Roberts. Their mom's, Karen and Casey, were my really good friends too! 

Adelia's best friend was Anna's sister, Maya. 

Next door was my best friend Robyn Marchant and her little girl, McKinley was Linaya's best buddy.  Robyn's older daughter, Kassidy was between Tianna and Adelia and was super close to both of them.  

Our friends came over and we soaked our feet, did mediteranean salt scrubs, painted our nails and sat and giggled..... eventually we ended up with really big wet, soggy messes from the foot baths, but it was worth every spilled drop.  We sure are blessed with amazing friends. 

 That night the pampered princess slept very well. 

Our spa party was our last HURRAH before we packed up our clothes and what we needed to live at my parent's house for the remainder of the summer.    

Our first night in Price I went on a walk with Joy, my sister in law, and our friend Mindy on the Price River walk.... the beautiful sunset was a warm welcome "home" and a gentle reminder that we would find happiness wherever we called home. 

(not that I worried, I grew up in Price and looked forward to living by our families... it was just hard to give up so many people and things we loved about our other home.)