12 and a YW!

Kayla turned 12 this year.  Oh....my....gosh!  My baby is no longer in Primary...she is finally in Young Women's.  She has been counting the days until her birthday for months now.  She could hardly wait til she was old enough to be in YW.  She was so ready to be done with Activity Days and Primary and get on into the big leagues! 

The day before her birthday the Beehives totally surprised her.  They heart attacked the house and then rang the doorbell.  When she got to the front door she saw all the hearts and no body there.  She ran out to see if she could see who it was and they all jumped out from the side of the house to yell "Happy Birthday".  She was so surprised and thrilled and happy and just in heaven.  I wish I would have gotten a picture of her reaction...it was total surprise and happiness!  Then they kidnapped her to go back to the leader's house for games and ice cream. (A few were missing that night) She came home beaming and so excited!

Then the next day was her birthday.  It is cool she was born during Spring Break so she never has to go to school on her birthday.  Besides, this is a special birthday.  12 is the age when ears are pierced, so she wanted to spend her birthday at the mall getting that done.

She was beyond ready and not nervous at all.  She was surprised that it didn't hurt very much and was so happy to finally have it done.  She can now check that off her list of wants!

Next up, we played Glo Golf.  Us girls had a great time mini golfing in the dark with the black lights.  We loved how the highlights in our hair glowed, as well as the stitching in our shoes, not to mention our teeth and anything else white.  We had a great time.....did both courses.

That night after Daddy came home, we went to Red Robin for dinner.  We were happy to get our normal circle booth in the corner and it made us miss Tyler that much more as that is the booth we always got when he was with us.  It was yummy and fun.

Then home to open gifts.....

And eat chocolate cream pie!

Happy Birthday Kayla!

How exciting that you are 12 and moving on to more adventures in YW.  You are growing up and I can't believe how tall you are getting and how much you are not looking like a little girl anymore.  Have them best time in YW!