Eleven~

My sweet baby girl is eleven! I can't even fathom it anymore, I just have go with it. She is for sure a sweet young lady now and we just couldn't be more proud.

This was the day after her first beach trip with the middle school youth group and you can see her nose and cheeks got kissed by the sun. I sent her covered in sunscreen and made her promise to slather more on every hour, but her nose and cheeks got sun anyway. She was so tired and happy when she came home.

For her birthday she chose to go to California Pizza Kitchen. She got some nail polish pens and a gift card. We had gone clothes shopping earlier in the week for her big present.

My girl!

She chose to have Sweet Arleen's cupcakes at home. Sweet Arleen's has won the cupcake challenge on Food network. I actually think we like the ones from Livlee Bakery better that we had for Jeff's birthday which I don't think I blogged about. That was a weird sentence. I am pretty tired.

The week after we were able to celebrate with the Thiesens at Tahoe Joe's. They got Mikayla that beautiful necklace she's wearing.

Another birthday "cake."

We rounded out her birthday in Bakersfield with the Hierlmeiers.

More cake!

Mikayla and sweet Natalie. The oldest and youngest girl grandkids. Mikayla is wearing the shirt and earrings she picked out with her AE gift card from Aunt Kelly.

Mikayla and Grammie! Grammie and RuthAnn got her some cute shirts from Justice that she loved!

Mikayla is 5 feet 3.5 inches tall now! She can wear my shoes if she wants. She is growing way too fast, but is still our beautiful, creative, kind, dramatic girl. She is the best sister to Landen and even though they won't admit it she and Zach are best friends.

We love you Mikayla Paige!