Kiera turns 6!!!

What a crazy fun last couple weeks! We returned on Wed. from spending an incredible week at my sister Tami's in Duluth along with my sister Lisa, daughter Rylee, and my mom. Ryan had his annual Winter retreat, Kiera had no school, so we headed North! We picked up the WA folk in Minneapolis on the way and decided that relaxing was our only agenda for the week. The kids had a blast playing together and the adults had fun just catching up on life and sharing many side splitting laughs! It was so fun to go ice skating, roller skating, sledding, eating meals out together, having movie nights, and just enjoying family. It was so fun to see my niece who wasn't walking the last time we saw her. She was so much fun to play with and cuddle! They grow up way too fast! Oma spoiled us tons and we look forward to seeing them again this summer sometime! We headed home to a weekend full of birthday celebrations!

Kiera turned 6 yesterday and was one spoiled little girl! We decided that since this was her first year in school, we would have a party and invite the girls in her class. Since Kiera brings home 2 Fancy Nancy books every week from the library, we decided on throwing a Fancy Nancy Tea Party. I am proud to say it was a HUGE success!!! The girls arrived in their fabulous attire and had a divine time! We had a photo booth, lots of crafts to do, some games, and finished the party off with parfaits! I really enjoyed getting ready for this party and it was fun to see the girls having such a fun time together. On Sunday the Link clan came over for spaghetti (Kiera's favorite) and parfaits. It was fun being together and celebrating Uncle TJ's birthday as well as Kiera's.

The highlight of the weekend for Kiera was being able to get her ears pierced on Saturday. The tradition in the Rouw family is that at age 6 you can get your ears pierced. I decided to continue this tradition and Kiera and I had been talking about it the past couple months. I wasn't sure if she would follow through and told her she didn't have to get it done, but she really wanted to. I was so proud of her and she looks so grown up now in her earrings!!! Even Grandma got to be a part of the experience and we so appreciated her help this weekend!

Enjoy these pictures!!!

Our Teapot cupcakes



Fancy Kiera

Brothers who were not too excited to be in the picture...they just wanted to eat cupcakes
Our Fancy Nancy tea party set up
They got to decorate their place mats, each utensil had a jewel on it, Kiera made name tags, and they made their own fans to add to their ensemble.
I was very proud of the photo booth...it turned out really cute!
Most of the girls (Ryan's mom brought hats for them all to wear)
These 2 girls just cracked me up. They asked if they could pose for the picture...talk about some attitude!!!
My plan is to use the pictures as thank you notes
Playing the "Packing for Paris" relay...pretty excited!
Decorating their placemats

Opening gifts
One of the parfaits
Getting ready for the ear piercing
The finished product!
The Van Hulzen cousins singing cha cha cha rah rah rah....
Kiera and her Mrs. Hight at her birthday celebration at school. We brought popcorn balls to celebrate! They were a hit!
Her brothers enjoying the school snack at their own table...they thought they were big stuff!
Our precious birthday girl! We love you so much Kiera!!!!