Happy 8th Birthday, Brynn!

Happy 8th Birthday to our Brynnie girl! It sure seems like we just celebrated her 7th.

She wanted to have her friend party at Chuck E Cheese. Brynn was excited that Grandma Laurie, Reagan, Elise and Tessa attended as well (aka Grandma and Auntie helped Mom keep her sanity). It was pretty chaotic, but Brynn seemed to have a great time.

Videos:

Happy Birthday from Chuck E

Happy Birthday to Brynn

Getting ready for the ticket blaster with Grandma. The birthday kid gets a round in the ticket blaster and to choose a 'friend' to go in too. Grandma scored the 1000-point ticket. Success!

Video: Ticket Blaster

On Saturday we had Brynn's family party at home. As usual, she received so many nice gifts. Her theme this year was Winter Wonderland.

Video: Blowing out candles

My best friend, Amanda, came to the party with her daughter and Clara's buddy, Adria.

Thank you to everyone for all the gifts and birthday wishes and to my sister for taking pictures!

Comments

carrington said…

Super party weekend! Brynnie looks so grown up.

January 11, 2016 at 11:26 PM

Anonymous said…

Super cute pics; yay Chuckie!

AN

January 12, 2016 at 10:52 AM

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