Happy Birthday Kathryn!

Kathryn turned 11 in Sept. How time flies! We had a great time on her birthday. We opened a few presents in the morning and then finished them off that evening. We left for the river to camp for the rest of the week the next day. We celebrated all weekend with GAF, river rafting, shopping, camping and lots of fun. Kathryn is a blessing to our family. She is smart, kind, super funny and very responsible. Recently she asked if she could work at the local dog pound. Since she is not 16 yet, they said she could volunteer there if a parent came with her. She has been an asset to them as she plays with the animals, combs hair, cleans cages, and washes dishes. It has been so fun for me to see her rise to the challenge and have such a good time doing it. Kathryn has joined a speech club this year and is doing really well with it, she loves it. Since Jacob has early morning seminary this year and I don't get home with him until 7:15am, Kathryn has taken over making breakfast for the family each morning. She is doing a great job and it is so fun to see her growing up. As she reminds me, only 1 more year until she gets to be in YW. She is an amazing person and we are all blessed to have her in our family. Kathryn got a bunch of fabric, some clothes, jewelry making stuff and a hammock. For her birthday party she wanted to take a few friends to the river for a day of rafting. Here are pictures from her big day as well as a video of her party that she made for her friends. She is so fun! Unfortunately the audio on the movie will not come up because it is a bunch of really great songs that are copyrighted....