Birthday Festivities....a few days late

So the big surprise for E's b-day was taking her to get her ears pierced. Shes been asking since she was about 7ish and we told her probably not till she was 12. Well, we moved it up 2 years. Kirk was reluctant, but then thought 10 was ok for E. She was so surprised and very excited/nervous. Here she is picking out her earrings. The birth stone for April is the diamond. Nice!!!
Good old mom being the moral support. I was excited for her!
2nd ear. She was a little more nervous for this one. She knew what was coming.
Finished product. Lobes are a little red, but they look great!
E got to decide where we went for her b-day dinner so she chose Applebees. This was her as they were singing happy birthday to her.
How nice. Sharing the part she didnt like with her sister. Havent found anything yet that ES wont eat. Thats my girl!
kirk made himself a cool scripture case out of leather a while ago. E's broke and shes been wanting him to make her one for a while so Kirk surprised her with one fo r her b-day. She was very excited about that.
E modeling her new scripture case, and the proud creator.
E wanted to go swimming for her b-day party. So here we go....

R doing her usual sassy stance to her daddy!

E with her friends she invited to the party. Poor A. He was the only boy there their age. It was cool though, hes pretty smooth with the ladies. Except the 2 who are his cousins....of course!
Of course they had to be silly....kids....
Love my ES! She smiles like I did when I was little, except she doenst have people telling her shes smiling wrong. I love it!
With those life jackets on, they could just lay there and the river would pull them along. It was funny. Kirk or I had to follow behind. That got old really fast. Love A and I in the background.
There could not be two better freinds, and being cousins makes it even better. These 2 love each other so much!
The only cakes E likes are Angel Food and Pound cake, so we had that with yummy smooshed up strawberries on top. For sure my fav-o-tite desert!