Aliya's Birthday Party

This year for Aliya's birthday, she wanted to have a hotel-swimming party. So Friday night (December 10th, 2010) Aliya's cousins, aunt, and grandparents from Arkansas joined us at a hotel for a SWIMMING party!!! We swam and swam and swam...then we went back to the hotel room to have cake & ice cream, and then she open up the presents.

I would like to say that we all got a great nights sleep...but that wouldn't quiet me the truth. Some of us got a great nights sleep, and others did not. No matter how we slept, morning arrived anyway... and after a big breakfast, we went swimming AGAIN! The kids had a great time playing in the pool and could have stayed there all day EXCEPT that we still had fun things to do!

After grabbing a bite to eat for lunch, the "big" girls went to a nail salon to have their nails painted. They all were acting so grown up and fancy!

Isaiah and Henry weren't too thrilled to be hanging around such a girlie place, so they had to be bribed with some goldfish and skittles.

Aliya really enjoyed her special party--a party that was made extra special by all the extra special people who joined us for it! Of course, we think Aliya is also very special. She will always be our cutie baby girl with big kissy cheeks!

Happy Birthday, Aliya! We love you bunches!

Daddy, Momma, Niah, Kiahna, & Isaiah