Ally turned 7!

Ally is 7 years old!  It's hard to believe that the years have gone by so quickly!  It seems like just yesterday that we were living in Shelby waiting on her arrival.  Now we have a 7 year old who is getting ready to start 2nd grade.  She is such a joy to her dad and me.  She loves to help, especially with Megan.  These have been 7 wonderful years.  I'm looking forward to many more!

Ally's birthday celebration has been going on for months now!  I say this because we had a birthday sleepover before we left Texas in May.  She really wanted to be able to celebrate her birthday with friends, and since we were moving and school wouldn't have started by then, we weren't sure if she would have any in Michigan in time.  She invited her 3 closest friends-Kate, Katie, and Ava-for pizza, arcade, a movie, cake, and a sleepover!  They had a blast!

We went to Strikes.  We were going to bowl until we found out that it was an hour and a half wait!  The girls were happy enough to just play a lot of video games!

the sleepover crew + Drew

Ava, Ally, Katie, and Kate with all of Ally's new gifts

Ally had a Coldstone ice cream cake.  The girls all decorated it before we ate it.  As usual, Ally was shy while we were singing "Happy Birthday."

The girls really are in there!  They actually did sleep, after we asked several times!

And onto the "real" birthday...

Ally and Megan watched Miley Cyrus on the Today Show.

Ally's cake-She wanted butterflies, wildflowers, and pets.  I was able to make a cute dog and 2 not so cute horses (I think they looked more like dogs too!).

The kids played in the basement at her birthday party before pizza.

And the shy cake face again...

Megan was a happy girl-especially when Nana was holding her!

Ally's big gift was an ipod.  She was absolutely thrilled!  I know she'll get a lot of use out of it!

Drew gave her a tasty science kit.  They are both excited about using it!

What is a party without a pinata!?!  We let all of the kids hit it with a bat (yes...indoors).  Then we decided to finish it by pulling the strings.  Much easier!

the mad candy dash!

Ally with the flowers and balloons that Coach sent her (and her ipod-of course!)

Think they're sisters!?  Megan has the 2 teeth that Ally has lost!

Ally was all smiles!  She had a great night!

The Lions played Indy on her "real" birthday.  The girls were ready to head to the game.

Ally, Nana, and Megan were ready to cheer on the Lions!

Megan had fun playing with all of the kids and eating pretzel rods during the game.

Ally at the game-with her ipod!  She was so excited because Jeremiah was able to get her name on the big screen for her birthday.  Unfortunately I was not quick enough to take a picture!

Gotta have those birthday spankings-7 + 1 to grow on!

Birthday dinner at Pei Wei.  We tried to go to PF Chang's, but it was too busy!  We'll go another night!  She was happy anyway!

The three kids in Ally's new chair.  She loves having a big comfy chair in her room.

Happy birthday Ally!  We love you so much!