Happy Golden Birthday...8years old on the 8th!

We first celebrated with cupcakes in ice cream cones in Rachel's classroom on Friday afternoon.

Unfortunately during the night...early Saturday morning she woke with the stomach flu. We were up 3 times before sunrise...a very ill girl.

Rachel had looked so forward to this birthday...her "Golden Birthday"...when she turned 8 on the 8th in 2008. Too bad she spent all afternoon in bed! We had to cancel her family party on Saturday, as well as her party scheduled with her friends for Sunday.

We did let her open a few gifts when she was up for a while...she was thrilled with her new MP3 player.










When Rachel woke up feeling good on Sunday we decided to get together with Grandmas and Grandpas at Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Paul's house. We had lunch and opened presents.



After she opened some Build-A-Bear gift cards we headed there with the grandmas (including Great-Grandma Rephea) to make a new friend...Pippin the Husky.

We made it back to Grandma's before Jacob and Dad and the grandpa's got into the cake!

Rachel did really well on Sunday...though she didn't eat much. I sure hope nobody gets sick now as she woke up Monday sick again!! So we sit here together resting and watching some Disney channel...hoping we are about done with this illness!!!!