olive's sixth birthday

 sunday was olive's birthday

i was pretty worried it would be hard to make it special away from home, staying at kyles

but we brought her presents with us and made it as special as possible

she loved all the gifts we got her 

(lots of the target version of american girl. she and hazel are really into them lately)

 she is the cutest

 after breakfast and presents we were going to go to snoqualmie falls with my siblings

but it wasn't great weather and wasn't really happening

so we went to redondo beach as a family

olive completely loved it

 there was a volunteer from the seattle aquarium there who showed them cool things

and taught them a lot

 henry, olive and noah definitely loved it the most

eleanor was a little nervous (per usual) and hazel was antsy to go, too

 holding a starfish was definitely a highlight

 time to go

 we changed clothes in the car on the way to church

and made it to sacrament in debbie's ward

i had to snap a few pictures afterward of everyone in their red white and blue

i made olive this dress using the same fabric i used to make her first fourth of july outfit 

when she was just a day old

 always posing..

 i guess they weren't feeling it

but they sure looked cute

 noah took our picture, too

that afternoon and evening we hung out at monica's for a joint birthday party 

for olive and ryan hoffmann

it was a lot of fun

it's hard to believe she's 6 and going into first grade soon

she is fun, loud, active and makes our lives full

we wouldn't have it any other way

happy birthday, olive b!