Birthday continued...

We finally completed a week long birthday celebration for Gracie.  She turned 9 on Friday, August 6.  We spent the whole day doing what Gracie wanted.  We went to lunch at a local Mexican restaurant, where Gracie opened her gifts from us.  She got the Bitty Baby doll from American Girl she was just dying to have and some books and a DS game.  After lunch, my mom and I took her to see Ramona and Beezus.  It was such a cute movie.  Gracie had soccer camp all last week, so she had to finish that up Friday night.

Saturday some friends came by and played with Gracie for awhile.  After they left, Gracie and I made her birthday cake.  She chose french vanilla cake with cherry icing and a WHOLE LOT of sprinkles.  It turned out great! 

Sunday, we had a surprise lunch for Gracie.  Several family and friends came over to eat spaghetti (Gracie's favorite) with us.  She had no idea either.  We all ate and played awhile.  The biggest surprise of the whole week was that Gracie's grandma drove up from Georgia to spend the weekend with her.  We didn't tell Gracie she was coming, so it was BIG surprise.  Gracie loved it! 

**I thought I would do something a little different for awhile.  I changed our web picture to a great card we sent out for Gracie's birthday.  A friend of mine designed it, and we thought it turned out fanstastic!