Eight

This little girl is now eight years old!  And what an amazing little girl.  She's a bundle of joy, frustration, intelligence, laughter, tears and smiles all rolled into this adorable package.  In the past year Jillian has continued with gymnastics (and can now climb the rope all the way to the top), joined Brownies with a bunch of her good friends and started horseback riding which she adores more than anything.  She started grade 3 this year with several good friends in the same class, and has a really nice teacher.  It's been a good year!

A birthday party is planned for the first week of January.  And not just any birthday party, a slumber party with her closest friends.

We started out in the morning in with our traditional birthday kid opening presents first thing in the morning. On Jillian's birthday we had no plans and told her she could pick our family activity.  She picked snow tubing.  We got up early and headed north to the ski hill for a morning of sliding down the hills at a really high speed.

 

After stopping to eat and warm up on our way home from the ski hill, it was home for wii play and cake.  Nana & Granda joined us for the family fun.

Making a wish on her birthday candles.

My wish is Jillian has a fantastic year ahead filled with family, friends & fun!