On September 15th, Maddy entered the realm of young womanhood. She turned 12 and officially can now attend all Young Women and Mutual activities. The day before her birthday the Beehive leaders came to meet her and tell her all about YW, Personal Progress, and For The Strength of Youth, etc... She sat there on the couch between them with a big ol' grin on her face. As I sat across the room and watched, I couldn't help smiling and reminiscing about my days in YW. I am so excited for her and the fun years she has ahead of her. The leaders, Sister Barnhurst and Sister Budge, started asking Maddy what she had planned for her birthday and if she wanted to, but she didn't have to, they were having YW that night. Before they could even finish their sentence, Maddy burst out with "I want to come". Her birthday fell on Wednesday this year, which happens to be mutual night. It also happens to be Cole's swim team night. So, needless to say, we were running like crazy to get all of our activities in for the night. Since Norm is working for the man, which we love, but we miss his flexibility, the kids and I got to Taco Bell (as per Maddy's request) at 5:00 ordered our food and began eating. We waited for Norm and the plan was for him to get his food, go out to the van and open Maddy's presents there. He didn't want to eat so we hustled out to the van and Maddy opened her presents there.
On the request list this year was the number one item of "fancy" scriptures. Maddy has been begging for scriptures with tabs and her name on them for a couple of years. We decided that when they were twelve they would be able to take care of and appreciate a nice set of scriptures. In all honesty, Maddy could have done it at eight but we waited until she was twelve. I Looovvveed that my little girl, turning 12, had scriptures as her #1 top of the list birthday request. She also wanted jewelry and make up. We surprised her with her own flat iron too. She put a little make up on in the car and we sped away to the church to meet everyone there for YW at 5:45. Tenley went with Norm and I took Cole to swimming. Maddy wanted a birthday cake shake from Arctic Circle for her birthday dessert. I was loving her requested food items... no cooking for me! After swimming, Cole and I zipped through the drive up at Arctic Circle and they don't do the birthday cake shake anymore! I was so sad for Maddy. But she was still ecstatic for the Cookie Dough shake. She was beaming after she got home from YW. They went to temple square, took pictures and had treats. Cole heard from another beehive that is in his french class that Maddy didn't stop talking the whole time! I think she had a really fun birthday.
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