Emily's 8th Birthday Party

Well, I'm not 100% sure why we did this, but we decided to have Emily's birthday party on the same day as she was baptized.  I'm SO glad we did though, because it all came together and it was all done in one fell swoop!
Emily wanted to have a Merida (from the movie Brave) party and it turned out so cute.  We did archery first.  Some of the girls were slow to get the hang of it, but once they did there was no stopping them.

 Em's best friend, Sarah, who was also baptized on the same day as Em

 Ashley got into the spirit of the party and ran and put her Merida costume on for the party.

 Merida was even there.

 I thought of having a treasure hunt by following the wisps around the house.  The girls LOVED it!!

 Then Kenny had the genius idea to dress up as the witch and have a cauldron bubbling and then give each girl a "tart".  They were so enraptured by the "witch" and few were nervous to eat their tart. :-)

 We sang Happy Birthday, had pizza and cupcakes and then it was present time.  

 She got so many cute things and had a blast.

 We ended the party with a pinata.  Emily had been wanting one for years and we finally gave in and did one.  It was fun.

Ashley even enjoyed herself and didn't freak out that she wasn't getting presents.  It was a wonderful party and such an amazing day!!  Happy Birthday, Em!!