Cora's 12th Birthday

 Cora had a great birthday this year! The big 12! We had her birthday party with friends the weekend before her birthday. She made her own cupcakes for her party, and she decorated them SO cute too!

She had her party at Color Me Mine this year, which was a really fun place to have a party. We started it out with Costco pizza:


Then the girls got to painting their little sculptures:

Then we had cupcakes and sang "Happy Birthday":

She opened presents, and then everyone went home! I sure do love an easy party, and Cora and the girls all seemed to love it:

On her actual birthday she got breakfast in bed- puffy pancakes with Nutella on it, berries, and Cookies and Cream milk from the BYU creamery:

Then she opened her presents!

She got The Selection book series, a new office chair, light purple towels and bath mats for her bathroom, a squishmallow, beads, and a new phone case:

I brought her lunch at school, where her friends all sang to her at the front of the cafeteria, then concocted a very gross "smoothie" in her honor of all the leftover lunch food.

We had her birthday dinner a few days later, since everyone had their activities in the evening on her actual birthday. Dallen and Cami were able to come too! She chose pulled pork, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, crockpot mac and cheese, and watermelon as her dinner. Plus an Oreo blizzard cake from Dairy Queen!

We loved celebrating this young woman! Cora is a kind friend to those who might feel on the fringe, fun to be around, adventurous, always coming up with creative games to play with friends and siblings, determined, and responsible. She loves baking and cake decorating, all things cheer, babysitting, Taylor Swift, light purple, watermelon, smoked meat, and had her dream trip seeing the Eiffel Tower over Spring Break. We love her so much and are so grateful she's in our family!