In usual Hall Family Tradition, Brittnee got 3 birthday parties! One for the Waters Family, one for Hall Family, and one for our family! We went to Utah and after the bridal shower and dress fitting we did bday celebrations. For the Waters party we had cheesecake and presents on Friday night! 
Saturday we had dinner and cake at Halls! Brittnee's cousin Jared turned 9 on the 7th so we had a double party! 
We all had a great time at the parties! Britt got lots of fun presents! We love having big families with big parties! We headed home Saturday after the party! We brought Kali home with us! She got to go to church with us on Sunday!
Then on Monday morning my baby girl woke up and was 11 years old!
Britt had a fun morning! She woke up to balloons, streamers and presents! She got a lot of fun stuff. Her big present was 2 tickets to Miley Cyrus coming in concert on Sept 29! Britt was super excited! Later that day we ate lunch at Sonic! 
We saw "EARTH" for our summer movie!
That night we took the kids to LEO's pizza place. They love it there!
After Leo's we went home! For dessert Britt didnt want cake. She wanted Sugar Cookies! I stopped at Great Harvest and got her big Snickerdoodle cookies! They were soft and yummy!
It was great for Britt to be able to spend her birthday with Kali! We kep Kali until Wednesday!
We cannot believe Britt is 11! These years have flown by! She is growing too fast! She is a beautiful sweet girl and we are so lucky to have her in our family!Sorry for the delay in posting. I have been trying to get us all ready to start school! I cant believe summer is over. I will post First Day of School pictures soon!
Loves and hugs to all,
emily
Seeing Britt with her hair done and that dress on just made my heart jump! I thought Britt looked so beautiful and grown up. I just wanted to cry. She is growing up to fast! All that I could think of was "so this is what Prom preparation will be like". Aahhh I was definitely having some anxiety! I am so not ready for that yet! But I am a proud Mommy and I think Britt is beautiful! I can hardly wait to see both girls in their dresses and their hair done! It will be unforgettable! 
Then on Monday we got up and made scrambled eggs for breakfast! It was yummy! Why does food always taste so good when you cook it outside? Then we went down to the Hot Pools (that are about 5 mins from where we set up the tent) and spent the day swimming! There are a total of 3 "pools" that you can swim in. The first pool is a 82* fresh water pool that has a diving board and next to it has a slide. At first the kids were scared to try it. Then Dave took them each one by one and they ended up loving it. Britt was slower to try and like it but once she did she was a sliding queen! The other pool is a warm pool. You have to walk around the building to get to it but it is nice. It is a "natural" warm pool so we were a little overwhelmed by the rotten sulfur smell. But it was a relaxing 92* degrees! And your nose grows a little accustomed to the smell! Then there is a hot pool that is smaller and stinkier but it was a delightfully warm 105* mineral pool! It was great! We swam for 3 hours then went back to camp for lunch, swam for another 2 hours, then had hobo dinners at camp and then went back for another 2 hours! It was a little rainy the last few hours so we stayed in the warm pool and then showered. Its so nice to shower while camping!
Tuesday morning we got up, ate poptarts, loaded everything up and went home! It was a fun trip! It was so close to home but far enough to be in the mountains. Gotta love Idaho! I hope to make this a little family tradition! We also want to go to the HOT pools sometime in the winter! It would be fun to sit in the hot pool while it lightly snows! But we can wait at least 4 more months for that! After the camping trip we headed to Utah for some more fun! But that's another post! 
My sweet baby girl turns 11 today and I am amazed and 
