Hailey is Now Officially a Young Woman!

About a week ago Hailey had her twelfth birthday!  She has been anxioously awaiting the day since she was the only girl left in Primary and was the only girl that didn't get to go to girls camp this year. Bo also told her she'd be able to see some PG-13 movies now (I'm not sure how I feel about that). Movies like Star Wars and Harry Potter that she can't wait to see, I guess I'm okay with those ones. :)

It has been fun to watch Hailey mature this past year.  She's learned to be quite responsible and I've learned I can depend on her with many things.  She's also a great little baker.  She loves baking and it's fun to watch her put a recipe together and see what comes out.  Everyone loves this little hobby she is developing.  Hailey has also gone from putting things everywhere to being organized.  Her room is clean all the time.  She's also really a great cleaner and would literally clean all day.  She even cleans out her backpack and pencil holder. :)  The only catch is that Hailey only likes to clean if she can listen to audiobooks while she does it.  I'm good with that for the most part.

Hailey's birthday was fun and I had a great time getting her gifts.  She had a party with friends at the warehouse the Friday before.  All she wanted to do was eat junk food and watch a movie, so that's what they did.  After the movie they had a blast playing tag too.

We had a family party on her birthday and that's when she got to open her presents.  She had a lot of fun opening up gifts and eating the cake and ice cream!

Since she turned 12 on her birthday she got to go to mutual.  It was Young Women in Excellence so Bo and I got to go to her first mutual with her.  I'm sure she was super excited about that, haha.  But, we had fun learning about personal progress and even passed off a couple of items.

Hailey, you are such a smart, creative, gorgeous girl inside and out.  I can't imagine life without you! Thanks for always being such a great gal and big help.  You are also such a patient older sister to all of these boys in our house you are truly amazing!

Happy 12 Birthday young lady!  I can't wait to see what's around the next corner...