Kenna's 8!

Another princess at our house had a birthday...

On July 3rd little miss Kenna turned 8!!

She was pretty excited as you can imagine because an awfully big event was going to take place on July 9th...

Her Baptism into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Kenna is such a joy to have in our home.

It's fun to see the difference in personality of each of our girls.

Kenna is tender-hearted...

sweet, energetic and a good friend.

We live in a neighborhood with 9 homes and 6 of which have kids right around Kenna's age and this summer ESPECIALLY this is rarely a day that goes by when the doorbell doesn't ring AT LEAST 3 times for Kenna... so she must be pretty fun to play with!!

She is the little gymnast in our family.  And has been doing awesome at piano... and dance... and soccer... and baseball... pretty much well-rounded in all areas!

We don't always know what our little Kenna is thinking,

she doesn't spill her guts as easily as her sisters...

which sometimes comes across as "sneaky". :)

She loves her sisters and is awesome at doing sweet things for all of us with a note left on a "made-bed" or another good deed.

We love that girl!!

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The day before her birthday...  the same day that we also had Tayler's party,

we rented the Wood's pool and the kids all had a blast... and it was definitely an easy party on her mom and dad... Thanks DeAnn!

There was a whole bunch of splashing around by these kids...

and fun presents to open of course...

and pictures with each of her friends...

and cupcakes...

she had a whole bunch of fun.

Kenna's b-day was on a sunday this year so we invited Grandma and Poppa Wegener over for our usual Sunday dinner... pancakes, this time red, white and blue pancakes served on the special "red plate" for Kenna of course.  She loved her new scriptures... and has been reading them every night!  Go Kenna!

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Her baptism was wonderful, so many family and friends there to support her and a Daddy to baptize and confirm her.

We'll always remember that Kenna was baptized for longer than I have ever seen anyone be baptized!

First one of her curls popped out of the water...

and then her leg...

and Shane just kept holding her down until she was completely under...

and I was thinking, "Let her up, let her up."

and then there was an audible gasp when she finally came up smiling from ear to ear!

Apparently Shane did not want to do that twice,

and of course we all joked with Kenna that she was extra clean because she was under the water for so long!!

There were 3 from our ward that were baptized together...  this is cute Brooklyn, we didn't get a picture with Jacoby. :(

A yummy breakfast was held at our house afterwards.  Thanks everyone for helping to make Kenna's day extra special.

We sure do love you Kenna and are proud of your decision to be baptized.

I know that if you follow the example of those around you who love you so much,

and always strive to live the way that your Father in Heaven wants you to,

You will be happy all of your life.

And that is what your parents want the very most for you!

Happy Birthday

We love you Kenna!