abby turned 9...

abby turned 9 on october 18th. her birthday festivities were spread out over about a week, and she loved that! the first thing she did was spend the night with gee and papaw on the tuesday before her birthday. the next day she and gee had brunch at cracker barrel and then did some shopping. on the 21st (dad's birthday) we went to gee and papaw's house for a birthday dinner for papaw. while we were there they gave abby her birthday gifts. she also got her gifts from jenna and jett and memaw and papaw reed.

 we had the "official party" on the saturday after her birthday at our house. abby and i decided it would be fun to do a cooking theme. when the girls came in they decorated their chef hats, then they headed to the kitchen to make pizzas. while the pizzas were cooking we played a fun little game where they had to figure out what kitchen utensils were in a bag (without looking at them). next was the best part...eating the pizzas! we followed that up by opening gifts and then the girls got to decorate their cupcakes and eat those. i think everyone had a fun time.

the last of the birthday fun was the allen family birthday's on sunday. jesse made an amazing cheesecake (abby's request) and abby got lots of great gifts.