My 12-year-old

 We have celebrated Copper's birthday all week! This Rockstar child of ours turned 12 on the 8th!

Here are 12 wonderful things about Copper. She is humble. She is very patient. She loves to create, whether it be through baking or sewing or crafting or art. She loves space. She loves math and science. She is the best big sister. She is close to God, and it shows in her very being. She is uplifting to others. She has a fantastic smile and laugh. She is an avid reader and loves Harry Potter and pretty much anything else.  She is a good helper. She is the most responsible one in our family, including Tim and i. Haha.

I woke her up at 6:00 in the morning on her birthday to enjoy decorations and a donut breakfast. That afternoon, we went to classic skating and enjoyed rollerblading, laser tag, a climbing gym, bounce houses, and everything else they had. She picked Red Robin for dinner and we celebrated her all evening long.

And yesterday we had some of her friends over for a luau party. They went through 288 water balloons in about 6 minutes, ran around in the heat, ate cake, and enjoyed a lot of laughter together.

Also, the new way of filling up water balloons is the bomb.

Dakota and her selfies...

After the party, we took a few friends with us and went to the Lehi outdoor pool for a few hours.

You can't tell from this picture, but the girls were mega excited to run into Taryn and her friend at the pool. Yay for small town run one with those we love.

Happy 12th to this girl, and happy many many more!