Grins and Giggles (Water Park)

Our family was invited to Emma, my co-worker's niece's birthday party. She is Samoan and in thier culture, the first year is a monumental milestone and is celebrated by going all out. It was more like a reception than a birthday party. Ella won her first ever game of "Musical Chairs" and her face was PRICELESS when she won. She could'nt believe it. She just kept on jumping up and down and doing her "Ella dance" Mama! I won! I WON!! Then Sofia came running over to her and gave her a huge hug and exclaimed, "Oh Ella! I'm so PROUD of you!!" That got a laugh from each and every person there and from that moment on? We were one of the family.

We were so impressed by the way we were welcomed as just one of the family, everyone was so nice and the food?! WOW. It was so good. Then to top it all off, at the hotel where they had the party, there was a water park for kids and everyone got to go in. The girls were ecstatic and had a blast. I feel very blessed to have friends like Voni and Bill who make it so easy to love them!