On August 3, my Hallie turned 12 and joined me in YW as a beehive. I think she is really thrilled that I get to be in there with her. ;-) She was more than ready to be out of primary and thrilled that she didn't have to be in the primary program this year. I think last year she just stood up there with an "I can not believe I have to be standing up here" look on her face the whole time and didn't really sing a word, even though it looked like she might be singing a little bit. I think the highlight of being in YW so far was that she was able to do baptisms for the dead about a month after she turned 12. She really enjoyed being in the temple and serving the Lord.
She continues to have a very lively personality and isn't afraid to speak her mind and let her opinion be known. She has always been this way and I really wouldn't have it any other way. Its what makes her who she is and I think she is pretty great. She works hard in school--straight A's all through sixth grade and again the first quarter of seventh grade. She played volleyball this year and did really well. She had one of the best serves on the team and played well all around. I'm very proud of her!
One of the pictures I am posting is of her birthday cake. On it, I wrote "Frip on Tuesday". What is the word Frip, you might ask? Well, the story goes that, once, Jim and some of the kids were playing Boggle and someone wrote down the word Frip. They all knew that it wasn't a word, but Hallie and Kenedy thought it was the funniest word they had ever seen. They started using it to replace just about any word. Hallie says the definition of "frip" is...whatever the frip you want it to be. She is so crazy! For awhile, she and Kenedy used it all the time, but I haven't heard it used in quite some time. Maybe it has been retired. One can only hope.
For Hallie's birthday, we went to the Mongolian grill for dinner. We go to one by Jim's office, so we met him there right after he was done with work. He surprised her by having her new bike put together for her when we pulled into the parking lot. She was very excited! I think she had a great birthday and she deserved it. I love my Hallie!
A couple of Hallie's friends came over one day and curled Hallie's hair. Isn't she beautiful!
