Krysta is 3!!!

We started the party at dinner: when she got the special birthday plate and a birthday hat.

Daddy made this bean bag game-and Tyler and Emalyn kept trying to use their faces for our target practice. Who knew getting hit in the face with a bean bag was so much fun?

Tyler was pretty good-I think he got a score of 250(!!! Awesome). He beat me by 50 points. But Dad beat all of us with 300.

Krysta couldn't stop giggling enough to get many through- I think she did get one though. But that wasn't the point to her- to her it was just to see how much fun you could have throwing each bean bag. It was hilarious to watch her and laugh with her.

See how big she's getting? Oh she's growing up so fast!

Tyler and Emalyn had almost as much fun helping Krysta open her presents as she did! I love this picture of the three of them. (And by the way, if you're missing Russell, it's because he was either eating or sleeping during the whole party. I'll post pics of him soon though. I promise.)

Here is Krysta showing what she got from Tyler and Emalyn, a car (inside the red ball) and a green frog.

Opening presents takes ALOT of concentration!

She was really excited about the next picture-so excited that I never got her to look at the camera.

And the cake....Tyler, Emalyn, Scott and I all helped decorate it. She wanted orange, purple, blue and green on it. So we each did a color and did whatever we wanted with it.

I can't believe our little fairy princess is 3 years old already. It seems like she just joined our family. She is one of my greatest joys. She brings happiness and laughter wherever she goes. And the crazy ideas she gets in her head-like walking into Smith's Food & Drug saying, "Tuuurkeeey...Where are you Turkey? We're HERE for you turkey! Where aaarrrre yoooouuuuu?" over and over at the top of her lungs-well, they alway make me laugh and smile too. She's so smart too-she can count to 10 and even though she knows she is 3 now, she still tells anyone who asks that she's 4. She loves to play with her babies (her own and her new brother Russell) and to color and paint and to play in the snow. She is very helpful with Russell- she gives him lots of kisses and hugs and gets a diaper for him when he needs one, and helps to entertain him when he's sad.

We love our little Krysta!

BTW-Check out the previous post-it's the cutest video of a 3-year-old singing Happy Birthday to herself!