Kira Turns Eight and the Fire Drill!

Our Kira Grace was born eight years ago. I went into labor around 6:00 p.m. on April 28th and she was born at 3:04 p.m. on April 29th, that is 21 hours of labor. It was a hard labor and delivery but of course our sweet Kira was well worth all the pain and worry! Kira is just so amazing. I know I'm her mother but I really feel like I would love her even if she wasn't my little girl. Kira is very nice and very smart. Kira loves everyone and everything. Kira is a great fried and a great big sister, she cares about all her friends and Josh.

Kira loves to talk and ask questions, she is always thinking. Kira thinks about things I don't think many eight year olds think about. One example is about a month ago Kira asked why we never had fire drills in church. Kira noticed an old lady who had a difficult time going up the stairs to the podium. Kira asked us how would our ward know how to evacuate if we had a fire, who would help the old people out of the building. Kira said we should really have a fire drill to practice. We happen to sit in front of the bishops family every Sunday in Sacrament meeting, the bishops wife told Kira that she should tell the bishop. Brave little Kira did tell the bishop, she talked to the bishop a lot about it. Today we had that fire drill (a special for Kira's birthday)

our ward at the fire drill complete with cookies and lemonade!

Everyone in the ward was really happy with this surprise and the bishop was telling anyone who asked that it was Kira's idea.  

Kira planned her birthday celebration.  Yesterday we got together with Nana and Gramps and Grandma and Grandpa Allen. We went bowling at Provo Beach Resort and had pizza at Nicolitlias. I know Kira is related to her Grandpa Field, when she chooses pizza for her birthday celebration dinner and then for her actual birthday dinner chooses homemade bacon cheeseburgers.  We had a blast bowling

Today was pretty relaxed we had church, the kids started children's choir again. We came home opened her presents, had dinner and watch Harry Potter. Next week is Kira's big week with her baptism on Saturday.

We love our Kira. We our so happy she is in our family.  Kira is just so great!