Eight is Great-Happy Birthday Rachel

Our sweet Rachel is 8 years old, going on 16 some days and 2 other days!  Rachel's smile is the most sparkling one I've ever seen!  She loves soccer, rockstars, playing barbies, polly pockets, legos and restaurant.  She loves to play computer or Caitlin's iPod.  She's a super reader-loves Magic Treehouse series.  She's kind, helpful, smart, beautiful, fun, energetic.  She also is dramatic and knows how to push people's buttons. :)  She just started piano lessons and is loving them.  Rachel always picks fun birthday themes, not your typical girly girl parties.  This year she chose a soccer theme.  She participated in a soccer camp this summer and last and seemed to really enjoy it and wants to play once she's in middle school/high school.  She wanted to go to SkyZone (trampolines) but injured her foot on a trampoline a week and a half before her birthday and it still hasn't quite healed up.  So she decided to go bowling, dinner at Pizza Ranch and a sleep over with her friend MacKenzie.  She didn't have school on her birthday (teacher day) which made it nice to walk to River Rock for a birthday treat to start off her day.  I think it was a successful day and she had her sparkly smile smiling all day!