This year for Brandon's birthday we celebrated by going swimming without him. He was on a business trip in Minnesota. We missed him a lot while he was gone, but tried to have fun on his birthday to celebrate him.
We were also able to celebrate the first birthday of a little angel baby named Makenzie. She passed away just before turning 5 months old. Her Mom put together an amazing carnival to raise money and awareness of the disease that she had.
I got to volunteer for the event and had a blast making cotton candy. We had a good laugh because it took some getting use to and we didn't always get it looking so attractive on the sticks...its the taste that matters right??
Valerie was very excited to meet Ariel and Tinkerbell, I think she was a little star struck!
She also enjoyed the bounce house, she is still talking about it!
Makenzie's birthday cake was made and donated by an awesome lady in my ward named Jill, to see more of her work click on the Sprinklebelle button to the left.
They let up hundreds of balloons for Makenzie. 
This is Kendra and Ryan, Makenzie's parents. It was so tender to watch them hold each other and cry as they watched the balloons float away. I had to distract myself by taking pictures because I could feel myself loosing it! I have cried many tears for Makenzie and her family, although I never got to meet her, I know what an amazing little spirit she has! I am so grateful I was able to be a part of this amazing event!
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that was such a sweet post. i had such a great time volunteering with you. i keep thinking about all of the cotton candy i ate and feel sick!
i love ryan, kendra and mackenzie. they are such amazing examples to me.
love you!
now it's time for US to go swimming!
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