Ashley's birthay with friends

 Two of her classmates came home with us-they played

 we all 4 had pedicures

 went to the pool

 and ate Ashley's requested pink lemonade cookies, along with popcorn, and pink goldfish!

 Then they had a sweets shop that sold ice cream and other treats.  The boys were happy to be customers but wished the treats were real!  Can't believe our littlest is 7! 

Funny to think that almost half her life to this point was lived in the Philippines and much of what happened before our time there, she was too little to remember!  We went with all the cousins to Kennesaw University (where our brother in law works) to a July 4th family carnival in the summer of 2014 when we were home visiting.  We were trying to get the 9 kids quiet, standing, and listening when they played "The Star Spangled Banner."  Ashley looked up at me to say "that's not the national anthem."  I laughed as I was telling her that is not the Philippine one you hear played at your school activities but the American one.