This year, she got the American Girl Doll, Kaya. Later, Cassie opened her presents from Grandma and Grandpa Bohn while we webcammed with them,Uncle Ryan and Aunt Kristy. 
It was nice for all of us to talk with them. Cassie and Jessie spent most of the day playing with their dolls. They got online and used the birthday money they got from Grandpa Jones and Grandma and Grandpa Bohn at their favorite store- American Girl. Cassie got to choose her birthday dinner- steak, of course, with as few vegetables as possible.
Cassie chose to try a Neopolitan Cake recipe that I got from my Grandma Jones forever ago and had never tried.
It was so interesting the way the colors swirled when the cake rose.
Cassie wanted to go swimming on Saturday to celebrate, but the weather here has been rainy, again, and we didn't know if it would dump on us, so she chose bowling instead.
I think Cassie got the bowling gene that seems to have skipped a generation. She did really well. At one point, she and Jason decided to do a 'freestyle' frame and bowl backwards. Cassie got a strike out of it. I wish I'd had my camera ready. 
Here's Jason's backwards. He guttered both times, but he didn't have the bumpers to assist him. But then, Cassie followed up her amazing backward strike in the 9th with dropping the ball backward in the 10th. 
It was the only time I saw her do that.
Jessica and Carston used the ramp, and Daddy helped them with the aiming.
By the end of the two games we played, he was getting pretty good at predicting Jessica's ball. Here she is after her spare in the 10th!
Carston started out with Mom's help,
but in the end, he wanted Daddy. Good choice, because Daddy's aim is much better than Mom's. (I love his little bowling shoes.) 
This picture was so funny, because he barely turned around for a second to pushthe ball then turned right back to yell at his sisters. He got a strike in the 10th, and he LOVED giving high fives!
By the end of the two games we played, he was getting pretty good at predicting Jessica's ball. Here she is after her spare in the 10th!
Carston started out with Mom's help,
but in the end, he wanted Daddy. Good choice, because Daddy's aim is much better than Mom's. (I love his little bowling shoes.) 
This picture was so funny, because he barely turned around for a second to pushthe ball then turned right back to yell at his sisters. He got a strike in the 10th, and he LOVED giving high fives!
Jason has bowled a bit more than the rest of us at wing-man activities, and he's getting pretty good.
We had a good time. We need to do more family bowling.
We had a good time. We need to do more family bowling.Cassie is growing up so fast. Too fast. I hope that she and I can remain close as we go through the trials of the next decade. She and Jessie have grown really close since moving here. Jessica has always been lonely when Cassie is gone, but now, if I take Jessie somewhere alone, Cassie has "nothing to do" with her gone. I hope that they can be good friends as they grow up and especially when they are adults. Cassie is a great big sister to Jessica and to Carston. She loves to help and I couldn't have done without her while Jason was out of town a few weeks ago. She loves to read and write. Her imagination is huge. Maybe someday she can write a best seller. She tries really hard to make good choices, and I'm grateful for the way she carries on when I know she'd rather be in Utah right now.
