Yesterday was Elisabeth's Birthday...she turned 14! We love our "Bethy" and we are so glad that God has allowed us to be her parents.
Kami and the girls went to Shell Beach yesterday morning to take Beth's birthday pictures and did a great job.
We had a wonderful day for her birthday! In our family, our birthday is really a special day. The birthday person gets to plan out the day. You can choose anytime to opens your gifts (which is normally first thing in the morning!) and you get to decide when you want to have your birthday cake...for some, it's for breakfast and for others it is later in the day. The birthday person gets to choose the meals for the day and also gets to choose the kind of birthday cake/pie that they want their momma to make. There is no school in honor of the birthday person (our kids really love celebrating their siblings' birthdays because they also get to skip school!) and the birthday person also gets out of all of their chores for the day. We play the games they want to play and watch any special movie that they want to watch. It always makes for a fun "family" day!
Here was Beth's Day:
-she ordered chocolate mousse cheesecake for her birthday which she ate after dinner.
-she opened her gifts first thing in the morning
-for lunch she chose fresh subs and frito corn salad
-for dinner she chose baked potatoes, Arkansas green beans, and grilled steak strips.
-we played the family game Cadoo and watched Little House on the Prairie
-Beth then chose to have some quiet time to read a book
It was a great day! Happy Birthday Elisabeth!
