Happy 14th Birthday, Allia!

We did a little celebrating this weekend and the rest today when we could. Allia opened what family gifts there were this morning, many shipments were delayed thanks to Harvey's aftermath. We made cinnamon rolls and cookie cake, and Pawpaw took her out for sorbet. We had a 4H meeting this evening, and I made cupcakes for the whole group (I baked 98 cupcakes total...including a few to keep!). They sang Happy Birthday to her after the meeting. It is always a blessing to celebrate one of our family members.
Allia is growing up so quickly! One of the kids said, "Hey, next year she will get to start driving." I nearly fainted. ;)

(We have some new neighbors who happen to have girls the same age as these two, and in their unpacking/cleaning out they passed on some cute teen/preteen dresses to us.)

Really, it is a gift to watch our Allia growing into a young lady. She is so helpful and responsible (Cecilia loves to be held by her!), she loves to bake and craft (hence, her party) she is enjoying her new group in swim team, learning a lot in school and generally just making us very proud. Cheers to another year!