We enjoyed celebrating Miss Alexanna, AKA Xanna, AKA Lexa over a several-day-period. McKaylee came to help celebrate the 3 April birthdays, the kids had archery on her birthday & she had to work, so not a lot of time that day. Welcome to adulthood. 😊
We are so grateful for the beautiful young woman Lexa is becoming, inside & out. She loves kids & animals, has a wonderful green thumb, writes funny stories & is enthusiastic about everything she throws herself into. She is looking forward to getting baptized in June (at her 18th bday/graduation open house).
While being on our “diet” has been challenging for the kids, birthdays have been the hardest. I tried to make some special, old favorite foods. Some were a success, some not as much. But it was a blessing to have a little something special. 🥰
The picture doesn’t do justice to the flowers, the tulips are a beautiful pink with fringes! And a pink hyacinth bulb on the right. Lexa loves her flowers 😍Grant picked this one out to add to Lexa’s collection. He said it looked the most alien. 😊Lexa wanted some headbands that were cloth & wide. I couldn’t decide which ones, so we bought her 2 packs of 10 or 12 & I told her she could pick which one she liked best. She kept them both. Glad she likes them & they look great on her. 😊McKaylee (sporting her new hairdo – she wanted to dye her hair blue for her 21st birthday that is coming up later this year) gave Lexa the game Herd Your Horses. McKaylee has the game & knew Lexa had wanted a copy. Lizzy made this AWESOME cake…a GF DF carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. The whole family approved – although it was super sweet!! We’ll definitely cut back on the sugar next time we make it. She was surprised! 😮We surprised Lexa with carrot cakeLucas wanted to make a cake also, so he made banana bread “cake” & Lizzy helped him put the rest of the cream cheese frosting in between the layers.Cake for breakfast 2 days in a row!Keira made Lexa some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies – this one has a smiley face. (Also note Lexa’s shirt – “I was normal three cats ago” & she’s holding 5 furry friends) 😸 Oma & Opa sent some beautiful picture frames & some fun bags. Lexa takes some great pictures, what a fun gift. Thanks Opa & Oma!Ellenor gave Lexa some pictures Lexa opened this card & some money slipped into her lap. Ellie was watching & excitedly said, “Look, money!” (Can you see her finger pointing?)We surprised Lexa with some homemade GF DF corn dogs. They weren’t perfect & sadly some got overcooked & dried out, but still fun to try & have something that was something of a favorite comfort food (she didn’t eat this many, I just wanted a picture of her with the plate of them) 😄Lexa approved! Yay!Ellie liked them also!
Happy 18th birthday, Lexa!!Love, Aunt Kim & Uncle Carl
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Happy Birthday Lexa!!
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Special pictures and celebration for a special girl!