So, I can't all the credit for the grumpy face Courtney has on the morning of her birthday but I will happily take some of the credit. Our kids get a cell phone on their 12th birthday. Ethan and I thought it would be fun to set the calendar on her phone to remind her of her birthday...with a really loud alarm at midnight! Hahaha! So we set the alarm (it's the same phone Ethan has so he helped me set the alarm) and then after her friends left from the friend party, Ethan distracted Courtney while I slid the phone under her bed. We anxiously waited to hear her alarm go off at midnight and see her face but...nothing happened. I wasn't woken up by an angry/excited Courtney and I didn't hear the alarm.
Saturday morning I was worried and trying to figure a backup plan. I was going to call her when her birthday donut was ready so her phone would make noise under her bed. But before I could do that, this came out of her room...
She said I wasn't funny and that the alarm had gone off, she had found the phone, shut it down and then gone back to sleep. What a disappointment! But once she woke up she was excited about the phone. It's not a smartphone but it still calls and texts, so what else does a 12-year-old need?!
Our tradition is a Texas-sized donut for the birthday, The woman at the bakery got a little carried away with roses and everything but Courtney loved it!
I love the crinkly nose when she bites it!
This is the Beehive door in the daylight.
We took dinner over to my parent's house for Courtney's birthday dinner. Bryan grilled the chicken and we had salad, mashed potatoes, and cake/ice cream. Courtney didn't want a fancy cake, which was fine with me. She had chocolate and vanilla cupcakes at her party but I only baked enough for the guests. The rest of the batter I combined and made a half chocolate and half vanilla cake for her.
After dinner, we sang to her and she blew out the candles.
Then she got to open presents and she was very happy.
She got the hair straightening brush she wanted!
When we got ready to leave it started to hail. It was crazy how fast the rain and hail came down. We tried to wait it out but we finally decided we had to get home because the kids had school the next day. So we braved the storm and the roads were crazy. We drove home in a river until we got to the IFA store in St. George and then the rain let up and the roads didn't even look wet. Crazy weather.
Courtney loves rainy weather so this was a good birthday for her.
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