Emily's 14th Birthday

About a week an a half ago, Emily turned 14!  All she has been talking about for months is that all she wants for her Birthday is a new room.  So a few days before her Birthday we went shopping at IKEA.  She had done all her pre-shopping online and knew exactly what she wanted.  When we got to the store, she told me the approximate price tag of her pre-selected items.  It was pretty laughable.  I suggested we forgo all pre selected notions and go for a stroll through the bedroom displays, find something she liked, and try our best to reproduce it within our modest budget.  She found the above room and fell in love.  Her room is pretty darn close to this.  Steve still has to make her headboard, and we haven't hung anything on the wall, but the bed is an exact replica (even down to the throw pillows that my mom made for her).  She selected different night stands which I actually like better than the ones in the room above.  Once we have it all finished we will post pictures.  I thought we could walk in IKEA, spend a few hours shopping, walk out and drive home.  Oh, was I wrong!  We were there forever!  Steve met us there after work.  By the time we left we were all famished so we took Emily out to Cafe Rio for dinner.  

On her actual Birthday my mom made her the dinner of her choosing.  She chose fettuccine alfredo with shrimp.  Can I just say- best shrimp alfredo I have ever had!  My mom made it with fresh shrimp (and she did not skimp on the shrimp).  It was so delicious.

 Instead of cake Em requested banana cream pie.

The day after her Birthday she had a party with some friends.  They went to see her friend Kelsey in the production of the Little Mermaid.

Then they came back to our house for pizza and a movie.

Kelsey, still in character.

They had cake and watched Catching Fire.

 Instead of blowing out her candles, Emily put them each out individually with her fingers.

The next morning, our family was cleaning the church when the Mia Maids came to kidnap her and take her out to breakfast and welcome her to their class.