Allie's Birthday Trip

Last weekend, I asked Allie what she wanted to do for her birthday.  I assumed she would ask to go to get ice cream or bowling or a movie.  Her response?

"I want to go see Natalie!"

Good idea!

So I called DeAnn, and we planned a trip north to Ohio!  We left on Friday afternoon, stopped at Denny's for dinner, per Allie's request for chocolate chip pancakes, and arrived late Friday night at DeAnn's.

We spent all of Saturday just hanging out and playing.  The kids had fun playing with cousins, we played games, DeAnn and I got excited about our coupon apps, and of course we watched a horribly awful Hallmark movie.

But most of all, we celebrated Miss Allison!  DeAnn made her a funfetti cake (which sort of fell apart!), and we sang and opened presents.  She got to play with Megan and Natalie, her birthday wish!  I love it.

We left Sunday morning to beat a bad snowstorm that was coming in. Our route takes us straight to Kirtland, so we swung by and saw the temple.  Next time we will do the tour.  I did it last time I was there, but I am excited for Nate to have that experience!  I talked to the kids about what happened there and read from the Doctrine & Covenants about Christ appearing.  It is true, and I felt that confirmed to me once again!

We came home and couldn't wait to see the kitties.  Our sweet neighbor, Lisa, had taken excellent care of them for us.  We really are so blessed with a wonderful neighbor here!