A Belated Birthday Post

Megan turned 13 on Sunday. It was somewhat anti-climatic, as all Sunday birthdays are, when you are LDS. (Dang that "Keep the Sabbath Day Holy" rule....kidding... kidding...) She had her party a whole week prior to her birthday because she wanted to go to a specific movie and see it on opening weekend. With the assistance of my mom, we took 8 12 year old girls to the movies to see The Lightning Thief. All the other moms kept saying how "brave" I was to attempt such an adventure. Truth be told, it was the easiest party I've ever hosted. We went first thing on a Saturday morning before the theater got busy, and the girls were so well behaved. After the movie we drove them back to my house for pizza and cake. Again, the girls were wonderful. I'll take this group over some 10 year old boys any day!

We didn't have Megan's gift in time for her friend party, so we told her she would have to wait until the next weekend. I spent the week trying to order her gift on ebay and prayed it would make it to our house in time for Sunday. It arrived Saturday afternoon. HALLELUJAH! Eric and I were so giddy to have it a day early (problems with ebay had made it unlikely she would get her gift on time), that we gave it to her on Saturday afternoon. We didn't wrap it or anything. We plugged it in, activated it and hid it under her pillow. Then we sent her to her room to get something and it started ringing! Under her pillow was the gift she was so excited about. She had a babysitting job in an hour, and that would be the perfect opportunity to program in all her contacts, etc. On birthdays, it's a tradition to go out to eat. Since we couldn't do that on a Sunday, I cooked her favorite dinner at home and Megan picked Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It's fast becoming one of our favorites. The food is delicious... they have something on the menu for everyone, and it's pretty cheap. Out the door it was $62 for a family of six (with 4 adult meals), and we brought home leftovers!

We are so lucky to have Megan in our family. She handles having three brothers extremely well, and loves being a big sister. She's talented in many ways... she loves to draw, play her flute and she has a beautiful singing voice too. She is kind and loving to everyone she meets. The night before she turned 13, I asked her if she was going to wake up the next morning and decide she didn't like me anymore. She looked at me in astonishment, shook her head "no" and gave me a huge hug. And she stayed true to her word. I love this girl!