Four-tunate Mom: Lauren's 11th birthday!!

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Lauren's 11th birthday!!

To say that Lauren turning 11 was a shock would be an understatement... but it's much like her whole 5th grade year was... they have grown up SO MUCH... I say, 'they' meaning her and all of her friends. We've seen them at every concert, where it just stares you in the face... they were just Kindergartner's not too long ago... something that LeaAnn will be next year... and blink, and she'll be in 5th grade too... and now she's going into SIXTH grade???

Kathy Kehrli said that to me last year, "these are blinking years"... I still don't understand how time can move so slow and fast... all at the same time. But it does... so hopefully, her 11th was one to remember... we had a lot of fun, and per usual, it was jam-packed !! Here's the re-cap :)

We'll start with what the to-be 11-yr-old put on her birthday list :) (to her dismay, no phone was received ;)

Her actual birthday was on a Saturday this year, and for some reason that I'm not remembering... we decided to wait until the following weekend to have her friend birthday party... but whatever the reason, it worked out great! :)
She and Lindsay both had soccer games in Independence!

LeaAnn and I had made cupcakes and brownies for the team... she was too embarrassed to tell them why... but I'm glad we did it anyway ;)

And then after the game... Lauren & I headed to Cedar Falls to pick out her birthday present... a new bike! We stopped at Chick-fil-A first for lunch! My beautiful 11-yr-old!! Seriously, someone pinch me!

Didn't take too long... we had an awesome lady help us, and I'm so excited for her!! It was so fun to pick out :)

We drove home, dropped off the new bike, and headed back into Winthrop to see the prom parade!

With Becca Walthart... she looked beautiful!! Well they all did :) So fun to see them all dolled up.

She was so sweet and wanted a picture with me!

Markia's senior (!!) year!!

And Jaci's too!
Seems impossible... we'll go back to that, just 'blink' - I remember Jaci coming over with Elyse to babysit and Lindsay was 4-months old!
So that would have made Jaci 9 or 10... the same age that Lindsay is now in this picture...
{big sighs and a few tears from Mom as a write this}