Unfolded Laundry: Turning 14 in Quarantine

Yesterday, Lily Grace turned 14! This birthday was unlike any other, but that didn't stop us from celebrating and having lots of fun.
A very BIG thank you to all of our family and friends. Thank you so much for making yesterday so very special for Lily Grace with calls, videos, texts, cards and lots of thoughtfulness. She is so blessed to have all of you in her life.
While this birthday was unlike any other, our wish for you Gracie, remains the same.

"The Lord bless you and

keep you; the Lord make his

face shine on you and

be gracious to you; the Lord

turn his face toward

you and give you peace."

Numbers 6:24-26

Daddy and I love you so much that it is beyond measure!!!!! We are so proud of the person you are and the person you are growing up to be. Peace be with you always sweetheart!

This year, LG requested homemade tiramisu for her birthday. I got busy making homemade ladyfingers and putting everything together Friday morning.

While I worked on tiramisu, Gracie got busy on cupcakes. (and dusting the kitchen with powdered sugar) Since she was unable to have a party on her birthday with friends, she made strawberry cupcakes with cream cheese icing for them to share together over zoom.

Saturday morning she woke to gifts, cards and of course some love from her best buddy.

A much wished for Apple Watch 5

This year she requested Chick-fil-A for her birthday. Hey! It's her birthday and we are just grateful the drive thru is still open. Matt went and picked up breakfast for her and Chick-fil-A it was.

By mid-morning, all the excitement was taking a toll on Molly. ha!

We all loaded in the car and drove to each of her friends to drop off the cupcakes LG made for them and their family. It was like a game of Ding, Dong, Ditch with Cupcakes as Lily Grace would place the container at the front door, ring the bell and then hurry off the porch. Her best friend P however, met her (while maintaining social distancing of course) on the sidewalk to get her cupcakes and surprise Gracie with some colorful balloons and gift card. So very sweet! How blessed to have friends like that!

Once we made the rounds, her friends all zoomed , ate cupcakes together and shared laughs.

This week for her meal she planned Pasta Carbonara. It's one of her favorites. She even asked to make it on her birthday this week. So, with the help of her sous chef (dad-aka: dishwasher) she served us homemade Pasta Carbonara with roasted sweet baby broccoli on the side. It was delicious!

After dinner, we had a family FaceTime call. We all sang Happy Birthday to Gracie as she blew out the candles. We had fun just laughing and catching up.