Happy 14th Birthday Anna!

Today we celebrated Anna's 14th birthday!  We teased her in the days leading up to her birthday, reminding her that she could have been 14 already if she has just been born on her due date!  :-)  But somehow the 29th just seems to fit her just right!  She had a horse back riding lesson in the morning that started very late which means it ended very late and we got home very hungry!  After lunch it was onto gifts!  

Throughout lunch and the afternoon family stopped by to say happy birthday!  It is always nice to have family say hello!  We also played a mystery game similar to the game of Clue but where we each had a script and one of us what the "bad guy".  It was a lot of fun!  After dinner and desert we enjoyed a movie together.  

Happy birthday Anna!  Thank you for the blessing of you!  

And this year there are answers to my silly questions that Anna had a answer to this year, along with her prior answers.

• Favorite Color:  Pink (pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink) 
• Favorite Gift: jewelry box (Assassins Blade book, tall boots and Harry Potter movies, Hermione wand - from Harry Potter, pen pal kit, doll scooter, roller skates, wallet, pop charm bracelets)
• What do you want to be when you grow up:  Horse vet (Horse vet, Horse vet, Horse trainer or vet, horse trainer, horse trainer, horse hider, horse rider, librarian, librarian)
• Friends:  Lupe (Lina and Lupe, Lina and Lupe, Lina and Lupe, Lina and Lupe, Lupe from school, Lupe from school, Lina her cousin, Sydney from Cal Poly, Sydney and Brooklyn from school)
• Favorite thing to do:  ride horses (read, write and ride; read and ride, read, read, read, read, read, read books, play on the structure at school)
• Favorite thing to do at school:  band (sitting at a computer - a sign of COVID times!, read, science, science, science, science, write, play on the structure, write in straight lines)
• Favorite food:  Macaroni and Cheese home made (Macaroni and Cheese home made, Macaroni and Cheese, Macaroni and Cheese and ham casserole, macaroni and cheese, macaroni and cheese, Macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, macaroni, yogurt)
• How old will you be when you grow up:  20 (21, 21, 21, 20 because she won't be a teenager anymore, 25, 20, 53, 34 - Same age as Mom, 16)
• Anna is still growing and is now 5' 3.25" tall!

Other than Anna's birthday, we are keeping a very close watch on the COVID numbers for our community.  The numbers are still climbing and although we are being told that the peak has arrived, it is a bit alarming.  The cases and the positivity rate are by far higher than they have been since the pandemic began.  We do our best to try keep the balance between staying safe and never leaving home.  The one piece we really want to make sure the kids have is school and we got multiple notices of COVID exposure this last week from the schools but thankfully our kids are fully vaccinated and aren't having to miss and haven't had symptoms.  Taking that as a major win!