Christmas & Angela's Birthday

Angela's birthday is December 26th...she turned 13 this year! One of our family traditions is to let the birthday person pick the restaurant that they wish to have their birthday dinner. This year Angela chose Bahama Breeze in Alpharetta. Mark always enjoys BBQ Ribs, Angela-a good medium-rare Filet Mignon, Eric had the Mahi-Mahi, and I had Ahi tuna. And, who could forget the Mojitos!?!

For Christmas this year we wanted to focus on Mark & Angela's rooms. They really have needed some new "teen" furniture. So what do smart parents like ourselves do??...well, they go to downtown Atlanta to IKEA...of course. During this Christmas/New Year break we painted Angela's & Lily's room, and took Lily's toys out of the packages to set up for her to see when she gets home. We had to return Lily's bed because of a cracked board and now it's backordered. Do you think Angela is anxious for her sister to come home??...she was sitting on Lily's floor playing with Lily's blocks a couple of nights ago and then tonight she asked me for Lily's orphanage address so she could see it on google-earth...Come on travel approval!!