For Leine Mae's 9th birthday, she had a lot of different ideas in the months leading up to it - from a puppy (stuffed animal) adoption day with some girlfriends to an all boys soccer party and a few things in between - but she landed on an afternoon with 5 girl friends from school. Similar to Carter, they came over on a Friday after school and had some time to play and eat lunch. We made mini pizzas with each girl getting to help with her own. There was lots of jumping on the trampoline, playing in Leine Mae's room, running around, and screaming, haha. Leine Mae planned out a drawing craft to do with her friends, we sang happy birthday and ate some cake (in about 5 minutes because we were running late) and then loaded up in the van to head to the indoor trampoline park (where we had Oliver's birthday last year). They jumped to their heart's content for an hour and then we ended the afternoon with McDonald's ice cream cones.
Leine Mae has grown up so much in this past year. Nick and I often find ourselves looking at her and asking, "where did our little girl go?" She has such a quirky, fun personality and keeps us laughing. She also has a pretty strong-willed side. She is incredibly creative and continually blows us away with her art ideas and drawings. She is enjoying diving more and more and we're excited she was recently invited to join the school's training team. She is confident around her peers and that has helped her to make many, many friendships this past year. She is a handful and a joy and we are so grateful to the Lord for her.
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