Bella's Fourteenth Birthday

Bella's birthday fell on a Saturday this year, so we had the whole day to celebrate. My parents were in town and we all went out for a birthday breakfast at Cracker Barrel.


She scored this huge rice krispie treat from Grandma.


After breakfast, we walked through an antique shop that Bella and I have fun looking around in.

We spent the afternoon relaxing at home. Bella and the boys played Monopoly.


We did cupcakes and presents in the middle of the day, since we had plans for that evening.




She got so many great gifts this year. Our gift to her was a new polaroid camera.




We ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant in downtown Columbus and then walked across the street to an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. Here she is at 6:52pm - the exact moment she turned 14. This was right after the staff sang 'Happy Birthday' to her.


She got a free ice cream sundae of her choice.


Afterwards, we drove up to Indianapolis for a lights show at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. It lasted for 30 minutes and was amazing!