Happy Birthday, Dad!

We celebrated Matt's birthday over the weekend. He wanted an Ale-8-1 cake and since I (Amy) am not the cake boss of this family, I cheated just a bit by using Ale-8 bottle caps as decorations.

Matt's big gift was tickets to the UK-Mississippi State football game.

The weather called for rain all day and Mississippi State was ranked 14th in the nation but Matt and the girls decided to carry-on and in the end, the game was AMAZING!

A little rainy, but ready to roll

Here come the Cats!

Lining up for a score

Touchdown, Benny Snell!

Enjoying the halftime show

And there's another touchdown for Benny!

The stadium was rocking!

Big win!

Girls' 13th Birthday

We now have 3 teenagers in our house.  Since the girls have been in middle school for a year already, I feel like we've had 3 teenagers for more than a year now but the magnitude that all 3 will be out of the house in just a few short years seems more real now.  Matt continued our summer of Ben and Jerry's ice cream with a personalized themed cake for the girls.

Scarves from Ethiopia

 Windbreakers (the girls have been begging for these for months)

New hoodies (since all middles school classrooms are apparently "freezing")

Chloe has been obsessed with the Christian rapper NF for months.

Obviously, she was thrilled to be sporting his merch.

A few bonus pics of the week leading up to the girls' birthday.

My mom was able to spend the week with us and enjoyed going to the kids' various activities.