November 8th, 2019

Early birthday celebrations for my mother-in-law! We had dinner at P.F. Changs & then got dessert at Labriola Ristorante (Laura's fav!!).

November 11th, 2017

Mike and I made this pretty frame / wall décor today for Laura's birthday! Every piece of it was 100% put together by us...meaning, we assembled everything about this ourselves (as opposed to just buying something pre-made and customizing it a bit). We picked out a shadow box, added a cloth backdrop, found a metal tree silhouette, painted the wooden hearts, glued in the tree rings, added the flowers, and then painted on the names. We left a few hearts blank so more names can be added in the future, too! We're going to drop it off sometime tomorrow (which is Laura's actual birthday), so fingers crossed that she likes it!! ;)

November 10th, 2017

Since Laura's birthday is on a Sunday this year, and since the Donelson's are busy with church most of the day on Sunday's, we decided to celebrate together today instead! We ended up going out to eat at Cracker Barrel together as a family, where we ate yummy food and enjoyed one another's company. After dinner we headed back to the Donelson's for gifts, cake, and more family time. 

Mike and I made her a cake (but of course!) which was covered in flowers and frosted in her favorite color. The cake turned out really nice—it was one of the neatest frosting jobs we have done to date!

After cake we facetimed Charlotte, since obviously she couldn't attend while away at school. The Marsceau's left a bit later, leaving the four of us to chitchat for awhile longer before the two of us also headed out. All in all, I'd say it was a lovely little get-together for her birthday!