Lorelei Turns Fifteen

We had a great day celebrating our girl!

We woke up early so that we had time for breakfast and gifts before heading to the zoo!

Layla joined us for a day at the zoo. We decided Brad wouldn't really prefer the zoo with the hot temps and possible crowds so we made it a girl's outing. We were pleasantly surprised with only a high of 96 degrees and minimal crowds! There were some special moments we didn't expect and it felt like little blessings for the birthday girl. My absolute favorite was getting to see a baby elephant play with water!

How to get two teenagers to sleep in the car: wake them up early and walk them for hours in heat

We came back to enjoy supper (spaghetti of course!) followed by a couple more friends joining us to make what we call Crazy Fancy Shakes, which we modeled after the idea of The Yard, per Lorelei's request. The girls had lots of fun creating their desserts!

Two friends stayed for a movie, and then as a family we stayed up until midnight watching a second movie. All the birthday girl's requests fulfilled!

Happy Birthday Lorelei!

Lorelei must've gotten the movie-making bug from Brad and I and has enjoyed putting movies together as a hobby...she wanted to make one of her birthday this year. Thought it would be great to add it to this post! :)