Our Baby Is 10 Years Old!

A whole decade has flown by since the much anticipated birth of our oldest daughter Lexus and what a gorgeous, smart, creative, loving young girl she has turned into! We couldn't be more proud of her and be more blessed by all the love and joy she has brought into our lives of the last decade. We had a BIG weekend of celebrating this fabulous milestone. Come on! It's not every birthday you move into double digits :)

We kicked off the weekend with Lexus' b-day dinner on Friday. She requested a beach theme cake and of course I delivered. Anything for my baby girl! Every picture I look at now keeps throwing it in my face how mature she has gotten (not my little girl anymore). She was so excited by the new watch she recieved from G & G Ossege, she loves how she can coordinate the face/bands to all her outfits. Austin gave Grandpa Ossege an ear full showing him his truck book and every truck, car, motorcycle, airplane he owns. I threw in a cute pic of him on his Radio Flyer Tricycle he got from Uncle Russ...too cute!





Saturday was her actual birthday and I quote her "It was the best birthday I've ever had!" Not sure how we are gonna top that next year. It was also Randy's company picnic at Stricker's Grove, which the kids look forward to every summer. This year each girl got to bring a friend along. Lexus chose her BFF Savannah and Kimberly brought her favorite cousin/friend Halle. Great weather, free food, and lots of fun had by all.






Sunday, we celebrated 3 birthdays on the Grothaus side...Lexus (10), Halle (7), and Kimberly (6). I found the cutest Super Mario cake online and all 3 girls agreed. It was my first experiment with fondant making both cakes this past weekend. If I must say so I think my first 2 attempts were passable. Thanks to my SIL Dana the kids had a blast throwing 200 water balloons and going crazy on the slip-n-slide. All three girls got Oh-so-cute! and fashionable clothes.