Birthday Wrap-up

We spiffed the place up a bit for Lexee's birthday...

 ...it was a huge effort (wink).
You may remember this handmade banner from the epic party here.

For her birthday, Lex wanted a round-trip flight to Utah to hang out with some friends, so she had spent the week prior in Provo (Happy Birthday, Lex!). One of her BFF's Hailey scored her a ticket to "THE" game of the year -

BYU v UofU.

Since Hailey is a busy girl (school + work), Lex was lucky to have one of her BYU-I friends (Jake) "conveniently" arrive the same time she did (she "ran into him" at the airport), and hang out all week with her. They had another BYU-I friend (Nate) heading on a mission, so they were meeting up for his talk-in-church-we-don't-call-it-a-farewell-anymore, and a last good-bye before he entered the MTC that Wednesday.

Jake is entering the MTC tomorrow.

Lex was able to meet Jake's grandpa and mom. We had a chuckle over how Jake's mom asked Lex, "So what do you love about my son?" I told Lex that it seemed to me that Jake may feel that they are more than friends, and she responded with, "Oh, no, mom. He knows we are just friends. I could never be interested in him in that way." 

(hmmm... maybe he's not quite clear on that)

On Saturday night Lex got together with her Utah sibs and a few friends for dinner at The Macaroni Grill. I'm so glad she saw them while she was there. Thanks, Taylor, Lynnea, Austin, Britt, Hailey, and Jake for helping make her birthday special!

After we picked Lex up from the airport on Sunday, we snapped a few pictures before the rest of us headed off to Standards Night (since Bill has some say in when that happens, it was only scheduled on Lex's b-day because initially her plan was to come home on Monday - until we shopped ticket prices).

After Standards Night (at which, btw, someone dropped the ball and the promised refreshments didn't make an appearance. I'm not pointing any fingers, but the assignment was given to those of the male gender... since when is that a good idea?) we sang, celebrated, and had the requested multi-flavored cheesecake.

This particular cheesecake (a previously frozen Cheesecake Factory brand from Sam's Club) tasted like plastic (seriously not good), so I returned it the following day and purchased the bakery multi-flavored cheesecake. Much better.

Shi and Mar are planning on getting Lex a birthday gift sometime this week. A hoodie, I believe.