She's 18!!!

Happy Birthday to Miss Janel who turns 18 today!! It's been a fun (and eventful) morning for me, and hopefully for her as well!

I woke up bright and early around 5:45 this morning. No snoozing today! I showered, got ready, and then stepped into the kitchen to make some "birthday" whole wheat banana walnut pancakes and peppermint/mate vana tea for her. I wrapped the couple of gifts we have for her and stuck them in the front seat of the car. Jordan had picked up 2 dozen roses from Costco yesterday, and I was determined to smuggle them to school without her knowing.

After I dropped the girls off at school, I dropped off our recycling and headed into Kroger with the roses and large glass vase in tow. The lady at Customer Service came over to help me with the balloons and I arranged some baby's breath into the roses while she blew up a large "Happy 18th" and a couple of latex balloons. We had a funny time as she accidentally let a couple of them go, and they got caught on the rafters about 4-5 feet above us. We had to call maintenence to bring a ladder and get them down. Haha! It was comical. But finally, I left with balloons, chocolates, roses and a card!

I headed back to the school to take the goods to Student Services, only to walk in and find out that students can't have glass OR latex in school. I definitely should have known that! Boo! BUT, she can have her card and chocolates, and they promised to call her soon to the office so she can see the delivery.

I'm sure it will be an eventful day and I pray she feels loved and blessed!