Happy Birthday Miss Amanda Nicole

We had such a lovely time for Mandy's birthday! Ashley watched the little girls while Mandy and I spent the day together. We were *supposed* to be shopping for shoes-however, we got lured into our local Bi-Mart store who had their lovely flower starts, pots and potting soil displayed outside. We couldn't help but 'look around'! Both being flower-lovers we ended up leaving with 2 beautiful flower containers, potting soil and enough flowers to fill the back of the van!

The flower escapade threw us off schedule! lol.. after shoe shopping we were supposed to meet the family at Pizza Amore in Albany for a celebration dinner for Amanda! The family arrived right on time and ordered.. then waited.. and waited for us to show up! We were only 20 minutes late! Oops!

Signing the birthday card..

Grant kept calling.."ummm..where are you guys!??'

Mr. Patience (?) 

..and they waited..

The pizza was getting cold by the time Mandy and I had arrived!

They had been so kind to wait for us though!

Happy Birthday Amanda!

We love their food! I ordered the greek salad.. Mandy had requested the chicken, bacon & alfredo gluten free pizza. And the guys had gotten pepperoni pizza!

Grant signed the guest book for us! Its a good thing they didn't have many customers that night.

We were kinda a rowdy crowd! 

Once we got home, Mandy opened a few additional gifts.. What a fun day!

We are so proud of this beautiful and godly young woman. I can truly say that she is one of my best-friends and one of the most wonderful women I know. Her desire to follow the Lord and live a life pleasing to him is apparent in her way of life.

Her love for others is very tangible..She inspires me daily.We love you darling Amanda