Kristen's Birthday

We had a nice little celebration last night for Kristen's birthday. She loves cheesecake, so we took her to The Cheesecake Factory. (As a side note, they accept reservations for large parties only and they consider a large party 7 or more. It cracked me up to think that our family night out - party of 6 - was only 1 short of being a large party.) It was a nice dinner with fabulous desserts. You'll have to ask Tony about his "Tons of Fun Burger" experience and how that went for him.

We came home and opened presents and had a nice evening. We gave Kristen clothes, necklaces and a couple of books. She was distraught as the clothing was for the fall and it was going to be 80 degrees today. She wanted to wear something new.

For those interested in Kristen's wish list, I have some items that I will add and then distribute. It is mainly clothes and gift cards for more clothing that she is asking for. She is such a teenager. You should ask her sometime to describe her clothing rules. Like you can't wear sports shirts two days in a row, you can't repeat an outfit for at least 2 weeks, etc. There was some rule yesterday about wearing a shirt that was bigger on the top and skinny at the bottom based on how she was wearing her BANGS?!?! She's come a long way from the little girl that wouldn't comb her hair and then would pick a red top and a red pair of pants (no matter the shades of red) to wear!