Emma's 13th Birthday

Emma started the birthday festivities by inviting 3 friends over to spend the night, Friday night. They ate pizza, did makeovers and took lots of pictures of each other. Monday night (the 13th) we had her favorite dinner, which is homemade barbecue chicken pizzas. She requested a Suzy-Q, ice cream cake that is in our cookbook (Jane's recipe). It was delicious!!Emma had a hard time deciding what she wanted for her birthday this year, so I suggested figuring out a way to put a desk in her room. She's always wanted a desk, but didn't know how it would fit with her full-size bed in her small room. We removed the headboard and pushed her bed up against the wall, put her bookshelf in Lauren's room, put Lauren's bookshelf in the hallway (because Lauren's was shorter and fit in the hall better), and made enough room for a desk! Emma was so excited, so Monday night Landon and I assembled a cute desk we bought at Walmart, and wrapped her presents.Between all her family members, Emma got some new bedding (last year's was falling apart), a white-board calendar, a water bottle, money, 2 magazine subscriptions, jewelry, odds and ends and a really pretty framed picture of the Rexburg temple with the words, "If this isn't your castle, then you aren't my prince." She was happy!Tuesday was her actual birthday, but Tuesdays are the biggest nightmare at our house. She had to go to ballroom right after school, Lauren was sick, and Landon had drivers' ed until 8:00 p.m. I picked her up from ballroom and we bought Jimmy John's to take home for dinner on the couch in front of the TV in our pajamas, one of our favorite things to do.
After spending some birthday money on a mirror (that she craftily glued a flower on) and some desk supplies, this is what Emma's room looks like now:Emma is experimenting with using her desk as both a homework space and a vanity. She likes to get ready in the morning in her room, listening to her music.