The Progression of a Birthday Cake : From Planning to Product

It begins:

Per Annie's request: bunnies, Legend of Zelda, and a phone (the main present she wants).

Annie's Lake Birthday 2018 : A Special Present from Leia

Knowing how much Annie loves her bunnies, Leia made Annie this beautiful birthday montage! Leia took SO much time to make this special present, even in 2021 when I showed Annie this picture again, she said, "Awwwwwww. I still have that hanging in my room. It means SO much to me."

Annie's Lake Birthday 2018 : Cake & Presents

Annie's Lake Birthday 2018 : Nighttime Activities

As always, the lake party was a sleepover and involved a pinata. I forgot to get a picture before! I only got the candy carnage. Leia was allowed to bring a friend: Becky! Poor Becky never got to ride on our boat. :-(

Annie's Lake Birthday 2018 : Daytime Activities

Here we have Annie, Luz, Dulce, Filomena, and Annie M enjoying the tube. Notice it's not behind the boat. No boating for this party because the lake level was too low. But the girls had a great time anyway. More than anything else, Annie wanted a phone for her birthday, ... so you can see her learning from Annie M. It was also added to her cake! And, as always, everyone makes her own pizza!

My Silly Leia

Shana's Birthday Bucket List 2018 : Ark Encounter

For the second day of our experience, we visited Noah's Ark! The replica, built to scale, was quite awe inspiring, ... but again, what they taught inside was sciemce twisted to fit a literal interpretation of the Bible. (Some of their ideas are below the pics.)

* The ark had the exact dimensions from the Bible and contained two of every "kind" of animal.

* There were dinosaurs and dragons on the ark,

* But others died in the Great Flood.

*The Great Flood was a global event.

* Noah brought 2 of every "kind" of animal onto the ark. So there was a "dog kind" and a few different "dinosaur kinds."

* Each "kind" quickly adapted into other kinds in the 6000 years of earth. Adapted. Not evolved. Evolved is a bad word.

*Freshwater fish survived because of possible "pockets" of Freshwater in the global Flood.

*Men abused dinosaurs in gladiator type games.

*God "sanctioned" capital punishment and the death penalty through the flood, saying that the killing of a human being warranted the death of the murderer. 

Shana's Birthday Bucket List 2018 : Kentucky Basilica

We were super lucky that there was a basilica right near the creation museum! I believe it is called Saint Mary's. The reason why I'm saying that is because of all of the Mary stuff found in the basilica. It is famous for its mosaics. One of the priests saw us looking around after and told us the story about the tear of Mary at the crucifixion in the mosaic. Is the only piece made out of a precious stone. I believe it was mother a pearl, but it could have been platinum or white gold.