Happy 9th Birthday, sweet Alyssa!

 A few days after the torn MCL, crutches, and then knee brace, Alyssa celebrated her 9th birthday!  She had been such a trooper with the lifestyle change of not getting around so quickly.  Dave had planned to take her out for lunch since I had to teach all morning.  Around lunch, I sent him a quick text asking him to send me some pictures of them out to lunch.  He called quickly---in agony---about how he forgot!  He exclaimed, "The only thing she asked for today on her birthday was to go out to lunch...and I forgot!"  So he called Deerfield to see if Alyssa had eaten lunch and she told him she hadn't because she wanted to be hungry when she went out with dad for lunch so he sped over to the school, calling for coverage on his noon patients, and took out his girl to Chick-fil-a!  He sent me these precious pictures!

After school, we picked up several of Alyssa's close friends and went bowling.  It was a blast!  Afterward, most of our Lindsay family came over to celebrate her birthday.  Happy Birthday, sweet Alyssa!  We can't imagine one single day without you in it.  May this year be your best adventure yet!