"Call me Elsa, not Aliya!"

How do you make a birthday extra special when daddy's gone and the party's not for a week? I think our neighbors helped us pull it off by the looks of that smile.

Grandma Barb and Grandpa Verlyn stopped to give their birthday wishes and treat the birthday girl to dinner a day early. She was so excited to open her presents early: Elsa dress! Could a girl ask for more?

 It had to be crepes for breakfast! What else could there be? After church, we decorated the cake and invited neighbor friends over to help us eat it. It was scrumptalicious!

Better is a neighbor who is near

    than a brother who is far away. Proverbs 27:10b

On a side note…
Christmas money + fair premium check=American Girl Doll of the Year; Isabelle