Chelcie had a great start to her birthday when at 6:50 in the morning her friends Mackenzie and Ashley came by our house and surprised her and brought her favorite Starbucks drink...Cinnamon Dolce Latte. They all headed off to school and she had a great day! When Doug got home from work he and I sat down with Chelcie and gave her a purity ring. She has been asking for one and was hoping she would get one for her birthday. Doug was amazing as he spent several days praying and considering how he might present this gift to her. He gave her the ring, which has a large heart and a smaller one. He explained to her that the large one represents her heavenly father and the smaller one represents us, her parents. We wanted to give her a symbol of the committment she has made to herself and the Lord that she would remain pure until marriage. What a wonderful gift that ring would be to give her future husband on her wedding day! I pray she will continue to have a heart with this desire.
We met up with Mark, Sandy, Louise and Bob at Chelcie's fave place: Lamp Post Pizza. Afterward we headed to our house for cake and presents. Madison and I made a cake for Chelcie (chocolate, of course!) and she loved it.
Stuff to decorate her room is what she was wanting. Madison got her a great picture of the Eiffel Tower and we got her a message board for her room. She has been buying bedding, a nightstand, picture frames and all kinds of stuff to re-decorate her room so it will be fun for her to put it all together.
Chelcie is such a blessing to us and God has used her in my life in amazing ways.
