Lincoln's 14th Birthday

 Lincoln turned 14 while we were in Florida for Thanksgiving.  We decided that it was a great place to celebrate and we brought our birthday traditions with us.  Lincoln woke up to balloons all around the living room he was sleeping in :)

 We decorated the dining room for his birthday breakfast and gifts.

 We didn't bring all of his gifts (especially since he asked for more weight for the bench press), but we brought enough to celebrate!

 Dad even went and bought him a special plate all his own.

 McKay saved up his money and bought him Zelda socks.  I'm pretty sure it was his favorite present.

 A bag of pistachios to let him know he was getting the video game he wanted (it was already downloaded to our Xbox at home).

The birthday boys asked for French toast for breakfast.

 Cake and ice cream with all of the friends that we came to Florida with.

 The boys always want to light their own candles.

 These candles were so cool, the flame was the same color as the candle.

Lincoln's favorite ice cream is chocolate.  He got his own pint, which didn't take him too long to finish.

 We played at the beach all day and then came home, got ready and headed out for the night to celebrate Lincoln.  We went to a restaurant that had live gators you could feed. 

An albino alligator.

 Feeding the gators.

 This place was so crazy and you could write your name anywhere you wanted.  You better believe we were going to do that.

 Brother Baxter and Brycen helping Lincoln get his name as high as he could. 

 After dinner we went and rode go carts.

 Pretty excited to try this.

 This was such a good group of kids.  They all had such a good time together.  

 We ended the night in the arcade.  

 I'm pretty sure it was a birthday to remember for Lincoln!

 The Sunday after we got back from Florida we did the rest of the birthday celebrating.  We had Lincoln's favorite dinner (meat loaf and baked potatoes) and then cake and ice cream.  Lincoln always wants a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting with is a little tricky with decorating, but when I saw this illusion cake, I knew he would love it.  

 I was right.

 Yummy!  You can't really tell, but this cake was 5 layers.

We love this cute 14 year old!