Alaina's 11th B-day

Today was full of Surprises for Alaina. As soon as she headed out the door to school Dan, Hudson and I got to work on her birthday surprises. She had no idea what was in store for her.

Surprise #1: Hudson and I started on her birthday cake. We used food coloring in white cake mix to make a rainbow surprise cake. We frosted the outside of the cake white and plain so it would be a big surprise when she cut into it.

Alaina has been wanting a chair, like the one below, since Christmas so that's what we got her. After I purchased it though I started thinking about where she would have room to put it. That lead to surprise #2. While Hudson and I were working on her cake, Dan went into the girls room and stacked their beds up into bunk beds so we could do a little surprise bedroom makeover.

Here's a few pics of how it turned out.

Surprise #3: We picked all of the kids up (except for Alaina) from school today instead of having them ride home on the bus. When we got home we set up a surprise scavenger hunt for Alaina. With all of the pieces to the hunt put in place....the family waited in her room for her to get home.

She got off the bus and came to the front door to find her first clue to the Hunt which lead her to her 4th surprise. A Letter From Grandpa and Grandma Rose with a ticket to the Lion King in Portland coming up in June. She was stoked and couldn't wait to see where else this journey would take her.

After visiting her play house, the trampoline, her favorite climbing tree in the side yard and another dozen clue locations, she ended up back at the front door to see her final clue leading her into her room.

SURPRISE!! We all yelled as she entered her new and improved "Crib". Chair and all. Room make over, new rug, spic and span clean, new chair, and a loving family excited to show it off.

The rest of the afternoon was spent opening gifts, eating cake, singing happy birthday, giving her birthday spankings, and all the rest of the stuff that goes along with turning 11 years old.

Last but not least.....she has been wishing for a bike since last year. The one she has is way to small and falling apart. Long overdue for an upgrade. Her birthday wish came true with surprise #5.

Now she can keep up with Little Brother Ky on his new wheels.

Happy Birthday Alaina!