Our oldest turned 22 years of age this past weekend!
Her birthday was actually on Saturday, May 9th, but her college friends wanted to host a birthday party for her on Friday night so she went up to Emmaline and Anna's new apartment earlier in the day and they celebrated Morgan's birthday through an "Era's Tour" theme.
Because someone was feeling 22, of course!
Marissa and I stayed up a little later on Friday night to make sure that the traditional birthday decorations were all in place for when Morgan arrived back home on Saturday.
We added the banner to our decorations here at the house after Morgan got home and asked me to hang it up. Her friends had it made for her and she wasn't ready to just throw it away yet so it may stay hung up here at the house for a couple of weeks. LOL
For her birthday gift, Marissa had bought tickets to the Morgan Wallen concert that was at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday night so as soon as Morgan got home from the party with her friends, she quickly changed and got ready for another evening of fun.
Since I knew that it would be a late evening for those two, I went ahead and went to bed at a normal time, but I admit that I didn't really sleep well until almost 3:30 in the morning, when I heard them come back through the door. Thankfully, except for a deer running into them just a couple of miles from the house, they had an uneventful trip to Indy and back and I'm so thankful for the time that those two had together.
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Later on Sunday night, we were finally able to celebrate Morgan's birthday as the family. She opened her gifts from Noel and I and then we enjoyed the ice cream cake that she had requested.
Happy 22nd Birthday, Morgan. You are such a beautiful and strong young woman and I am so blessed that I get to be the one to call you daughter. I cannot wait to see the good plans that God has for you in the days ahead.
"When God is within her, she cannot fail" Psalm 46:5
