MaKenna's Birthday

15 years ago today, MaKenna Morgan DeVore entered our world and changed it forever - in all good ways! We are so blessed to have such an amazing daughter. She is beautiful inside and out, talented, creative, funny, loyal, fun-loving, and best of all, a God's girl through and through! Around here, in case you don't know, for birthdays we let the birthday girl (or boy) choose all of the meals and dessert. This year, MaKenna chose homemade waffles for breakfast - a family favorite. Here's our recipe in case you want to try:

2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 3/4 cup milk (we use almond)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp white sugar
1 tbsp brown sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup ground flax
1/2 cup kefir or buttermilk
cinnamon

Beat the eggs until fluffy, then add the other ingredients and mix just until smooth. Cook in a pre-heated waffle iron until golden brown. Sometimes we add blueberries before cooking, too. These are so good with fresh strawberries and whipped cream!

For lunch, she wanted homemade chicken salad sandwiches on croissants. I make my chicken salad with a rotisserie chicken, mayo, miracle whip, grapes, pickle relish and toasted pecans. Yummy served on a croissant!

She won't be having her dinner today since her daddy had a work schedule change and she wants to have it with all of us. But, she will be having Spinach Stuffed Chicken, homemade mashed potatoes and green beans. Her dessert will be homemade fried ice cream - so worth the effort!

MaKenna asked if we could go to Crane's Roost, the lake behind Altamonte Mall, to walk around after dinner and since it is her day, that is what we did! Mark had to work, so the kids and I took Maggie and made 3 laps - 3 miles! Maggie has been sleeping soundly since we got home! It was a great day and an awesome evening - there is nothing better than spending time with your family! I'll end with a picture from the lake - such a pretty evening.