Happy Birthday, Sweet 16!

Can you believe it? My baby girl is 16! Time goes by so fast. My sister is in town and we had planned to celebrate A’s birthday while she was here. However my sister could not be here on A’s actual BD so we scrambled to get everything together the day before! What fun we had shopping, planning and surprising!
We locked A in her room while we got everything together.

Come on down!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!

She has the most beautiful smile!


She asked for an ice cream cake. Thank you DeEtta for your wonderful recipe!!!

BLOW!!!!

She is always so appreciative of her gifts. She loved every one.



For her 16th birthday we bought her a purity ring. This ring shows her commitment to remain pure until the Lord binds her to her husband someday. Dad presented her with the ring....




It was really hard on Dad. His “little” girl is growing up.




These are truly bittersweet moments.
Happy Birthday baby girl. We are so proud of you.

MIDNIGHT!!!!!!
As you may recall we surprised her sister on her birthday with an early morning run to IHOP. Since her sister is NOT a morning person this worked out well for her. However, A IS a morning person so we had to really think to catch her by surprise. Leave it to her Tia Let to come up with the perfect plan! What if we wake her up at midnight and take her then?!?!?!? GOTCHA!!!!


Happy Birthday to you! Wake up!!!!! Happy Birthday to you!!!!

Happy Birthday dear A!!!!! Happy Birthday to you!!!!!

Off to IHOP we went!!!! Her cousin Erin joined us for the late night festivities too!

This was a great idea when we planned it at 11:00 that morning.....


Needless to say, we all slept late the next day!!!!!