Sweet Sixteen 16

Do you see this child??? I love this child, black eye and all!!! Yep, she got a black eye for her birthday! We're pretty cheap on b-day gifts aren't we??? No, yesterday, she got hit in the eye at school and today, it started with the swelling and coloring. It will be even better in a couple of days, but she looks great with it for her birthday.

Yep, my little baby dolly is 16 years old - legal to date, legal to drive, legal to ....nope, that's all. And she is so excited for this big day. She came BOUNCING into my bedroom this morning even before the alarm went off to take her to Seminary. Friends had been texting her Happy Birthday wishes since midnight and so she didn't get to sleep very well...but up she was for Seminary both happy and pleasant...and with very suspicious parents. She gabbed all the way to Seminary, sang with the EFY Cd that was playing and jumped out and SKIPPED into Seminary - this is at 6:00 AM!!! She came out just as happy with a cupcake and birthday gift from a friend and then went off to school VERY happy.

I will sneak off during lunch to get her a present; her friend will be picking her up after school and taking her to Young Women's tonight but then we'll celebrate her birthday on Saturday along with mine.

I love Kathryn... she has some great goals and dreams for this 2009 year. She will be going to EFY this year, we'll be taking her to see the Broadway show Wicked, and I think we'll send her to Utah for a week or so. Also, she is actually going to go to girls camp this year too as a YCL, of which she is very excited. She saw her counselor at school yesterday and is on track to graduate a year early, at the end of her Junior year. Although I would prefer her going her senior also, I have told her that as long as she continues to do as well as she has been in school, she can graduate when she wants. So I support her in whatever she wants.

Congratulations Kathryn on your 16th birthday - and I love you very much.