Sweet Sixteen

While we were all together as a family we got to celebrate Allie's sweet sixteen. Wow! I can't believe it. She was only two months old at our wedding! She slept the entire time in her carrier. She was as adorable then as she is now! This family had many, many, many grandsons before it finally got a granddaughter...the beautiful Allie...and then two more...for a total of only three. I am so grateful that they are all came three in a row. Here is a picture of all the girls in the family now. I think they are starting to outnumber the boys again!

Allie opened presents.

Each of us wrote our wishes for Allie's life on a balloon...this one is from her Dad (by proxy).

Then we sent the baloons off into the Colorado sky.

Everyone had a wish for Allie.

Allie even had a wonderful and powerful wish for her life.

Aunt Pat and Allie with the lilacs in Allie's favorite color---purple.

We also had a talent show and spent some time as a family. This is Vienna.

All the grandkids sang a song that Aunt Pat originally wrote and Grandma embellished. It is a silly song about Venice, Utah.

Tyler read us some of his silly poetry. Very fun!

Hannah played the piano for us!

"Shake Your Booty" Vienna!

Joshua hugged his favorite cousin Shawn. He hugged him a lot. Joshua is seperated from his boy cousins by a lot of years and only has sisters...when he gets around the boys his maleness really kicks in and he spends a lot of time physically assaulting them...out of love of course.

Evan read us a poem that he wrote to Jeanne.