Sweet 16th Birthday

Skyler and Eve beginning her first date.

I told her to stand up straight, she said she was!   

                                

We celebrated Eve's Sweet 16th Birthday with a surprise Dance Party in conjunction to her very first Date!! Woohoo!! She went on this date with the most gentlemanly young man around. He is a mere 6' 9" in height. Eve is a whopping 4'11". They double dated with another couple, and they went bowling then he brought her over to the ward cultural hall where we were waiting to surprise her. 

 The Surprise didn't turn out like we wished... as they showed up without telling me that he was on his way with her, there was a problem with his phone.. so they just walked in.. and we were all dancing and having a great time... but it was a surprise in that she didn't know a thing about it and there were alot of her friends there. We danced and had such fun. We had plenty of treats and games... and great music... thanks to some of the kids who helped me gain access to their groveshark accounts on my DROID.  What a cool thing to have found. It worked out great in accessing all those cool line dance songs that they just love to dance to and the pop hits that the kids really enjoyed!

The kids had a great time dancing before Eve showed up. There were lots of friends who came to offer their support and love for Eve. We had a great evening. Can't wait for the next dance !!
Here are a few precious memories of the occasion.

Dancing away! or were they doing the german 2 step..

 Jake is giving Eve the hug she wanted for her birthday. He said that he asked her what she wanted and she told him she didn't want anything, other than a HUG... so he gave her a card with those two little wierd guys that talk high pitched and they says something about hugging her, and he gave her a bag of hershey's hugs. Inside the card, he also asked her to Purple and White.. the senior prom. He is a great young man as well. He went with us at Christmas to the Mo. Tab Christmas concert with the Archuletta kid. Names escape me tonight. We had a great time singing while waiting in line to get inside the Conference center that night...  He's a good young man as well. I really like Jake! I really like Skyler too!! Both are wonderful young men!!
Jake and the Neeley boy are both giving the hug in this photo. Angelica is there too.. :)

Sloan and Fuzuki are lifting Natalie.. why she opened her legs up... no idea!! Kids.. how fun it is!!
Natalie has been one of Eve's best friends since 1st grade. Fuzuki is our Japanese exchange student for the school year. We have really grown to love her and she had made friends and fits right in with the group.

 This is the Neeley Boy, Brad, Dillon and Jake. All these kids are so much fun!! They are also boys which at one point or another have been on the list of Crushes or still are..and some are not on her list, but she still remains on theirs. It's a fun group of young men. Brad came early to help us set things up. I really like her friends for the most part. Good young men and women.

There were lots of friends, standing, dancing, sitting, or playing twister or singing. I really do like this young man.  This is Skyler. He was watching Eve open up Birthday Gifts. He is such a gentle giant of a young man. Treats Eve like the Princess that she is. Behind Skyler is Nina talking to Jake.

Just nothing like a good game of Twister to add to the fun. Teenagers love it cause they can still touch and hug and fall all over each other and its acceptable if you are playing Twister. Right?

Half sheet cake and we only had one piece left over when it was over. (I didn't even have one piece) 

Bethany is a friend of Eve's and she had a birthday a few days before Eve's so she invited her to help her blow out the candles. Bethany was a great friend and she helped her accomplish the task at hand. Hope their wishes come true. Bethany will be moving in another week.. We will miss her. She is a lot of fun and a good friend. She is a few years younger than Eve.

This is Jake, Eve and Angelica singing Karaoke. They were having such a great time. This group of friends are so much fun. Most of them are in either vocal music or instrumental and all of them love to perform. Doesn't matter if its head standing or dancing or singing or piano playing.

This is Clarissa and her boyfriend, whose name I think is John. If I am wrong, I'll correct when the critics come forth. She is a good friend to Eve. She is a senior and will be graduating in a few weeks.

They asked if they could make a human pyramid. I told them only if they didn't get hurt.

Actually, I told them to Ask Dad... and he said Ask Mom... haha..

These were the brave ones.. the others were more smarter than risking injury.