Violet's 13th Birthday

This year Violet turned 13.

The customary morning birthday picture. Whimsy is very interested in all the hanging streamers and flowers.

It was a school day, so I took Violet and 2 of her friends (Ali and Sonia) and Hazel to Subway. Grandma and Grandpa met us there. They of course tried to talk me into letting them just 1 more class...and I of course said no.

We went to Olive Garden for dinner. Our good friends the Brenners, Grandma and Grandpa, Oma and Opa, and Great Grandma joined us.

For her birthday party we went to Camp Yamhill the next day. Her and her friends played on the the low ropes course and we had pizza and cake in the big lodge. 

So many teenagers...

13 candles lights up a cake pretty well.

13 has been...interesting and fabulous. I've got one of the wonderful ones.

Violet Turns a Decade

March 16, 2005 I met the most amazing person and she changed my world. She changed the way I looked at the world, lived in the world, and I know because of her the world is a better place. These first 10 years have just zoomed by, and it makes me a little bit scared about how fast the next 10 years are going to go. But I pray with God's grace and guidance they will be years of becoming an even more amazing young woman with a love for God, a joyful heart, strong values, and a beautiful smile.

Happy Birthday to my sweet Violet Evalyn.