She is FINALLY 16!
Rachel got up early and started decorating. This is what she did first.
While they were at the "morning side"
While they were at the "morning side" Jenna and I went and got 16 balloons and tied them to the banister.
Here she is with her cake.....
(I know, not a fabulous super man cake or anything like that) thank goodness they grow out of that and just care about the taste of the cake!
She went to a morning side a the church and thanks to Michelle, who told Presidents Riggs (who has quite a sense of humor)He made Shannon stand up (she was in the youth choir on the stand) and announced that it was her 16th birthday today. (it was a multi stake fireside) anyway, the speaker Brad Wilcox from BYU was talking about dating and things pertaining to it so he asked Shannon to come up to the stand by him and then he had Brandon Halls (who had sung a solo in the choir) come up and he had Brandon demonstrate how to ask a girl out on a date. He told Shannon that all she had to do was day four words..."yes! I'd love to!" so he asked her and she said those four words. They are going on a date this Saturday. They were assigned to take President Riggs cookies as part of their date to prove they actually went on one. Needless to say she was embarrassed but inside she was thrilled and loving the whole thing.
She went to a morning side a the church and thanks to Michelle, who told Presidents Riggs (who has quite a sense of humor)He made Shannon stand up (she was in the youth choir on the stand) and announced that it was her 16th birthday today. (it was a multi stake fireside) anyway, the speaker Brad Wilcox from BYU was talking about dating and things pertaining to it so he asked Shannon to come up to the stand by him and then he had Brandon Halls (who had sung a solo in the choir) come up and he had Brandon demonstrate how to ask a girl out on a date. He told Shannon that all she had to do was day four words..."yes! I'd love to!" so he asked her and she said those four words. They are going on a date this Saturday. They were assigned to take President Riggs cookies as part of their date to prove they actually went on one. Needless to say she was embarrassed but inside she was thrilled and loving the whole thing.
We had her birthday dinner and cake when they got home and opened presents and then later in the evening she had a few friends come over and play games and such. I think she had a fun day.
We tried to get her license yesterday but the state dmv system was down state wide so we will try again today. She wasn't too thrilled to start driving Brad's "yuck mobile" as his friends affectionately call it but she soon realized it was WAY better than NOTHING!! She is doing great driving a stick shift. I think humility is KEY in raising teenagers!!
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That is so funny. President Riggs is one in a million. I hope she had fun on her date.
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