Sweet 16

The night before their birthday, Noé enjoyed her last YW activity with the Beehives and Mia Maids...

(Celeste, Emma, Kaysha, Noé, Alessandra, and Sophie)

...Meanwhile, the Laurels gave her room a heart attack.

What sweet girls!

(Phoebe, Samantha, and Cori)

Noé was so excited when she came home!

Emma's room also received a heart attack!

On their actual birthday, I was still in the hospital with Macy.  My plan was to go home that afternoon to see them, but unfortunately Len wasn't able to come up to the hospital until the early evening and I was so exhausted from hardly sleeping the night before that I was scared I'd fall asleep while driving home.  I decided to stay at the hospital and it was so sad!  It was the first time I had ever been away from any of my kiddos on their birthday.

Luckily, my friend Niki made a delicious dinner for my family that night and Leonard picked up a yummy chocolate cake for them.

My dear friend Mary (also Emma's Momma) and I planned a party.

Fast forward another week and I headed over to the church with these two for...

...A sweet 16 party with their dear friend Emma!

Kaleb and Noé have been friends with Emma since before all of their first birthdays!

(Emma is just 12 days older than them.)

Mary got adorable decorations...

...in pink, turquoise, and purple.

While I frosted 60 cupcakes with those same colors!

We also had lots of chips, dips, veggies, fruit, punch, and big chocolate bars as party favors.

There were 28 youth there in total (30 if you count the adorable Isaac and Molly).  These were some of the early birds that helped us decorate.

Logan, Duncan, Noé, Kaleb, Emma, Grace, and Xavier.

As soon as Duncan turns 16, I think this group needs to go on double-dates!

So the kids ate lots of food, danced to fun music, and played lots of party games.

This game is called Wink Murder.

Noé, Navy, and Geneva.

Logan, Luke, and Jack.

Xavier, Kaleb, and Solomon.

Rebekah, Maya, and Will.

Quinn, Jean, and Aaron.

Jonathan, Ethan, and Emma.

Grace, Cori, and Brooklyn.

Tasha, Miriam, and Emmeline.

Samantha, Kassy, and back to Noé.

Duncan was the accuser in this round.

Their other friend Jonathan arrived right before the end of the night, so unfortunately I didn't get a picture of him.

The day after their party we had more cupcakes as a family. 

My heart outside of my body.

Look how cute Macy is!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Kaleb and Noé!

Happy Birthday to you!

Have a wondeful 16th year guys!