Emma is a Teenager

Happy Birthday Emma "Louise" (that's Maren's pet name for Emma).

The day started off with a dinner at Los Cucos, Emma's favorite Mexican Restaurant for Fajitas. There is a tradition there for birthdays. When you view the video, you will see what the tradition is.

We then headed back to Emma's for birthday cake and presents.

OK, I admit, my children never grow up. Braydon is only three

and I expected the funny face from him.

This beautiful cake was the creation of my awful
frosting job and Maren's talented cake decorating
that she does so well. Hayes wanted to know if
it was an ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins where
Maren works in Beaumont. Uh, Hayes, I carried that
cake on my lap the entire 110 miles. Ice cream just
wasn't going to make it.

Yes, the cake is missing candles. We had candles
just didn't have any matches to light them. So Braydon
helped Emma blow out the "flowers" on the cake.

Can you tell by the face that Emma loves opening presents?
She is definitely a teenager now and loves new clothes,
jewelry, and shoes; but no matter how old this
little girl gets, she still loves going out on dates with
her dad. She will be enjoying that birthday present
on Saturday.

Well, if this picture doesn't represent the life of a
teenager, I don't know what does. Emma's cell
phone had broken and she needed to wait until
we got her fixed one back to her. Yesterday was
the day and it kept her busy. She has her mom's
phone so she can copy phone numbers into her phone
while she is talking on my cell phone to Uncle Kyle
and Gabi (they called for Emma's birthday). How is
that for multitasking.!!

I watch these grandchildren grow up so quickly and I wonder where all my little babies have gone. With all the turmoil and garbage in the world, I just pray that their lives will stay based on
the values the gospel of Jesus Christ teaches them.