HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAELYN!!!!!!!

Well, it's official. I'm the parent of a 16yo. How did this happen? Don't answer that. :) I'm trying to do some late night preparing for her birthday, but I don't think I'm going to get it done. I'm tired. Here are some things you might not know about Kaelyn.

1. She makes sense. She's got a good head on her shoulders. She thinks things out and makes it really hard to fight with her because she has good, solid, valid points. It's embarrassing sometimes. :)
2. She is a COMPLETELY different person around her friends, and I feel blessed that I got to meet that person.
3. Her best and least favorite subject is English. I take full credit for that because I drilled it into her when we home schooled.
4. She's an awesome writer. She once wrote a poem called "An Ode To A Breadcrumb" for a home school assignment. It was actually a really great poem.
5. She's one of those people that's messy but knows where everything is in her mess. (I have no idea where she gets that from)
6. She went to DisneyWorld for the first time in her life this year, and for that I am ashamed.
7. Sometimes she reminds me of an endearing child. For instance, she carried around a monkey almost all of our vacation so it would smell better before she gave it to it's rightful owner...even going on the lazy river with the thing.
8. Between sleeping in and Chick-Fil-A for breakfast, she chose sleeping in.
9. She's becoming a better bigger sister as she gets used to these teenage years.
10. She is a quiet, caring, outgoing, loving, funny, beautiful, smart, talented, AMAZING young adult, and I am SO proud of her.

Happy Sweet 16, Kaelyn! I love you!
Here are some recent and throw pics that are my favorites of Kaelyn.