Sweet Sixteen

I can't believe I have a 16 year old.  Where does the time go?  It seems like yesterday that she was a little tiny baby.

Happy 16th Birthday to my sweet Cadence.

Cadence's Headshot for Pride & Prejudice

For her birthday breakfast, Cadence requested scrambled egg & veggie breakfast burritos, oranges, & of course the Potter Family Ding Dong.

Cadence goes to school at 5:45 every day for Seminary (an hour long church class before school every day), so she opted to do her birthday breakfast over the weekend so the whole family could be awake for it.  What a sweetheart.  She loves her family.

The BIG 16!

For her birthday dinner, Cadence asked for Italian Chicken over egg noodles, raspberries, & sweet rolls.  Yum.

The night of her birthday, our church youth group had a big event for all the young ladies working on goals known as personal progress.  Cadence has been working hard completing all the goals in the Individual Worth section of her goal booklet & was awarded a red ribbon for completing the entire section.  She was pretty excited about it.

Cadence also got her official driver's license ON her birthday.  That's pretty exciting.  Now she can drive her own car to school in the morning, to run errands for me, etc.  It's been a dream.

We decided not to do birthday "parties" this year (stay tuned, I couldn't possibly NOT do a party for her 16th birthday, so she got a surprise party later in the month).  Instead of formal parties, we are going as a family to Disney World.  The kids are all SO excited to go.

But I stilll promised the kids I'd make them a birthday cake & allow 1-2 friends to come over & eat it with us.  I made Cadence a cute chocolate cake with pink frosting for her 16th.  The pink frost looked like a beautiful dress for a cute girl holding the number 16.  It was a super fun cake to make & it turned out beautiful.

Even though we didn't have a "party," we still opened presents from family.  My friend Nancy sent her some shoes, clothes, girly stuff, & a purse.

Mimi & Baba sent her a purse backpack & a new lunchbox.

Opa & Oma sent her a dress & some piano music.

And Grandma K sent her a beautiful card with $10 to spend at Disney World in March.

Happy happy birthday Cadence.  16 beautiful years for such a beautiful girl.  We love you.