Elizabeth's 16th Birthday PARTY! -posted by katie

Happy Birthday dear Elizabeth! My sister turned 16 last week! Well, actually, her real BD is May 27th (yesterday), but we celebrated on May 23rd with a formal ladies party :) What fun--thanks to all of you who came and made Ellie's BD such a memorable one!

Miss Elizabeth Joy
Miss Valerie Ruth
The guys with the girl. L-R: Dad, Ellie, Robert, Mike.
Daughter and parents.
Mary!
Miss Stephanie
Two of my dearest friends in the world: Patricia and Valerie! Love you girls :)
Enjoying some dessert. L-R: Katie (me), Ellie, Amy.
Miss Serina
Miss Patricia Hope
Miss Mary Wisdom
Miss Katherine Grace (me)
Sisters!
Father and daughter
Miss Felicia Rachelle
Daughter and Mother
How very sweet :)
Bro and Sis.
Miss Amy
What do ladies do best (at least, most of them)? CHAT OF COURSE!
What a spread...
I must have been listening intently to something undoubtedly important.
A rather blurry pic of Nic :) The guys originally weren't at the BD (well, Robert, Dad and Mike were escorting ladies to the door from their cars) but then the guys had a surprise for Ellie--singing and dancing a sweet song made just for her! It was soooo funny!
I'm not sure what Patricia and Mary are doing! *laugh*
Ditto above :)
Yum!
Felicia, Mary, and Valerie.
Praying for Elizabeth

Our piano.
Patricia, Serina, Stephanie
Elizabeth, Stephanie, Karisa
Attempting to get a group shot.
Blurry! Too bad :(

What a wonderful time.

A Spring in Colorado! ~ by Elizabeth

I have to say, that when we moved here in November i had absolutely no idea how beautiful the landscape was (besides the Rockies!) going to be for everything was brown and well, dead. But, with spring here and everything green, fragrant and full of life *sigh*, i sure enjoy looking out the window and taking all of the beauty of "green spring" in!

Although there are many flowering trees here my ultimate favorite was the pink crabapple tree...lovely! I had never seen anything like it.

Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoy a Spring in Colorado!




Are you taking the pic.....? = D

beautiful.....

These pictures are actually from our park across the street!






Well all good things come to and end and were these lovely flowers use to be green leaves slowly take their place...= (
But there is next year to look forward to!