Vegas and Sweet Sixteen

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Vegas to attend the BYU  vs. U of A football game.  We walked the strip allllll day and then went straight to the game that evening.  We were so exhausted by the time we got back to our hotel room at 2 am!  Brent and I decided we are too old for Vegas.  The kids were good sports about it all.  Honestly, Vegas isn't my favorite place to visit, but the casinos were pretty impressive.  

About 11 pm at the football game, BYU won!

Inside the Venetian

Two days after we got back, this girl celebrated her 16th birthday!!  I can't believe she is old enough to drive and date! 

Sydney still makes Brent and I look good.  She has the gift of gratitude, which is a blessing to me.  Serving your kids is so much easier when they appreciate you!  Sydney also likes to hang out with me, which makes me super happy. She has started with voice lessons again (which I tag along for), and it's so wonderful to see her develop that talent.  She has struggled with the new Drama teacher at school, which has been hard.  But, she is enjoying the kids in drama and is grateful to be able to have a more normal high school experience.

 For her birthday, I arranged for a gift to be delivered to her in each class at school.  We had crepes for breakfast, I brought her sushi for lunch, and then we had Chipotle for dinner.

The weekend after her birthday, we surprised her with a party.  She wasn't super excited about having a party, but I decided we needed to celebrate her.  Unfortunately, one of her friends ruined the surprise the day before, but she still acted surprised.  We had a ton of kids show up and they spent a good part of the party singing karaoke (mostly Broadway songs, of course).  Amelia came and did a mocktail bar, and  we had this cake made.  Yellow and macarons, another Sydney duo.