Helen Grace is 16!
- She loves varsity cheer and is ready for football season so she can get back on the sidelines.
- She is THRILLED that she's now showing in children's (3ft) and is growing a great relationship with Cayman.
- She wants to drive any second she can, and as a result, she's already driven interstates, in the rain, late at night, etc. She got her license as soon as she could after her holiday weekend birthday (Tuesday at 9:30). She did her driving test with Maxwell, so we just had to hand the DMV the paperwork.
- She's calm, cool, and collected. Not much bothers her. Or if anything, she'll have a quick flash of emotion and then go back to baseline.
- She has a great group of core girls and guys, and they like to hang out around our fire pit/ pool, go to El Mezcal, or ride around to fast food restaurants (ha!). That makes youth group a lot of fun too.
- Favorite foods include fettucine alfredo/ Pasta Roni, Rice a Roni, Zaxby's, Twix, and Alani (only two sips).
- She revolves music and dancing. Loves making playlists. Loves going to concerts.
- Favorite color is purple (and she loves asking you what your favorite color is too)
- She is still the only one of us that Blue wants to have anything to do with. The other kitties will wander into her room too from time to time, but Blue is (thinks he is) still the boss.
- Still very allergic to horses and cats and pollen and anything in the air, still needs inhaler during certain times of the year.
- She can tell you the UV index at any given moment.
- She loves to travel and explore new places and equally likes to be at home.
- She's poured herself into any way to be involved at school. She's been elected Junior Class co-Spirit Week Coordinator (with Mary Caroline again), she's been chosen as a leader on the Student Ambassadors, and she's joined the Retreat Leaders to put on retreats for younger classes.
- She's been 5'4" for a year at least and loved it, hoped she'd stay there forever. But she's grown a little this year and has now measured 5'5" twice and is MAD about it.
- She gets car/ motion sick.
- She loves sleeping/ lounging in her bed. (Although she also wears out her seat at the kitchen table and has taken over the living room lately.) She'll never turn down a mama's bed night though.
- What does she want to be when she grows up? A labor & delivery nurse, an ultrasound tech, a psychologist, a kids' physical therapist?
She made her quarter grades, so John and I picked her up after cheer to go get her car. She hadn't wanted to be surprised and was a part of the process, but we didn't tell her/ didn't confirm that it was happening that day. But when she saw John in the car too, she knew something was going on!
Getting excited
Grandparents waiting on us to arrive
The salesman made her close her eyes and guided her into the room. When she opened her eyes, she was shocked to see grandparents and screamed! lol
She must be happy- a voluntary sister hug! Cress was so happy for her to finally get her car.
And even a hug for daddy!
Overwhelmed and happy (in line at CFA)
First ride to school the next day
Cressey loved her first ride
Rylee and HG had a joint Sweet 16 birthday dinner at Ciao Bella
We put funny pics of them as babies/ tweens on straws, and they actually thought it was funny too!
Her actual birthday- finally- fell on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend! She went to Horsehoe with friends for the weekend, and I was READY to get her home on Sunday morning! After John snapped this pic, the rain began and never ended, so we didn't get a pic of HG in front of it. In fact, the wind blew down the 6 lol
Family dinner on birthday night- while we watched the Monaco Grand Prix!
IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!!! On the Tuesday after her birthday (27th), she finally got her official license! She had done the driving test with Maxwell a few months ago, so we literally just had to hand the DMV the paperwork and let her take a new pic (which she was very happy with, btw, the lady was like, "You know I know what I'm doing, girl! I got you!"). In and out in 17 mins with an appointment (unlike the line of people around the parking lot). She spent the day driving to the furthest Starbucks, running errands for me, and even taking Cressey to TCBY!
