Sweet Sixteen

Today I'm catching up and remembering our Summer birthdays. Mer turned sixteen in May.  A serious momentous occasion. Her birthday was on a Saturday but we were too busy camping the week before to throw a party that day so we planned it for the next week. We celebrated that day with a fun trip to Orlando to see the Wax museum and the little aquarium.

Here's max with David Beckham

Doug with his twin, Pit Bull.

Elvis, of course.

Tom had fun looking at all the fishies. This is a Florida lobster he's looking at here.  We have about 27 of these in our freezer right now from the annual Lobster mini season fishing trip, but more on that later.

This fire you could touch was pretty cool.

I sure do love this girl.

The next week We through a fun party for her and pulled out all our crafty and decorating skills. Sadly my SD card ate most of our photos from this day but we had fun getting everything ready for the party.

The girls just ate tasty bbq and roasted marshmallows over the fire pit. It was a lovely night.

The following week we took her to get her official license. Driving is probably her favorite thing about being 16.

Right now Mer loves to...
Sing loudly along with her music all. the. time.
Snuggle with her brothers, especially Thomas, who calls her "Bleh-La"
Drive, She asks to drive and for her own car as much as possible
Play the piano. She's currently working her way through the songs in the Les Miserables and Adele books.
Redecorate her room. it's alway in transition. She's painting the coolest mural on her wall right now.