Birthday Morning

You may recall that our clan celebrated Danica's birthday on Tuesday evening, but her birthday was Wednesday. When I checked on FB, her mother had posted this ↓ collage. It's amazing what you can pull together in minutes with a phone and FB. Accomplishing something like this would would be time-consuming using my old-fashioned methods.

For this actual day Shauna had another surprise for Danica.

A company came in and installed it in the muddle of the night, so that it would there on the morning of her birthday.

I rushed over with my camera, and I don't know why. I don't mean about rushing over there but about bringing my camera and not just relying on the phone. When it's a rushed job like this before everybody headed off for the day, the phone arguably does the job easier and better with its rather advanced software.

Nevertheless, I took the above photo with my camera, and her dad took this. ↓

It wasn't long before, Danica posted her learner's permit. As soon as she turned 16, she was right in there taking the test. She said that dad let her drive in a new, quiet subdivision for about 20 minutes. It's a start.

But when we posted those photos ↑ in the family chat, poor JJ was a little hurt that he didn't get to participate. The shoot was pretty much unplanned and only took a few minutes, but it looked like a good time, and he felt excluded. 

He should have been included, so, we picked him up for lunch as compensation.

Those 16 years flew by, I tells ya, but I appreicate having been around for them.