A New Teen in the House!

Sam turned THIRTEEN on Feb. 5

My baby boy.

Who is almost as tall as me now

He became a teenager just like that

It happened so fast

How could it be

Feb 5th was filled with food, decorated lockers, more food, gifts, dinner out and a little singing.

 Breakfast surprise

 Notice Little Miss...right in there but getting a little tired. HA!

THEN......

We got him GOOD!

He thought we were having a pizza party on Saturday at a local pizza place.

With the help of his friend, we SURPRISED him at our house Friday night!

Couldn't believe EVERYONE kept it a secret!

After he got over the BIG surprise, we played a "scavenger hunt" type game throughout the neighborhood where 5 teams had 12 challenges to complete.

I had 6 high school girls help me "chaperone" the 27 middle schoolers

And then of course the 3 Littles inserted themselves where "necessary"

It was FABULOUS fun!

 SURPRISE!!!!!

 Some of my "mature" chaperones

 The party goers!

Seems like a long way from this....

Yet seems like yesterday.......
Happy 13th Birthday Sam!
We love you and are so very blessed by you!