18! No Way!

Yes Samantha turned 18 this year.  As she reminds us that

she is an official adult I remind her that she can leave at any

time--------not!  I would miss her terribly.  Samantha has always

hated her birthday being the day after Christmas.  No

one from school really remembers because of the holidays

and even in Young Women because of the holidays seem

to forget.  For the past few years her BFF Arika Hales has

spent Christmas Day night with her because she "loves

our family birthday tradition".  We get up early 6-6:30 am to

sing Happy Birthday, have the kids open their gifts and then

we fix them breakfast in bed.  This year Sam chose waffles

with the rich homemade syrup.  We always have to buy her

a cake from the store because she loves the frosting which

she eats for the next few mornings after for breakfast---yuck.

This year Arika planned a double date.

They picked Sam up about 4pm and they all went to a

place in SLC where they serve dinner and perform spoofs on

certain productions.  This year they performed

It's A Wonderful Life.  They then went over to Temple Square

and had a carriage ride looking at the lights.  Then off for

ice cream.  Samantha said that it was the best time ever.

I can't believe I am getting soooooo old!