Rayna turns 15

Our oldest girl is getting very old indeed!  She had a great birthday, celebrating with a lot of her cousins.

 She continues to be the most enthusiastic gift-receiver I have ever known, and thoroughly enjoyed every single moment of the day.  She kept telling me how great her birthday was.

It has been fun watching her grow into a young woman.  She recently was part of a tea party at Nonna and Poppa's house, and she came home intent on re-creating the whole event here at our house.  She made list after list, planned out all the food, went shopping, and then made everything.  Then she wanted to invite some people over for it, so we invited our new friends, the Pillers.  (Liam, age 12, said it was his first tea party -- and he was the perfect gentleman!)

Our lovely hostess!