Delighting in the joy...

Just coming up on 10 years ago, we were shocked and elated to hear 
we were expecting our fourth child. 
We knew full well that the likelihood of all going well with the pregnancy 
was tiny owing to our less than "spring chicken" ages 
and our decades long history of difficulty having twigs.

We decided to celebrate and delight in the joy while we could

 so we gathered the twigs together for ice cream sundaes 

and had them guess our exciting news. 

It took a while (cough, cough) but eventually with some hints 

they figured it out. 

It was actually more of a question than a guess 

"Are we going to have a baby???" 

There were cheers and tears all around!

We miscarried that baby a few weeks later 

but I still remember vividly the immense joy I felt and delighted in for a time. 

This last week, our girlie and I celebrated our birthdays. 

It was a biggie for our girlie, she turned 16!!

We've been delighting in the joy all month!   :)

There was so much delighting that there was little picture taking

 so all we have are the great memories

 and some silly selfies.

We started the celebrating with a great night of racquetball - my favorite thing!

Then there was a trip to the temple 

to do work for those who couldn't do it for themselves - my favorite thing!

My icing on the proverbial birthday cake was a night of theater and show-tunes

at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square...

 

 ...followed by

 yummy frites and waffles at Bruges - my favorite thing!

Our girlie's icing on the birthday cake 

 was getting to go on a real date! 

She's been watching her brothers have a blast for years on group dates. 

Sometimes it's hard being the youngest. 

She had so much fun on her first date playing blindfolded croquet. 

You may have noticed that this picture is not a silly selfie
but rather...a picture by stalker mom.   ;)

I could not help myself!

Thank you friends, for celebrating with us, 

for the happy birthday wishes and for the yummy treats. 

Thanks for giving us so much joy to delight in!  

xoxo