Ever since a party in the States in July, Julieanne has been celebrating her 13th birthday which really wasn't until Friday, September 19th. While we were home we joined forces with 
fellow friend and teen Joshua Willis for a birthday photo scavenger hunt. Teams were Great Britain vs. America on the quest to solve the photo puzzles. Teams were given a close up portoin of a photo of some place around town. They had to decode what the clip was, drive to it and take their picture in front of it. Drivers weren't allowed to give any help other than to take the picture. The winning team was the one that made it back to the house on time and the one who scored the most points as photos were scored by difficulty.
Team USA,Josh's team, won but they all had a fun time racing the clock and taxing their brains to figure out what the pictures were.
While we were home we also had a few folks over for a slide show and dinner ending in prayer for Julieanne as she embarks on the teen years.
This weekend we finished our celebrating by having all of Julieanne's female classmates over for a cookout and games. It was such fun to be around all of them. 
Julieanne had wanted to just play games with them so that's what we did: the classic - pass the lifesaver, the doughnut game, and the favorite...Jonathan Stamberg's animal game. It was a hit Jonathan - they loved party animal and the shark. 
There were even a few girls that could've given you a run for your money. We showed them a slide show of Julieanne's life which of course had loads of pictures of people they didn't know but they oooed and aahhhed over many of them because they always knew at least Julieanne. Only girls would do that.....
There were even a few girls that could've given you a run for your money. We showed them a slide show of Julieanne's life which of course had loads of pictures of people they didn't know but they oooed and aahhhed over many of them because they always knew at least Julieanne. Only girls would do that.....
We ended the weekend late Sunday with a little movie/slide show Dennis had put together as a challenge to Julieanne. It was a meaningful way to enter her teen years. 
I pondered much this weekend and just marveled again at the lavish gift of friends to our family. I feel so blessed for Dennis, me and the children. Julieanne couldn't help but feel surrounded by people that are for her and adore her. Julieanne is fun to be around(most of the time), she's sensitive, compassionate, others centered, funny and as Dennis put it - a people magnet. 
She can get undone with worries and unknown situations but we are seeing growth in that department.
I pondered much this weekend and just marveled again at the lavish gift of friends to our family. I feel so blessed for Dennis, me and the children. Julieanne couldn't help but feel surrounded by people that are for her and adore her. Julieanne is fun to be around(most of the time), she's sensitive, compassionate, others centered, funny and as Dennis put it - a people magnet. 
She can get undone with worries and unknown situations but we are seeing growth in that department. She is a true joy and delight!
Happy 13th Julieanne!
Live out loud!
2 comments:
rock on! great to hear! (although you know what they say about teenagers)
and perhaps we can export the Animal Game to the Brits... who knows what kind of international craze may sweep the planet!
you DID play Jonathan's animal game at your party! How fun! He's glad to have a legacy.
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