Sweet 16 and House Updates

Yesterday was my little sister Lauren's 16 Birthday! I can't believe how old we are all getting! Its nuts... but she started the day off getting her drivers license (she was soooo excited!) then lunch at our favorite place Olive Garden for lunch. After lunch we went to the MAC counter and got mini makeovers. It was fun to be with the girls and have some fun make-up time. Later that night we had a family dinner with cake and presents and then all her friends came over. I think it was a pretty good birthday for her!

My Mom WAY out did herself with this cake!!! This woman is crazy! I had to get a couple pictures of it because it was so pretty.

the birthday girl, my mom and Gavin smiling at the camera with my mom's masterpiece


Here is a close up of the cake. It was two layers. The bottom layer was a homemade from scratch double chocolate cake, and the top heart layer was a red velvet cake mix. Needless to say the bottom layer was MUCH better. She put cream cheese frosting and chocolate ganache with strawberries. It so DELICIOUS! I'm telling ya, my mom is super woman!

Jed and I got Lauren tickets to the Fray .... this was a recreation of the surprised moment. (the original was much better, but I didn't have my camera out and missed it )

She got a lot of fun presents and I think she had a pretty good day... Happy 16th Birthday Lauren!!!!

In other news, our house is coming along. It is so fun to drive out there and see the progress they have made. Jed and I are SO excited and can't wait until we get to move in!

They have the stone and siding up, but they still have a lot to do! Now you can sort of tell what it will look like finished

This is going to be the kitchen. Jed is going to do our cabinets custom and they are going to be amazing!!! I am so excited to see them installed because they are going to be incredible. My hubby is amazing and I am proud of him for wanting to do the cabinets all by himself (I can't wait for you to see the finished product. Jed designed them on his own and its going to be awesome!!!!)

I was SOOO excited when I saw there was some drywall up! Its only the dividing wall, but still! This is the family room (I love that it is open and 2 stories high!) and the stairs going up are on the left

And my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE part... our house number is up! Its all ours! 10449 Sage Vista Way will be our address for the next years of our life. I am so excited to move to a new neighbor hood of young families (yay!!!) and I am so excited to move on the the next phase of our lives and start our family in this house! Who knew a bunch of wood and concrete could be so fun!?!? :)