Cousin Time!

 Christie brought her girls for a visit because Charis was doing a volleyball camp at USF, so we got some good cousin time!  Eden, Faith, and Katy had a great time going to Amah's and playing dress up:

They helped me put up the swing I got for Christmas and Katy enjoyed it very much!

And Eden got her face painted!

And Eden and Faith worked on their special handshake.  There are two versions of it.

 

Sweet 16

 Z turned 16 years old!!  I can hardly believe he's gone from this:

To this:

Christie and her girls were in Sioux Falls for the birthday, so we had lots of fun celebrating.  We did a compare and contrast with the food -- pizza from two different places, doughnuts from two different places, that sort of thing.  Then we had games related to the number 16 -- first person to get 16 rubber bands in a cup and putting 16 clothes pins on poor Z's face!  What a good sport he is!

We love you Z!  What an amazing 16 years it's been!!

For a bonus, check out one of my absolute favorite videos of Z: