Is it True?!

Is it True?  Can my daughter really be 15 and soon be legal to drive (with a permit and adult in the car.)?  This is all happening so fast.  I feel like I've been a parent forever but I also feel like I'm 19 and not old enough to have a 15 year old child.  C-R-A-Z-Y!!
So we've had a busy week with the winding up of school, celebrating Kayli's birthday and having Tent City in the back yard.  Tent city wasn't quite the big event we'd initially anticipated but my vow is it won't be our last attempt so look for a future Tent City post with a lot more people and tents in our back yard.
Mark graduated from 6th grade, but just barely.  Here are a few shots of him being announced at the graduation ceremony Wednesday morning.

They may have said his last name wrong (Kanitchey) but he looked cute!
Then it was the last day of school and this is how our boys and the neighbor boys decided to celebrate.

80 degrees outside and they think this is a fun idea, and it was!
And then it was Kayli's birthday.

Snacking on her dad's DELICIOUS home made guacamole.

Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake, rich, rich, rich!

Lighting the torch!

 And then it was the singing of "Happy Birthday" and for those who were there you'll know why she's making all these faces and laughing hysterical and for those who weren't there but have experienced the traditional singing of "Happy birthday" by the Kmetzsch clan you can just imagine the chaos and for those of you who have never experienced the singing of "Happy birthday" by the Kmetzsch clan there are no words to describe it, it has to be experienced and sorry my video is non-transferrable but maybe some day I'll treat you to the "fun".

Then there's the traditional birthday balloons awaiting her first thing this morning.  (Who's idea was it to buy a balloon for every year they are old because that can get spendy?!)

And a little tent city fun first thing in the morning.

And then she got to open her official gift.

That's right, she got used tupperware, just what every 15 year old girl wants.

And then more tupperware, and oh yeah, a brand new ipod nano!!



She loved the nano and was really sweet and let her mom have the used tupperware.  (Greg had planned to wrap the tiny gift in 15 stacked containers but I refused to waste that much wrapping paper.)

  So that's our week!  I apologize for some of the blurry pictures but I like using my phone because it's the easiest way to transfer them to my computer and blurry or not they're better than nothing.
Next week should prove to be fun and busy with Isaac and Mark's baseball tournament and a planned get together with a lot of Greg's buddies so stay tuned for more fun photos and adventure from the Alpine Kmetzsch family.