After hosting Lia's Sweet 16 party the evening before, I had to rally my energy today to host Lia's family party. Luckily, it wasn't nearly as big of a production. We started off the morning with serving Lia and the rest of the kids our traditional, birthday waffle breakfast. After church, Lia then went to NWTL for a 4-hour audition for their big, teen production this spring of Mean Girls (that Lia has been looking forward to for almost an entire year). Ron pick her up at 5 o'clock to bring her back home to join the rest of us for her family birthday party. Since my dad is at the Priest Lake cabin right now while my Uncle Doug is visiting from Utah, my mom came with her brother instead of my dad to join us for the evening. The eight of us spent a nice evening together enjoying Lia's favorite, breakfast-for-dinner followed by gift opening, and then a banana cream pie for dessert. She enjoyed receiving some fun gifts including a pair of Converse sneakers, a ticket to an Olivia Rodrigo concert, and a phone holder for her car. It was a nice way to wrap up this weekend of celebrating our oldest child and this milestone birthday!
Lia posing with her siblings and her birthday waffle.
Blowing out her candles for the third time this weekend.
The family gathered around the table at the beginning of dinner.
Lia posing with Emmett and her birthday gifts.
Lia opening up her box of Converse shoes.
Showing off her pair of white, Chuck Taylor high tops.
All three kids crowding around Lia while she opened up another gift.
Ella posing with Lia after she opened up her gift, a set of Taylor Swift charms for Lia's crocs.
Lia holding up her formal dress and high heels that she wore for her party last night, but were technically a birthday gift today.
Lia and her siblings with her very bright, banana cream pie lit with with 16 candles.
Blowing out candles for the fourth and final time this weekend.
The family photo we managed to take before we enjoyed dessert at the end of the party.
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