Audrey Cornelia Turns 14!

Audrey turned 14 over last weekend! So we celebrated on Saturday as a family:)

We started the day with a homemade breakfast!

Fueling up Audrey for her city rec basketball game

As always, chocolate cake for Audrey...I found these cute little cactus candles. She loves cactus plants

Still wearing the headband from when she was 4 :)

Clay demonstrating his qualifications in making homemade french fries with

a new fryer

sigh

It was a fun evening. The girls headed to the mall after cake and presents to use some gift cards. They are such cute sisters together.

The next day we left early for Carlsbad to spend the day with family! We 'took a great walk on Moonlight Beach in Encinitas.

Someone was happy!

I love my gorgeous nerds

someone wrote this in the sand...so we took advantage of the photo op

rock stacking

Chester's rocks

overhanging ice plants on the bluff

making "rivers"

v formation of pelicans

happy coastal flowers

making them take pics for me, they were good sports

we love this donut shop. they close when they sell out :)

Superbowl Snack spread!

It was a fun weekend celebrating beautiful, smart, funny, down to earth Audrey. Junior High has just about done her in. She has 4 months left of 8th grade and then....BOOM....high school.

She is ready for new things in life.

And I hope we can help facilitate her growth these next 4 years.

We love you Audrey Cornelia 💖

You have so much ahead of you. So much to learn about yourself. Life is not everything you know at 14 but it sure can feel like it.

So hang on while we hang on to you!

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