Lily is 16!

Happy Birthday to Lily! This young lady is sweet sixteen years old. She just finished Driver's Ed last week (yay) and has her permit. She's looking forward to getting her license in November (Nov 12 to be exact). School has been out, except not for us for the past three weeks - we've still had to get her to Skyline every day at 9, but not today. We stayed up a little too late last night, thus when Wesley called at 7am it felt waaay too early, but he wanted to be the first to wish Lily a happy birthday. His comp clapping, Wesley shouting over and over again "Happy Birthday Lily!!! HaPPY BiRTHDaY!!!!" 

I was actually awake downstairs attempting to read. Mel was in Abi and Lily's bedroom, so she put the phone up on Lily's bed so they could wake her up, which they did.

After that, Corey went on a ride, then I caught up to him and went on a hike/jog alongside him (sorry to slow you down sweetie). We came home to find that Owen made Lily and everyone a pancake and bacon breakfast. 

Then Lily opened her one present from us - a custom book embosser. 

It says "From the Library of Lilian Wride" and has her initials in the middle. Then Corey went to work, then Lily and I went climbing, and Mel came along too. Me belaying Mel. 

We did that from like 12:30 - 2:30 at Ft Union - Bouldering and then top rope with Lily and Mel... Lily belayed me for a Yellow 5.10b, then I did the Red 5.11b that I tried last time - I only took 2 rests! AND I didn’t touch any other colors! Last time I took 3 rests and touched one other color, so yay for getting better! The kids were trying to be patient as they waited for grandma to come by. Natalie made a cake. When my mom came, the kids were ready!

A card from my mom, a book that Lily requested (The Grandest Game) and some lego roses. 

Natalie started to cut and serve up the cake as soon as my mom came, and without waiting for Lily's bday pic, so we had her put candles in her slice, then we sang to her. 

And her bday ended with hanging out with a neighbor and then being kidnapped by some friends. I went for a ride cause the temperature was so perfect I had to get out again, 5:50pm ride from home to ruins, techy, and dirty sprint/half fish tail. My Strava didn't start until 1st bridge, so strava says I got 9.89 miles and 1 hour 10 min, but I think actually 12 miles, 1 hour 40 min. I got all of techy and set new PR there at 2:58 (previous record 3:01, woo!) So I came home and kids were good here. We let Lily stay out late, Abi is going to go pick her up so that Corey and I can go to bed now. I told Lily that Abi would leave here at 11:30. The girls have been waiting by watching more of "Business Proposal" - some 2022 Korean romance netflix series that they got into over the weekend when the girls went to Park City with Corey, which they found after they looked up more stuff with Ahn Hyo-seop, who is Jinu in KPop Demon Hunters, who DIES at the end of that show which made Lily Sophi Natalie and Daniel all cry as they watched that with Lily's friends who were here Friday night as a little bday party for her. So now they are all into Korean shows. So they are downstairs watching another episode of Business Proposal, then they'll go get Lily. I hope it's been a good birthday for her.