Jalen 16th Birthday and Ordination

January was a big month for Jalen. He turned 16 and was ordained a priest. Grammy and Grandad flew out for the big day. David was able to ordain Jalen and it was a special day for our family.

Grandad, David, Jalen, Bishop Bruno

Grandad, David, me, Baylie, Jalen, Grammy

The next day was a school holiday so we were able to hold Jalen's birthday party on his actual birthday. He chose to have a mall scavenger hunt with a bunch of his friends.

I ordered a logo from Etsy and Beth Bailey helped me make this cool t-shirt.

And then I modified the J. Crew logo to make t-shirts for the other kids. I have to say it was pretty awesome.

We ordered cool birthday decorations from Amazon.

It was his first girl/boy party, which added some excitement to the event.

We divided into two teams at the mall. (Jonny joined us at the mall and I had forgotten his shirt at the house.)

Caroline Perry, Claire Saunders, Grade Jennings, Alee Bailey, Jonny, James Connors, Jalen, Gideon Stroud, Jay Brusin

Jalen's Team (I never got the pictures of the other team)

Gideon, Jay, Jalen, Jonny, James, Caroline, Alee, Claire, Grace

Everyone had a lot of fun and Jalen was happy with his party.

He chose to have his birthday dinner at Chipotle. I think he liked it!

And then we opened presents. His Aunt Tiffani knows him very well.

So does his mom.

Grammy's birthday is two days after Jalen's so we celebrated her birthday too.

What is Grammy so excited about?? Good & Plenty candy!! Crazy lady!

I think we wore them out.

We were so glad we got to have Grammy and Grandad with us. We always miss them so much when they have to go home.