Peter turns 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you see that number.  16!  Do you know what that means! 

Peter is such a wonderful, unique, interesting, funny, handsome, adorable, quirky, boy.  So how do you celebrate that appropriately.

Well. . . this kid still wants Star Wars X-box games for his birthday.  We made him use his birthday money to buy that, but it made his day.  He invite a couple of boys from the ward over to play with him.  Several of them came and gave him an aweomse birthday poster, wishing him luck in Priests quorum.  Only one could stay and play but that was Peter's favorite birthday memory.

We all went to see the Lego movie, the only appropriate movie available at the time, but since Peter has a long history with Legos and still displays his best ships in his room, it was the perfect fit.
Meanwhile, back at our home, 2 exciting birthday events were unfolding.
First, our dear neighbors across the street, who all adore Peter (Jared, dad, Aimee, mom, Taylor, 11 year old girl, and Logan, 8. Austin, 5 , and Tallin, 3) were busily giving us our first toiletpapering in Arizona.  Aimee, having led a life of a teenager raised in a small town, is quite the toiletpapering proficient.  It was complete with posters all over and even window paint mocking Peter's Utah Ute's alliance, with Go Cougar messages and even blue cougar paws leading to the door.
I can tell you there is nothing that makes you feel more thought about than a good, loving, toilet-papering!

But wait!  There is more. . .
I just didn't have the umph to throw a party, but everyone deserves a surprise party sometime in their life.  So instead I through a surprise birthday cake and ice cream party.  To be exact it was a homemade-reeses-peanut-butter-cup-ice-cream-cake-party. 
The day before I had texted all the boys in the ward that know Peter.  Both the teachers and the priests, a few leaders and our neighbors across the street.
I had a couple of the boys come over during the movie to let everybody in.
So first we walk up to the spectacular toilet-papering and then walk back into our kitchen/great room area where about 20 people were there to shout surprise and enjoy cake!
It was perfect!
He felt so loved!
I felt so grateful for a wonderful ward and neighborhood.

These events made the new mountain bike almost seem insignificant.
Although Pete's favorite present might have been his University of Utah tie from James.  Very selfless on James, the huge cougar fans, part. 

Driving is going to take a little time for Pete since we have pretty high expectations for boys before they get behind a $30,000 wheel and take everyone's life into their own hands.  Will post when that milestone is crossed.