Briana, Friends, and Sledding

I was deluding myself in that last post.  Life doesn't really slow down.

Briana and four of her new friends at the coffee shop

Last weekend was Briana's birthday and it was a delightful and busy weekend.  She was especially touched when a few of her friends surprised her by meeting her at a little coffee shop in town to buy her a dessert and a special hot drink.  After visiting and giggling for a while, they spent the rest of the afternoon checking out the fun little shops around town.

Then that night we took her out to supper (she chose Mexican and we happened upon the best Mexican restaurant we've tried here yet) and took her shopping since she wanted a new Bible cover and cd for her birthday.

The next evening we hosted a Teen Night for the local homeschool group.  The night started with them having a blast sledding.

They tried all kinds of fun tricks like making a long train by holding one another's legs and trying to make it down the long, long hill as one unit (it worked once!) and hooking arms to sled down side by side.

They had a really great time with lots of competition, exercise, and laughter.  Then they came inside to a warm fire, hot chocolate, and some pizza burgers, chicken wings, and all sorts of snacks.  I couldn't get all of the entryway in the frame, but I captured a good part of the chaos that results when 22 teenagers come in from sledding!

The rest of the evening was spent talking, laughing, playing the piano, playing games, and just generally having a great time.

Briana and Destry have developed some good friendships with a pretty good group of kids.  It's kind of funny how things work out, isn't it?