This is the story of a girl.

This is the story of a girl.. who FINALLY turned 16!!! Her name you ask? That would be the name Emmaline. Or.. Emmy. Or.. M.E.! Hahaha.. get it..  ahaha it's me! Okay so anyways. About a week and two days ago.. I had my 16th birthday. And what a beautiful day it was! Even though it fell on a Sunday, I couldn't have asked for a better day. Sooo Saturday, after weeks of planning, I woke up at 545 to go on a hike with my church! That morning I figured out that I was a wee bit out of shape-- haha just a weeee bit :)-- and that I was proud to be representing the 16 year-olds even though I was only an EAGER 16 year-old waiter. Later some friends and I went to the lake. It was so much fun! I ended up getting cake smothered all over my sunburned face.. thank you Catie Porter! Hahah just kidding it was great. I can still smell it to this day! I also learned that I am kind of stupid when it comes to tubing.. I flew off while we were going crazy, aaaand I fell off while we were barely moving. Yep. Well So we ate, tubed, and wakeboarded.. then headed back home to the beautiful RAIN. The perfect ending to the perfect day. I ran around allll night in it, and ate breakfast at like 11. That's my kind of day right there. 

Next, my crazyy friends took me to the traditional Denny's at about 12:30 am. Now we're talkin. I'm officially 16!! Soo we went and we laughed and giggled and I was dressed suuuper weird but that's okay... isn't everyone who goes to Denny's that late?! We took tons of pictures and this hippie guy gave me a bracelet.. it reads, "HAPPINESS". Aww. 

Happiness

So I arrive home at like 2:30, and put my head to rest (even though I had no point to cause I am 16 now).  I woke up to this strange singing... but as the blur faded I came to recognize the familiar faces of my family and as my ears awoke I finally heard the last little bit of "Happy Birthday". Aww man! So it wasn't a dream! I REALLY WAS SIXTEEN! Yes! I hopped out of bed, dressed myself for church, and went throughout church just happy go lucky. I was smilin, and people were saying hi to me, and man. What a day. People are so nice! Haha so then, as I was about to eat lunch, I hear this knock on the door. Who is it none other than.. Matt Macdonald standing there with a rose. I love this kid! Haha I was like wow.. now this guy.. is just great. haha so I guess Matt set a trend because 14 other boys showed up with roses all within about 10 minutes of eachother. Who was the mastermind between this wonderful flattery?! Who showed up with the last rose?!.. CATIE PORTER. I seriously owe you girl!! That was like, the coolest, best thing I could ever ask for. So later I went and played games at Catie's and it was just great. What a wonderful day! Thank you guys so much for making my birthday so memorable! I am so happy to be a part of the 16 year old world.. and this is, well, ONE story of a girl.


Emmaline

"Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young."