Instead of having a big sweet 16 party like Alyssa did, Ashley chose to go somewhere fun with her closest school friends. She chose the Homestead Crater up in Midway, followed with pizza at her favorite pizza restaurant in Provo (Two Jacks). Sadly, the weather did not cooperate with us, so Danny ended up taking the kids up the canyon to the crater while I took the boys swimming. We all met up at Two Jacks afterwards.
They had fun at the crater. They only downside was that we had to reserve and buy the tickets in advance and Ashley had one friend that would not give us a committed yes to coming. Our back up plan was to have one of the boys go if she backed out last minute. But when she backed out last minute, the boys had already decided that they didn't want to go unless they both could go. And there weren't enough seats to take them both in our 4-wheel drive vehicle. So basically one of the tickets ended up not getting used.
After a delicious dinner, we went back to our house for games, presents, and dessert. They played Jackbox games and had so much fun.
Ashley's request for her treat was no bakes. They were gone before the end of the night, so they must have been good.
On Ashley's birthday, she requested to go to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse. Danny's parents dropped off a balloon and a treat for her, but the weather was pretty bod, so they didn't stay for dinner.
The food was good, but Alyssa was sad that she couldn't have the rolls (she is gluten free now), so we let her pick an appetizer instead.
Ashley got to sit up on the saddle and have the waiter recognize her birthday, so she thought that was fun.
Her request for a cake this year was just a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache. It was pretty good.
I think she enjoyed her birthday. She has been slow to finish driver's Ed and to practice driving, so she has not gotten her license. We don't feel the need to rush her since she wouldn't have a car to drive anyways. But we definitely want her to have a license by the time school starts in the fall.
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