Chase's 15th Birthday Celebration!

Saturday April 23rd was Chase's 15th Birthday! We started the day by taking Chase out for a girls day out,  Tommy was called away to preach a funeral, so Matthew was left to take the kids to the Easter Celebration at our church while Chase, Sarah, and I went out to start the celebration, our first stop was to get coffee (Hester, and Sarah have made Chase quite the coffee drinker!), then we headed to USA Nails for pedicures, O'Charley's for lunch, and then a stop at Old Navy for a birthday dress for Chase's birthday dinner later that evening!

 We had a wonderful day celebrating Chase, and getting ready for her Birthday dinner at Olive Garden that evening, Chase invited several close friends, and most of our family was there to celebrate as well! Even Tommy made it home and to the party in plenty of time thank goodness! :)

Here is a collage of pictures we made at the party,

Chase with her friends and family along with some of her gifts!

Chase also received a unexpected gift from Tommy and I

 as well as a unique gift from her brothers, their wives and families!

 Tommy and I have saved reward points from our credit card, so we were able to get Chase a Nook Color for her birthday! She was so excited! She loves to read and she loves technology, so we felt this was the perfect gift for Chase's birthday!

Chase's brothers, their wives and families went in together to give Chase money because she has been wanting to buy a sabre for colorguard (yes, my daughter is completely obsessed with colorguard, she is so excited, it is starting back in just a few weeks!) Anyway, not only did they give her enough money to buy a sabre, but they did it in a fun unique way! Chase opened her present to find a box with a tag that read "Pull Here Slowly" as she began to pull...out came $1 bills, she pulled, and pulled, and pulled...until she had pulled out $125 one dollar bills!! She was beyond excited...what a fun way to give money!! Thanks Brian, Gerie, Nathan, Hester, Matthew, and Sarah for making Chase's gift so special! Here's a few pictures to see the fun she had!! :)

Chase was certainly blessed with wonderful gifts this year, besides her money and Nook Color, she received 2 dresses, several pairs of earrings, 2 necklaces, a glee CD, and my brother, sister in law, and niece gave her a Six Flags Season Pass!

We had a great time celebrating Chase!! She has been such a joy to us since the day she was born! Tommy and I are so proud of her, and we count it our privilege to be able to celebrate her birthday! We love you Chase and we hope you had a great day!! 

A special thanks to my daughter in law, Hester, who made party favors for all our guests (Chase's friends) I never got a picture of all of them, but here are a few! She did an AWESOME job and all the girls love them!! Thanks Hester for helping to make Chase's 15th birthday party a complete success!! :)