Jeff's Party

What a night! You realize how old you are when you can't make it past 10:00pm anymore! Anyone else have this problem??? Jeff had a party friday night for his big 16 birthday! It was suppose to start at 7:00pm but girls arrived early to help me get things ready(ya right, they just came to hang out with Jeff). He had a ton of friends show up and we made hamburgers, hot dogs, hot cheetos(can't have a teenage party without), soda, cookies, and homemade icecream! They ate a ton, played the wii, and watched movies tell 12pm then walked the girls home, and didn't get back here until after 1:00 then a couple of his close freinds all crashed on the couches and floor downstairs after talking tell who knows when. They had a blast but boy was it hard not telling them to quiet down-our neighbors probably hate us! I kept looking at David and he would say "you only turn 16 once!" So I bit my tongue and no cops showed up and no neighbors threw stuff at us today! So I sit here and ponder that this is only the beginning of the madness for us. I sure love them but I think it was so much simpler when they were little. I have a hard time letting them pull away and find themselves. I just want to hold on and sheild them from the big bad world! I hope they all know how proud their mom is of them-what great kids I have!