Quinceanera?

 

Yesterday my oldest daughter turned 15.  Fifteen!  Where has the time gone?!  Lauren has grown into a lovely young women.  She was our first child to be born in Houston, TX.  She is a very smart and creative person.  One of my fondest memories of Lauren was when she was three or four.  I would get the kids special Band-Aids just for them.  One time when I got Lauren her very own Band-Aids I found them all up and down both legs.  She did this again with stickers, but in addition to being up and down both legs they were all over her arms.

Lauren loves to bake and try new recipes.  Her specialty is banana bread.  I don’t know what she does, but she makes some of the best banana bread I have ever had.  This past New Years, Lauren and Scott set out to learn how to make churros and sopapillas.  After some trial and error, they made some really good churros and sopapillas. 

Lauren is also very artistic and crafty, which I have no idea where so got that gene from.  In eighth grade two of her art pieces made it to Jr VASE where she metaled on both pieces.  This school year she has had some creative projects for school.  As a result of one of these projects, Scott has banned Lauren from ever using glitter again.  Both my front porch and the back patio were victims of an overdose of glitter.

Lauren has a new hobby.  She loves photography and has and does take some really great pictures with her ipod.  She wanted a nice digital camera for Christmas.  Well, she got one and has been playing with it ever since.  She thinks about her shots and takes lots of really great pictures.  Most importantly, she is having so much fun with her camera.

When we found out that the NCAA men’s basketball final four and championship games where going to be played in Houston this year that is all that Lauren wanted for her birthday.  Scott bought tickets for Lauren, Bryon and himself to go to the championship game which was two days before Lauren’s birthday.  We all did brackets and with all the surprises most of our brackets did not fair very well.  Since Lauren was going to be turning 15, Scott kept teasing her that the game was her Quinceanera and that she would have to wear a big poufy dress to the game.

Lauren’s next big step in life is to get her learners permit and start learning to drive. Oh boy!