Katie turned 17 last week. She doesn't drive yet which annoys her a lot but Skinners are late to drive since they are always overseas in those critical years....
In order to make her day special (since it's always in the holidays) she has always had her own Christmas tree in her room. It always has some unique decorations--in the past it has been candles, toys and bears. This year it is gold butterfiles and red bows.
We went cosmic bowling to celebrate; with Jill and her boys, Brian and our Nikki, Mark and everyone. After two hours of flashing lights, fast music and too much pizza I felt on the verge of an epileptic attack, but we laughed and sang and danced (the girls say "gosh MOM, don't DANCE here!")
