HAPPY 18 "YOU GO, GIRL!"

A JOYFUL CELEBRATION!
Darren, Linda, and Jared Lasko


She's going to love this!



Willie and Amanda Hartman
Rob and Kyle
Darren, Cody, Cory Foulk, and JR Hansen

Braden, Garret, Ryan, Derek, Josh
Karen Cox, Jenny and Tim Amundsen
Devery Amundsen, Chris Dugen
LaRae Wilson, Sherry Foote, Diane Feldman



Only the best of friends!



Happy Birthday!




I am finally getting around to down-loading pictures from Kristin's fabulous 18th birthday. After much ado, we were finally able to pull it off. I knew that picking a day and hoping counts would be good was a shot in the dark. As it turned out, we did it in the nick of time as two days later Kristin's counts crashed and we spent the week at recovering. We want to say; from the bottom of our hearts,"Thank you." The evening was beautiful and it was such a joyous celebration for Kristin. I cannot explain to you all how it made her feel in words. Suffice it to say, she felt very loved. We are very grateful to have been able to joyously celebrate her eighteenth year with her and all of you. To have had this date pass without this possibility would be unbearable! Enjoy the pictures.

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Anonymous said…
What a wonderful birthday celebration for Kristin! You can tell just how loved she is from the pictures and her smiling face. All of the photos are great.

I am curious if Kristen helped to decorate her birthday cake? The little swirls look very much like the ones on the nurses' poster she made for the 5-South nurses here at Oakland Children's Hospital. They are lovely, like she is.

A very belated but very happy 18th birthday to Kristin from the Trowbridge family!
October 5, 2008 at 1:13 PM
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