Ella is sixteen

It's hard to believe this girl has been here sixteen years already - that all happened so fast! 

Ella has her Ls already and is driving her own car (the little black Jetta). She's stayed a lover of Gymnastics and is making her mark in the competitive world of legal studies, top level mathematics and very clever (and funny) one liners. She's renowned for her childhood disgust at kite flying, pedalling up steep hills and the black swans of Weston Park. She's also had some monumental (but very funny) fails that are part of family myth making - at jam making and (not) getting her Ls without doing the preliminary test! All of this awesomeness has been squeezed into her sixteen short years.

Ella greeted her 16th birthday cash splash yesterday with characteristic joy!

Are we allowed to say there might have even been a little champagne toast to mark the occasion?

Our family celebration last night included some candles and the obligatory chocolate...

Ella definitely has the best parents (and little sister) in the planet!

Happy birthday darling girl. We have been so lucky to share so much of your life in the last sixteen years and we'll love always being there for you and Abi no matter what the future brings.