Sweet sixteen, Caroline Susannah! Blessings on you, Callie!
Cousin Gracie and Callie's sister Mary
Callie Sue with cousin Kitty, friends Olivia and Jessica
Three of Callie's guests, cousin Sarah, friends Rachel and Ariana.
Grandmama and the honoree, beautiful Callie. I call this my "Aunt Bee" hat!Today, we had Callie's 16th birthday tea. She had chosen a 1940's garden party theme, and what fun we had preparing for it! We found vintage hats and glued silk flowers on them, search and found white gloves for everyone, brought out the lace linens and floral china, made punch and finger sandwiches, as well as other lovely delicacies.
Callie was surrounded by her mama and aunts, both grandmothers, sisters and cousins, and lots of sweet friends. It was a precious privilege for me to lead in prayer asking God's blessing on Callie. After dinner, the girls entertained each other with piano and violin pieces, and Callie and Gracie each sang an opera piece (in Italian!). Then it was out to the garden for little shortbreads, cookies, and lemon bars with punch. (Dinner was enjoyed inside, since it was well into the 90s today!)
It brought back so many sweet memories to me of my childhood, when ladies wore hats and gloves for such occasions, and the girls really played it up bigtime! Another milestone for a godly young lady taking her place as a woman of God. Happy Birthday, sweet Callie!
6 comments:
Happy 16th Birthday, Callie!! We had such a wonderful time on Tuesday. You were a beautiful guest of honor and it was lovely to see you surrounded by those who love you. We hope the day was as special to you as you are to us.
Love,
Aunt Beth, Kitty, SarahBeth, Grace, Markie, and Rose
Yes, it was a lovely afternoon.
Callie was such a sweet hostess to us all.
Love,
Sarah
What a wonderful celebration you had! It looks like all the guests were enjoying themselves as you celebrated Callie's sweet sixteen :-) I love your Aunt Bee hat, Bonnie!
Blessings,
Tammy ~@~
Oh! How wonderful! What lovely pictures :) Thanks for the beautiful memories you have created for Callie by posting this on your blog. We enjoyed this special day so much -- Thank you, Mama!!
Even the lovely pictures don't do this garden party justice! We had such fun and it was so nice to see everyone dressed up from "head to fingertips"!
Hello Mrs. Frodge,
I was looking on RG's blog and noticed the comment that you left about the word "Ya'll"!!! I had always wondered how to spell that the right way! Thankyou for clarifying that!
We Love Y'all!!!!
Love,
Ashley
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