Last week must’ve been the week for celebrating 16th birthdays, for in addition to Josiah’s party, we threw one for our new and dear friend, Ashlee, on Friday. This time, it was to be a surprise!

…well, “semi-surprise” is better put. We kept it a secret successfully until twelve hours prior when Ashlee put together many clues and curious details. She figured we were going to surprise her, but she didn’t know when, until we came knocking on her door practically!

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Ah! We had such great fun together, as always. Among our festivities planned for the day, we had an airsoft battle! (that’s almost getting to be routine around here!) Ashlee and I had a little surprise of our own to add to that, which you’ll see in the pictures.

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You know an airsoft battle has gone well when the all girls don’t mind playing again! We didn’t actually have time for that though, for next up for our birthday activities was to have a barn dance!

Angie and I are delighted to discover that Ashlee’s family has a wonderful barn for dancing in. We came prepared with music and dance instructions, taught a few new sets and danced away! It was very cold for a Fall day, but as any of our readers who have done vintage dancing before know, the dancing keeps you plenty warm.

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After a pizza dinner, it was our plan to go to the corn maze in the dark, but here the weather prevented us; it was pouring rain outside, as well as being quite cold. We’ll have to reschedule. But here’s a picture of us all before departing!

Half of us returned to Ashlee’s house and finished off the party with some music, and an energetic game of “spoons”.  Ashlee said it was probably the best birthday party she’s ever had! It was awesome. Even if the surprise wasn’t a complete surprise, it was great fun!

Happy Birthday Ashlee!

-Kasie