What do you give a 17 year old girl for her birthday?  These parents had a seriously brilliant plan to plan a dressy dinner date for their daughter and some of her closest friends.  So, they started planning it out, and along the way, decided to throw in a couple suprises!

They called up a local limo company in town, and booked a car to pick the girls up, go to the Cactus Club for supper, and then bring them home.

Having a photographer there was a suprise, which was so fun for me!  All the girls were looking great in their cocktail dresses, and ready to celebrate their friend’s 17th birthday.

We got to take portraits with Nicole and her parents (which as we were talking they realized it had been quite a while since their last professional family portrait) as well as I got to have a few minutes alone with the beautiful birthday girl and focus on her.

After we were done with group photos, there were a couple more suprises!  We had our own little The Bachelor moment, as Nicole gave each of her friends a flower (from one of her friend’s parent’s flower shops!) and then it was off to dinner!

So… This is how the girl’s reacted when Nicole’s dad told them that as another surprise, he lined them all up blind dates for dinner too!!  (Of course, he was kidding!! But he definitely got the reaction he was looking for from the girls!)

Once again Nicole, Happy 17th Birthday!! You are a beautiful, confident, and very friendly young woman!