Nineteen.

My "little" brother turned 19 last week.

It kind of shocked me!

He's growing up,

graduating,

going to college

with dreams of being a pastor.

He is one of the wisest 19 year-olds I've met.

He's going to be great.

To celebrate, I made him

vanilla bean cupcakes (recipe here)

with buttercream frosting (recipe here).

I was daring and tried something from the Pioneer Woman.

I had to cut open a vanilla bean! So fun.

Mmmm.

He's not a big sweets person

(give him a bag of chips any day),

But I couldn't resist.

Look! He modeled for me. :)

I think he liked them...

Happy Birthday Brother,

You are always going to be "little" to me.

I love you.