IVY BRIANA SAFRIT Ivy Briana Safrit, daughter of Chad and Lisa Safrit of Washington and the late Audrey Smith Thornton, was 13 years old on January 24.

On her birthday Ivy's grandmother, Wanda Wilson, brought her a chocolate cake along with other gifts from her uncle and aunt, Randy and Peggy Smith of Elberton.

Ivy enjoyed a visit from her grandmother, Shirley Burgess of Lincolnton, the following evening.

She also celebrated on Saturday, January 26, with a party at the home of her uncle and aunt, Todd and Kelly Ingram in Evans. Everyone enjoyed pizza, crab dip and crackers, Doritos, drinks and a Red Velvet cake, baked and decorated by Mrs. Ingram.

Afterward everyone spent the rest of the evening skating at Red Wing Rollerway in Augusta.

Celebrating this occasion with Ivy, her parents, uncle and aunt, were her brothers, Hunter, Wyatt and Oakley; Hannah McTier, Alaina Weber, Laura Heard, Rosemary Morris and Kaitlyn Bagwell.