Friday is Emily's 12th birthday. She and I are gonna go hit a movie and hang out. I am really looking forward to spending this time with her and I think she is really looking forward to it too.
Here is part of a tribute I am putting together for her birthday. She is an amazing young lady and I am gonna remind her of her accomplishments this past year and let her know how much we appreciate her. Anyways, here is the part that lists what she has done this past year:
Traveled to Idaho and Colorado to visit family and friends (well, that one was just over a year ago).
Traveled to Texas to reconnect with some good friends and to Oklahoma to see T.J. graduate from Army Basic
Worked on several books, including a retelling of the story of Esther for kids.....complete with questions for reflection and study
Continued to care for and show those little guinea pig things
Diligently working in the garden. It didn't turn out quite as we had hoped, but it still yielded some nice pumpkins and watermelon
Completed the Red Cross Babysitters course
Hiked with me to Seven Falls, the Falls at Douglas Springs trail, Blacketts ridge trail. This year, we have to try to make it up to the top of FingerRock.
Taught herself to play some sweet tunes on the piano
Sang for an official audience for the first time
Earned a regular income by cleaning Grandma's house
Helped with the teaching of her brother and sister
Read dozens of boks. Probably more like scores of books
Finished this years math lessons...that was grueling, but she did it
Generally brought us joy and love.
So this is only a partial list, but I am sharing to show you how proud we are of our little lady. Hope you remember how precious of a gift your family is to you.
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