Tomorrow we say good-bye to an eight year old and hello to a
9 year old. This will be the third
birthday we have celebrated together.
The first one was only weeks after we became a family. Last year was everything a kids birthday
should be complete with friends and lots of excitement. Tomorrow will be a family celebration and on
the weekend a celebration with aunts, uncles and grandmas.
I can’t believe we are at this point again. How did another year slip into the history
books? How did shirts get too small,
pants get too short and a little girl start to transform into a “big”
girl? It just goes so quickly.
Year 8 has been filed with milestones:
- Completion of first grade
- Start of second grade
- Road trips to Branson, MO and the Black Hills of South Dakota
- No more training wheels on her bike
- Said good-bye to her goods friends when they moved to Florida
- Got a US passport
- Received Outstanding Student in Math and Handwriting at the end of first grade
- First Brewer’s baseball game
- Experienced the loss of a very loved pet – RIP Abby
- Made many new friends at our new church
- Learned to ice skate
It has been a busy year.
I can’t believe how quickly time passes.
As we say good-bye to 8 and hello to 9 my prayer is that God
will continue to grow her into a godly young women that will serve Him faithful
and that as her parents, we will faithfully teach and model what being a
Christ-follower is on a day-to-day basis.
