July 4, 2011

I can hardly believe that I am the mother of a seven year old.  I am so thankful for that girl.  She has taught me so much about God without ever intending to do it. 

She is such a smart little girl.  Joshua and I see her servant's heart and her strong leadership skills.  She so badly wants to be a mommy.  I am so honored that she would want to do that.  I know that God has amazing plans for her and I pray that I am not a stumbling block to her.  I pray she comes to know Jesus as her personal savior and loves Him more than anything this world has to offer.

For her seventh birthday she was excited to spend it at Maw Maw and Paw Paw's house.  She had three requests...pizza, popsicles and the pool (she got pop-tarts for breakfast too).  It started raining the morning of her birthday.  I'm not sure it had rained all summer.  :)  But it cleared off and we were able to swim.   All of our family helped to make it a special time and Maw Maw added lots of thoughtful things like ballons with her name on them and special plates and napkins and all the things Maw Maw does to make things so special.  I'm so thankful for this day of memories and look forward to many, many more birthdays with my little Independence Day girl.