This little girl...

This is McBud.  Can you believe it?

Yesterday we went to see the movie "Dr. Strange" and I turned sideways to say something to her and had to readjust my head because she was visibly taller.

What is happening?  She turned 12 this year.  She is so grown up in so many ways.  But in many she is still a little girl.  At least to me she is.

She likes to spend time with her friend Jaegar from school. Mr. Finn took them to a baseball game to watch the Royals and they got amazing seats up close.  She loved that she was the talk of school the next day.

 She has started coming into her own this year.  She wrote the play for composting at her school and played a part in it.  It's fun to see her so animated and enjoying herself.

She is making friends easier...

And trying new things.  The pained look is because there was a spider in the kayak with her and she was freaking out.

We have a ways to go but I see an amazing girl that continues to surprise me.

Nuggets

Once in a while I find these nuggets of gold in my photo file.

Thank you, my son, for giving me that "melt your heart feeling" this morning.

I would love to say the cat is sweet, but we all know differently.  She tricked us into coming home with us from the shelter.  Sweet?

Not so much.

But the boy loves her...

Welcome Visitor

 

Everyone knows how much I love my Aunt.  She is one of my dearest friends and my favorite Aunt. We talk at least once weekly and a minimum of one hour at a time.  I really couldn't imagine life without her in it.  She is also the grandmother of my sweet kiddos.  A job she took on willingly and that has blessed the lives of our children.

She came to visit us right before Mr. Finn and my birthday on September 5th.  She stayed for three weeks and was so much fun to run to Bee Creek every morning after dropping off the kids at school for a "Fluffy".  (that's what they named their Mormon hot cocoa)

 My kids adore her!  She is so full of love and ENERGY.  How does one get to 70 years old and still be running around with such energy.  I struggle at 49  to motivate myself to put on clothes for the day.

I have a "To Do" list that is always on my kitchen counter.  Many mornings I pretend it isn't there but she always found it and would suggest we check something off it.  Sadly there was always a good amount of work that went before the checking off part, but she was fun to work with and if she could work that hard, well, I certainly could to.  Thank you my sweet Aunt for pushing me along and for making it such a wonderful time.

Many decision were made, many things were fixed and furniture was bought during her visit.  And not to mention she bought me a shirt and sweater that are my favorite and I hardly wear anything else these days.  Thank you again.

I love you.