Happy to Sierra

This is my sweet baby girl who turns 8 tomorrow.

I would have 10 kids if they were as easy to get along with as Sierra. (maybe not really, it was hard enough just getting 3 I got!)  But, the bottom picture just makes me laugh because when I tell people about my three kiddos, I tell them that the oldest and the youngest came from the same mold.  Sierra, however, is not at all high maintenance like her siblings.  I am convinced that they girl could occupy herself all afternoon with nothing more than a rock and her imagination.  she is so creative.  She is lovey and snuggly and it felt really good this morning when Rick left for work at 6 am.  We had slept with our bedroom windows open and the room was freezing.  I didn't stay cold for long because Sierra very quietly slipped right into my bed and snuggled me back to sleep for 30 minutes.  It was awesome.  I love it that she is a writer.  She has a journal that she has been writing in nearly every night for more than a year!  Yahoo--a writer.  Her artwork is so insightful.  She always slips in an angel or two with heart shaped wings to look over the subjects of her drawings.  

We just love our squeeze child and cannot wait for the big celebration of her birth this weekend and even more celebrating  next month when she has chosen to be baptized a member of our Church 

love you, Yaya.