Happy Birthday Hope!

Our oldest turned 7 today...SEVEN! Where oh where has the time gone?! We celebrated with breakfast of her choice...oatmeal (because Grandma Kate made her pancakes yesterday, Hope reasoned). We still had to do school, but not much. We skipped math today. We took off for an early dinner of Hope's choosing. Those Olive Garden commercials did the trick, so Olive Garden it was! Once home, Hope opened a few gifts and we are currently watching Meet The Robinsons. It's a great movie about the value of family (no matter what your family looks like or how God brought it together). Here are a few pics from the evening. Thanks to Nana Daphne for the savings bond and $7, Grandma Jan for the cabbage patch doll and the Garvey Grandparents for the check!

I thank God daily for Hope and the beautiful, smart and gifted girl that she is. She is a true joy in my life and helps to keep me sane in this noisy house! Hope loves art, babies, kittens and playing make believe. I am blessed to be her momma and excited to see what God has in store for her in the future.

We are getting ready for our church retreat this weekend in the Dillon area. We'll have a little party for Hope up there on Saturday with cake and family and friends. Once we get back from that on Sunday I have two days to get us packed and ready for our California trip. We'll be gone from the 7th to the 28th. Our friends Micah and Mark are moving in, so the house will not be empty, which is always nice. They are looking to rent a bigger place and hopefully will have found something by the time we get back ;)

~Rose