The Quiet One's Birthday & Other Wonderments

Our quiet child, Autumn, turned 13 this past week. How do they get there so fast?
This is the painfully shy kid. (But we know how loud and bossy she is to the other kids).
Her face speaks volumes.

They still get a Barbie (she got a Ken). As long as they still play like little girls
I'll keep buying Barbies and hoping that I do the same thing next year.

She saw this pillow and asked for it. We remember something!!!!

13 year olds get to wear lipstick.
This lipstick came with $$$ for clothes and Crackle nail polish.

Then we looked for a fire extinguisher.

Happy Birthday, dear Autumn!

 

In other news . . .

Lora and Jorja opened a beauty parlor on the porch. This is Jorja "fixin'" big brother's hair.
How sweet is that!??!!!!

Elijah tried to kill a fly. It became a walk and Jacob claimed it was his pet.
I don't think you can see it, but its on his arm. Our sanitary child. ;)

Grandmother came to visit Saturday and showed us her pictures from Italy.
This is her an Rick somewhere over there being cheesy.

What did we learn last week . . .
     Spend more time with people you love.
     Grandmother and Rick like to take self-portraits - its not always great.
    We'd still like to freeze the children. They just keep getting bigger! Ugh! I guess the joy of raising these arrows is also the heartbreak.
     Gene and I get fired up sometimes - and it can be a very good thing!

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