18

This beautiful bundle of baby girl turned 18 the other day!

   

I've only used a few words here since they cannot even begin to express how much I love and have enjoyed getting to know her since the day we met! ... and - well - even 9 months before that ! :) 

 Grandma

 Big Brother

Baby Doll

Ponytails

New Bike! 

The Littlest Princess

Kindergarten

All I want for Christmas....

Remember this?! The Float-a-Boat contest?!  LOL

Wow ... all those years of piano lessons

 have sure paid off! :)

 Sisters

Growin' up! 

Awfully pretty for a hockey player :) 

At the park

Pretty sure this was at the beach

 the day before she started high school. 

Kayaking in Vermont 

Love this pic!

I got pretty good at multi tasking

 (watching and praying at the same time!) 

when she was playin' hockey with the big boys! 

Not sure if this car was made for her  

- or if she was made for this car.

All I know is that it matches

her beautiful eyes and it fits her perfectly! :) 

I hope she remembers this...

and I am so thankful that God entrusted her to us...

to teach and to take care of her

but

 I find it ironic

 that in that process, 

God has taught us & we have learned so much from and because of her! 

Funny - how that works.