Actual Birthday

Sunday was Libby's actual birthday, but this one is spreading out from last Friday to this Saturday with her baptism! But on her actual birthday, she had pop tarts for breakfast, then opened her gifts. She got a dress she had been eyeing at Target, some peace sign note cards (which she used that day to write all of her thank you notes without be nagged at all!), three books (has already finished one), a picture for her room, and she also got a nice set of scriptures.


A while back my parents bought Libby a scripture case for one of her gifts. So that morning, Libby called my mom and asked when they were going to bring it over. She convinced my mom to drive out while my dad was at a meeting so she could have it in time for church. Libby was certainly pleased!



At church, I got to substitute her class, which she thought was kind of fun on her birthday. Her teacher had made brownies for me to take and share, so she was able to celebrate there a little, too. For dinner she choose garlic chicken pasta and ice cream for dessert.

(I think we have a little bit of an ice cream problem.)

Her birthday celebration continued on into Monday when I took treats into her classroom.

On her birthday, I gave her a list of eight things we love about her. Here is what we said:
1. Your sense of humor
2. Your desire to be obedient
3. That you keep your room clean and love to clean other places in the house
4. Your laugh
5. Your smile
6. Your unselfishness
7. That you love to learn and love school
8. That you are getting baptized.

This has been a really great year for Libby and she has grown a lot. She is fun to be around and has a tender heart and genuinely cares for others.