Skip to main content

another birthday....


this beautiful young lady is my oldest niece....i love this girl!! i remember the day she was born. i was sitting in 9th grade health class when someone brought me in a note that i was now an aunt. being all of 15 i was super pumped! she was an adorable little baby that i loved playing with.
today she is 19 and an incredible young lady. she has had to endure a few trials in life that are in no way fun, but she has handled them with grace. she is a joy to anyone who knows her. talk about a girl that is just happy. i happen to think she is beautiful too..but maybe that is because everyone says she looks just like me!?!!? he he!
anyways....i see in her a girl that seeks to do right. a girl that loves her Savior and longs to please Him with her life. she seeks Him. i also see a big sister that loves her siblings. she genuinely likes them. i see a girl that enjoys the simple things in life and gives to others.
i feel blessed to have her as my niece. i pray that as she continues to grow that we will get even closer. i pray that my little girl, who i do happen to think looks just like her, will be able to know her cousin well and take after her.
happy birthday linds....you are loved up here in p-town!!!
and for all of you out there - i sure don't see the resemblance..do you???? okay so we seem to be almost posed the exact same way?!?!


Comments

Lindsey said…
hahaha...ive seen obth of those pictures before and havent even noticed how we are both posed...thats great! see you next week!
February 26, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Natalie said…
i definitely see the resemblence.

Happy B-day Lindsay!
February 26, 2009 at 9:10 PM
the pastor's wife said…
wow! i haven't seen her in a long time. she really does look like her aunt chris!! my girls look my sisters, too. funny how that happens:)
February 28, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

me, on politics

i despise politics. i never liked it, but i married a man fascinated with it. a man who wanted to be part of it all...and was, briefly. boy were our eyes opened... anyways...it seems like this election has several hot button topics. one of which is universal healthcare. my cousin started a blog called politics for mom and there have been several heated debates going on. i was reading several comments on healthcare. and frankly i was bothered! now, i don't know that a strict universal healthcare is the answer, but i do know that we have now doesn't work for the average person. here is our story.... hubby worked in a small business - 3 employees at the most that i can remember. we paid 1/2 our insurance..until it came to the point where our half each month was twice what we would pay if we were on our own. but for the owner it saved him money. so he agreed to cover ours in full. we were very grateful. i also know at times, that because of the healthcare cost, it was a struggle f...
9 comments
Read more

from the kitchen...

chicken bruschetta bake if you know me, you know my great distaste of tomatoes. i usually pick the tomato chunks out of my sgetti sauce. yes i just called it sgetti!! i eat all the chunks of my salsa, except the tomatoes. but over the past few years i've gotten a bit brave and will eat small pieces of tomatoes in fresh salsa and in this dish as well. i hadn't fixed this in probably over a year. but a few weeks ago i pulled out my recipe file to find some old favorites. i found this and realized i had everything in the pantry. that's a deal!!!!! i did have to switch out the diced tomatoes because my can was crushed instead. i prefer the diced but this worked just as well. the kids loved the chicken, but not so much the topping. this was great as leftovers, too. i ate it for lunch the following two days. 1 can. (12.5oz) diced tomatoes, undrained 1 pkg. stove top stuffing mix for chicken (i use aldi brand) 1/2 cup water 2 cloves garlic, minced 1.5 pounds skinless...
4 comments
Read more

life with izzie b

so i'm out of town right now and this time with my friend izzie b (names have been changed to protect the people we know). we are actually at a conference that is rocking my world, but we are two crazy girls alone in a big city. anyways.....she is a weird person. she likes car rides and she likes to watch the sunrise while riding in the car so we started our trip at 5:30 AM!!! 5:30 AM friends...ugh. but we had a non-eventful trip and honestly it wasn't so bad. i'm weird so i had packed us ham and cheese sandwichs. we stopped several times to get out and walk. we stopped for gas somewhere a bit redneck and they sold mostly fireworks. lots and lots of fireworks. that place also had some kind of super duper blue light hand dryer. it was honestly a bit freaky. then we checked in and found we had a smoking room. it was quite smoky and so we asked for a change. no luck, but the nice lady offered to bring up an odor remover machine while we were at the conference. um....
4 comments
Read more