Abby turned Eight

We had a fun weekend this last week.  Not only was it Easter, but Abby turned 8 on Friday and had a party on Saturday.  I posted more pictures on Facebook of the weekend.  

 In this picture, she has her eight candles on her strawberry heart shaped cake from the family party, Friday night.  

On Saturday at the party, each girl decorated a double layered heart shaped cake, which they made from scratch.  I think they had a good time.  

So, what does it mean to Abby when she turns eight?  Well, she is so excited to be baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  Now that she is growing up she gets to learn and receive more responsibilities.  She has her own little planner (pocket calendar) to keep track of her events, such as Activity Days, and her goals she has set.  She is learning to do more around the house, but also gets to stay up a little later each night with mom to write in their journals together. 

She is growing up so much.  She loves learning and doing nice things for other people.  She still loves hugs and kisses.  She enjoys being a big helper and example to her brother and sister.  She loves to be silly with her dad and Paca, oh, and wrestle with her dad any chance they get.  It just doesn't be better than a good wrestle.  We are excited to get the chance to interact with her more when she starts to homeschool next year.  We just are not getting enough chances to teach her about the gospel and Heavenly Father's laws, which is the reason we are all here, while she attends public school.  Her homework runs close to dinner time many nights and then we have little family time before day, when do we ever get a chance to teach her anything new?  Mom felt very prompted to homeschool the kids, much to her dismay.  But, it has already helped Daniel a ton in his countenance( in only three weeks), and we are excited to see Abby's countenance grow and shine even more, along with her knowledge of things she is meant to learn here on earth.  We love her and are so glad she is part of this family.  We don't know what we would do without her.  

We hope this next year is a great year for you, Abby.