HAPPY BIRTHDAY THERESA LIN!!!

WOW - who can believe we became a family of 4 SEVEN years ago... and what a sweetie that Theresa Lin is!! And now she's 8 years old... how God has blessed us with your life, Sweetheart!!

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So in what appears to becoming the 2009 tradition, Theresa chose a slumber party to celebrate and we had 9 little girls camping out in our living room... reciting word for word every line in High School Musical 3... it was way more fun to watch them watching the movie than it ever could've been to watch the movie itself, especially during the songs!! They danced and sang their little hearts out and even fell asleep at some point. I thought for sure that 1 or 2 were going to bail and ask to go home, but they all fell asleep at a "fairly" reasonable hour and woke just as chipper as can be. Of course, I'm sure they didn't stay very chipper all day. Two friends weren't able to make it, and we missed them greatly, but all in all, it turned out to be a wonderful celebration. BTW, the lump of blankets on the couch in the picture where they're all laying down watching HSM was Faith... trying to decide if she wanted to be a teenager or a little kid for the moment :). Abby hung in well with the "big kids" and Alex... well, the flirt that he is, was the class-clown until bedtime.

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We also celebrated Theresa's GOTCHA! Day just 3 days after her birthday and Theresa got to choose the night's cuisine. For her birthday party dinner, she chose hotdogs and baked beans (where did she get that from?!?!, maybe spring fever?)... and for GOTCHA! Day, she chose tomato soup and grilled cheese (hey, at least she's a cheap date)... and the coolest part of it all was that Johnny was home to celebrate too!!! More on Johnny later...

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The following weekend, we had a family birthday party with 3 cousins who's birthdays are also in March, the lovely Miss Ceili, Avery and Cameron and it was a girly/springy party with flowers and fun everywhere you looked. I love the way God has built our family!!

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Enjoy the pictures - they wouldn't get in order no matter what I tried, but you know how a birthday party goes. And I added in a cheerleading picture t'boot, since basketball season just ended. How cute they were, and you should've seen them do a pyramid!!

Happy Birthday Theresa - I pray you know just how very much loved you are!!