Thursday, January 23, 2020

JANESSA...FINALLY GIVING ME A HUG ONCE IN A WHILE....LOVE YOU LOU!!!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIRL....THIS SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY AND NOW SHE IS AS TALL AS HER MOM.  SHE'LL SOON PASS HER!
A LITTLE OLDER AND STILL OKAY WITH PICTURES...I LOVE IT!
THIS SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY.  SHE HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY READING HER SCRIPTURES AND GIVING SO MUCH SERVICE SINCE SHE WAS BAPTIZED.  WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER.
IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH THESE GIRLS BECOME BEST FRIENDS.  ONE DAY THEY WERE GOING TO LUNCH TOGETHER AND THEY EVEN INVITED ME TO COME ALONG.  YOU BLESS MY LIFE!!!
SHE IS GOOD TO SUPPORT HER SIBLINGS IN THEIR ACTIVITIES AND THEY GO TO THE BOYS FOOTBALL GAMES TOGETHER.  I LOVE THE BOND THEY HAVE. (THIS WAS HOMECOMING POWDER PUFF GAME).
JANESSA HAS BECOME SUCH A GOOD SOCCER PLAYER.  SHE HAS A POWERFUL KICK AND CAN THROW THE BALL IN LIKE NO OTHER.  WHEN SOMEONE IS HEADED TO SCORE ON OUR GOALIE.....SHE BLOCKS THEM AND THEY END UP GOING THE OTHER WAY.  I LOVE TO SEE HER  AND ALL THE THINGS SHE DOES SO WELL.
WHAT A SWEET EMBRACE WITH THEIR DAD!  TEARS OF JOY.  WHAT A GREAT WAY FOR JANESSA TO START OF HER FRESHMAN SOCCER YEAR WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP WIN AT STATE AND TO SHARE IT WITH ALLIE AND HER DAD.
TEAMMATES FOR NOW....SISTERS FOREVER!  I LOVE THAT JANESSA WAS SUCH A BIG PART OF THIS AND THAT SHE IS GROWING AND LEARNING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS!
SHE MIGHT NOT LIKE TAKING PICTURES BUT SHE WAS GOOD TO INCLUDE TOMMY IN ON THE JOY.   OH HOW I LOVE YOU LOU!
THIS IS THE "DON'T TAKE MY PICTURE" LOOK....IT DOESN'T PHASE ME.  JANESSA IS HER OWN PERSON AND I LOVE THAT PERSON SO VERY MUCH.....ESPECIALLY WHEN I CAN GET A SMILE OUT OF HER.
I CAN'T GET THIS PICTURE TO TURN SO YOU CAN TURN YOUR HEAD TO SEE LOU AT THE SCORE TABLE....LOU WILL ROLL HER EYES OVER THIS!!!

JANESSA HAS A NEW SPOT AT THE HS GAMES.  SHE IS HER DAD'S RIGHT HAND AND HELPS HIM WITH THE BOOKS.  THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE DELTA GAME WHERE SHE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET KICKED OUT.  SHE DOES WORRY ABOUT ME!!! OH HOW WE LOVE HER!
SHE IS NOW IN NINTH GRADE AND SHE HAS GROWN UP SO MUCH IN THESE TWO YEARS.  IT MAKES ME SO SAD THAT TIME IS GOING BY SO QUICKLY... LOVE HER!

CHRISTMAS MORNING SHE PLAYED IT PRETTY CHILL BUT YOU CAN TELL SHE REALLY WAS HAPPY.  I LOVE THAT SHE KEEPS US GUESSING AND THAT SHE IS NOT AFRAID TO BE HER OWN PERSON.  JANESSA IS ALWAYS AT THE TOP OF HER CLASS IN EVERY CLASS.  IT ISN'T BECAUSE HER MOM MAKES HER...EVEN THOUGH HER MOM HELPS HER WHEN SHE ASKS FOR HELP.  SHE IS VERY SELF MOTIVATED.  HER FAVORITE HOBBY BESIDES SOCCER IS READING.  WHEN SHE HAS ANY SPARE TIME YOU WILL FIND HER CURLED UP IN A CHAIR OR ON HER BED WITH A BOOK AND SHE READS THE LONGEST BOOKS.  I'M NOT SURE I'VE EVER READ A BOOK THE SIZE OF THE ONES SHE READS BUT SHE LOVES IT.  ONE THING SHE HAS JUST STARTED THIS YEAR IS HELPING HER DAD WITH THE BOOKS AT BASKETBALL GAMES.  SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO PLAY BASKETBALL BUT SHE IS ENJOYING DOING THE BOOKS.  IT MUST BE THE THOMAS IN HER.
SHE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME READING THE ENSIGN OR SCRIPTURES TO ELDERLY COUPLES IN HER WARD THAT ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO READ. SHE NEVER WANTS ANYONE TO MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT HER SELFLESS ACTS OF SERVICE...OR HOW SHE READS HER SCRIPTURES DAILY BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE HER SO SPECIAL.  SHE HAS A SOFT SPOT IN HER HEART FOR LUKE.  LUKE LIKES IT WHEN SHE BABYSITS HIM.  I THINK THAT IS CUTE!  SHE IS VERY GOOD AT TAKING CARE OF HER YOUNGER BROTHERS AND SISTERS.  SHE LIKES TO COOK.  SHE EATS SO HEALTHY.....I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY SALADS I HAVE SEEN HER EAT!  I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT IF I EVER GROW UP I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HER.  WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS WONDERFUL. LOVE....LOVE...LOVEEEEEEE YOU! 

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