"Now We Are Six..."

Yes, the sweet girl turned six on Friday. Six!

And there are so many moments I could capture from the beautiful celebratory weekend just past (her beloved Aunt M and Uncle P were in town, and spoiled us all with a wonderful day at the National Aviary...more on that soon).

She is growing up so quickly, and she brings us so much joy.

Tonight at "candles" (our term for our evening family devotional time) she suddenly lifted a strand of her hair and said, in a very bright voice, "Maybe when we get to heaven one day we can ask Jesus how many hairs are on our heads!"

Last night on our way out of the restaurant (yes, M and P really spoiled us...they even took us out to dinner at the Olive Garden, a favorite for all of us) there was an amazing rainbow in the sky. It was drizzling rain right at sunset, and most of the sky was stained a lovely golden apricot color and suddenly we realized we could see an enormous rainbow arching through the sky. We hardly ever see rainbows around here, and it's very rare indeed we can see one that fully. We all stood in the restaurant parking lot and gaped for a while. I commented on how rare it was to see such a thing in our area. "It's the biggest rainbow I've ever seen in MY LIFE!" the sweet girl declared.

And that's a full six years now. A full girl-twirling, question-asking, beauty-remarking, laughter-inducing, keeping-us-on-our-toes six years. So thankful for every one of them, and each minute of every one.