Above Average

Linda had her 8yr. physical last week. Her entire life she has been average in hieght and weight. This time she was about the same in weight at 54th percentile. But, Linda is getting taller and now is at the 60th percentile in height. This would explain her growing out of all of her clothes.

Also, Linda recieved the Student of the Month award in November. So, I think it's safe to say what we all already knew, Linda is above average! :)

On a side note, Linda attended her first Activity Days activity and had so much fun. It's great growing up.

Linda's Baptism Day

Her TWO white dresses. It was so sweet seeing them together and realizing how much my little girl has grown. The lady that made my wedding dress for me made Linda's blessing dress, using the same material that she made my wedding dress from. The baptism dress was made by my mother-in-law. She made it for me from the skirt of my wedding dress. I picked out a dress I liked and she was able to make it just like it. It was perfect and Linda looked beautiful. She actually wore this dress to be baptized in. We found another cute white dress for after. Why have one great dress when you can have two?! :)

She was baptized on Thanksgiving morning. It was nice to start the day being thankful for my sweet Linda and also for the gospel of Jesus Christ. She was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Robert.

Robert got really sick the day before the baptism. I prayed really hard that he would be well enough to baptize and confirm Linda. He felt terrible, but made it through!

We were so happy to have so many attend Linda's baptism on their Thanksgiving morning. We had family and also members of the ward there to support Linda in her special day. I gave a talk and so did her Aunt Suzanne. We had a lot of family members pitch in to help with the program. The spirit was so strong at her baptism and I could feel the love our Heavenly Father has for Linda and for all of His children.

 Grandpa and Linda's annual birthday picture.

Birthday Destination

For her birthday destination, Linda chose to go to the American Girl Store in Los Angeles so that she could pick out a doll. We headed to LA the day after Thanksgiving. We had no traffic there or back, a Thanksgiving miracle. :)

She had a great time going through the entire store checking everything out, from the doll hospital to the doll beauty shop and cafe.

She picked out the EMILY doll.

Afterwards we had some lunch and then did some shopping. Linda loves to shop! It was a nice day.

Linda's 8th Birthday

Linda's turned 8yrs. old on Thanksgiving day this year! So, we started the day off with her baptism, then a little party, followed by Thanksgiving dinner at Claim Jumper.
After Linda's baptism, we came home and had little birthday party. Linda picked out her favorite cake, red velvet. She was excited to get some clothes, and giftcards to Target and Olive Garden. It's hard to believe my little Linda is already 8!

Made My Day

On our way home from church last Sunday, Linda told me that I wasn't allowed to go in to my room for two hours. We got home and she locked herself in my room. When she came and got me to see what she had done I discovered that she had gone through all of the clean clothes that were scattered everywhere on my floor. There were seriously, mountains of clothes. I had been dreading going through all of them. It was the nicest thing. She is so sweet. It made my day.

Here is the note I found on my bed.

Change of Plans

So, we decided NOT to wait until the end of the school year to move. Our last day at this house will be December 31st. Where are we going? Umm, we don't know yet. We will either stay in Oceanside, but move in to a better middle school district, or we will move to Carlsbad.
Stay tuned....