Our baby girl is 13 today!
13 years ago we brought home our angel, laid her on our bed looked at her and said...
"What do we do now?"
Well whatever we have done we have been blessed everyday by having this sweet daughter in our lives! She is a blessing to us and for whatever reason the Lord felt we deserved to be her parents and it truly has been privilege. so before I burst into tears I want to list the
the top 13 things I love about Abigail Julianne!
13. Her Example!
12. Her Leadership!
11. She loves her brother and sister and I can honestly say she would give them her life if she had to.
10. Her selflessness!
9. Her ability to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost. Example...
"There is a gal that lives by us and for the last three years she has visited, invited her over, gone over to her home, taken her notes, cookies, gifts, hugs, comments of encouragement.....to help an uplift her and to help her feel welcome. All going unnoticed...All on her own because she knew and recognized the promptings the Holy Ghost was was giving her. Never once was it out of duty, Never once because an adult told her to be nice. Abby did it because her heart knew that little gal needed her. I Love that about Abby. She always feels for others.
8. She knows she is imperfect! Even though I think she is pretty perfect. She reminds us that even she has bad days...but she always apologies for them etheir by telling us with a hug or a little note and she alwayes knows what it is she has done and it isn't just that we are upset and she needs to say sorry.
7. So forgiving.
6. Her sense of humor....W!
5. Her social skills.
4. Her confidence!
3. Her talents!
2. Her ability to listen to us as her parents and willing to trust and follow our council even when it is socially hard to do things we asking her to do. She already realizes at 13 that the decisions she makes know effect her forever!
1. Her faith and testimony!
I could go on and on...but for know I just want Ab's to know how much I love her and how incredibly grateful every minute of everyday I am that the Lord heard and answered my prayers and HE KNEW I needed you in my life!
My favorite moment of the entire process...becasue it was quite the process and took a few days..emma telling her Dad he needed to quit his job so he could get her swing set built, cause it was taking a hundred years!
Emma had the first swing and loved it! Mom does to. Today I stood at the kitchen 
All three of them LOVE it! Thanks Dad your the best!
Steve and Heather tie the knot!
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