MyGirl has a lot of talents. One of them is to organize. For a YW project one of the requirements was to organize something and maintain it. MyGirl helped me immensely when we moved and she has taken upon herself the chore of maintaining the pantry and the linen closets and under the kids bathroom cupboards. She is amazing I know. I took this picture last week. It looks like this most of the time.
Another one of her talents is to cook. She likes to be in the kitchen and help. When she was younger she'd refer to herself as LittleMissRachelRay, as she'd stand at the stove, and stir a pot of soup or homemade spaghetti sauce. She especially likes to bake and she's good at that too. Her brothers love when she decides to make something.
Last week our neighbor was sick. She has the most adorable kindergardener, so after homeschooling and kindergarden were over, MyGirl would go pick up this little girl to come spend the afternoon with us. She has two older brothers and a sister too, and they were invited to come over too, but the youngest was MyGirl's favorite.
They played dress up with all our old Halloween costumes. They made princess hats. They played legos and marbles and with some of the boy toys too. They fed our guinea pig. They colored.
They dressed up "Kit," the American Girl doll MyGirl has grown out of, and enjoyed all the cute outfits grandma had made. They fixed hair and made crafty flowers and played together for many hours and I heard our neighbor was sad every day it was time to go home. She got a really cute haircut a couple of weeks ago, but she won't let me take pictures of her with her hair all done and her makeup on to let her see how beautiful she is. However, she would let me take pictures of her with the younger girls so she could see how happy they are. That's MyGirl.
MyGirl really is an angel inside. I thought she could count this as another project, but she only has two left to do, and didn't think either of them would fit for this service, but she served anyways, and loved it. Yes, she has some difficult challenges, more difficult than some and not as difficult as others, but what makes her amazing is that she has this heart that is so giving. She just really likes to help people. She likes to mother and nurture and care and create for them so that they can be happy, even when inside she isn't feeling very happy. The days she played with our neighbor were mornings when Algebra was making her short of crazy. Yet, she moved on and didn't feel sorry for herself. I know it sounds like I'm bragging about her here, but I know that she reads my blog, and I hope she knows that you don't have to be great at Algebra to be a wonderful person. You just have to be a really good person, and she is. Someday I'll share Pres. Uchtdorf's wonderful message from last Sat. with her. Maybe when she's in Relief Society. For now, she is creating a good life, using her talents to bless others, and I know the Lord is happy with her. I am too.
She likes to go in the backyard too, and tend to our garden and check out what's going on. We're enjoying our neighbor's sunflowers as well as hoping that little bush will next year turn into a big blueberry bush. That would make my summer! She picks our tomatoes and zucchini and is going to be well prepared to be a mother someday. She also spearheaded card-making yesterday morning as it was her dad's birthday. Her brothers all joined her for making some very sweet cards and their dad was grateful for everyone who remembered him.
Last weekend he and Bigbuddy took the bikes out again for their "best dirt-bike-riding-day Ever!" MyGirl is a lot like her dad. He too is very organized and hard-working and makes time for the children in his life too. They both like to play outside and play all day long when they do. They also like to go to bed pretty early and get a good night's sleep. However, he doesn't like to cook, except on the grill, and that works just fine for me! MyGirl and I will take care of that!
Another one of her talents is to cook. She likes to be in the kitchen and help. When she was younger she'd refer to herself as LittleMissRachelRay, as she'd stand at the stove, and stir a pot of soup or homemade spaghetti sauce. She especially likes to bake and she's good at that too. Her brothers love when she decides to make something.
Last week our neighbor was sick. She has the most adorable kindergardener, so after homeschooling and kindergarden were over, MyGirl would go pick up this little girl to come spend the afternoon with us. She has two older brothers and a sister too, and they were invited to come over too, but the youngest was MyGirl's favorite.
They played dress up with all our old Halloween costumes. They made princess hats. They played legos and marbles and with some of the boy toys too. They fed our guinea pig. They colored.
They dressed up "Kit," the American Girl doll MyGirl has grown out of, and enjoyed all the cute outfits grandma had made. They fixed hair and made crafty flowers and played together for many hours and I heard our neighbor was sad every day it was time to go home. She got a really cute haircut a couple of weeks ago, but she won't let me take pictures of her with her hair all done and her makeup on to let her see how beautiful she is. However, she would let me take pictures of her with the younger girls so she could see how happy they are. That's MyGirl.
MyGirl really is an angel inside. I thought she could count this as another project, but she only has two left to do, and didn't think either of them would fit for this service, but she served anyways, and loved it. Yes, she has some difficult challenges, more difficult than some and not as difficult as others, but what makes her amazing is that she has this heart that is so giving. She just really likes to help people. She likes to mother and nurture and care and create for them so that they can be happy, even when inside she isn't feeling very happy. The days she played with our neighbor were mornings when Algebra was making her short of crazy. Yet, she moved on and didn't feel sorry for herself. I know it sounds like I'm bragging about her here, but I know that she reads my blog, and I hope she knows that you don't have to be great at Algebra to be a wonderful person. You just have to be a really good person, and she is. Someday I'll share Pres. Uchtdorf's wonderful message from last Sat. with her. Maybe when she's in Relief Society. For now, she is creating a good life, using her talents to bless others, and I know the Lord is happy with her. I am too.
She likes to go in the backyard too, and tend to our garden and check out what's going on. We're enjoying our neighbor's sunflowers as well as hoping that little bush will next year turn into a big blueberry bush. That would make my summer! She picks our tomatoes and zucchini and is going to be well prepared to be a mother someday. She also spearheaded card-making yesterday morning as it was her dad's birthday. Her brothers all joined her for making some very sweet cards and their dad was grateful for everyone who remembered him.
Last weekend he and Bigbuddy took the bikes out again for their "best dirt-bike-riding-day Ever!" MyGirl is a lot like her dad. He too is very organized and hard-working and makes time for the children in his life too. They both like to play outside and play all day long when they do. They also like to go to bed pretty early and get a good night's sleep. However, he doesn't like to cook, except on the grill, and that works just fine for me! MyGirl and I will take care of that!
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