We have a Teen in the house!

Jenny turns 13 today! How quickly thirteen years have gone!

She loves being a Tomboy---

with long hair and long nails! Those things don't slow her down at all!

Jenny can often be found with Jack and Joe outside---riding their bikes, playing in the clubhouse, swimming, climbing trees, and saving animals from the cats. She's the only one who's had a chipmunk run out of one of the cat's mouth, up her shirt and onto her head! Yikes! Many little critters can thank Jenny for their lives!



She also loves her chickens. Jenny enjoys riding horses and was hoping for a donkey this year. Unfortunately, they were all sold out!

Our thirteen years with Jenny have been filled with so many wonderful things! She has amazed us with her incredible imagination since she was very little playing with "her guys" to now with her writing ability. She keeps the two little guys busy playing with all of her animals and can make up some awesome stories for Nate and Ellie!

Jenny's love for reading amazes us (and the librarians!). If I give her a book for school that should last for at least two weeks, she usually has it finished within two days (sometimes reading until the wee hours---like mother, like daughter!).

Over the years, we've found Jenny reading in many interesting spots. Here are a sample of some of them:

Jenny was thrilled when we found out that Ellie was a girl. Now little Ellie is thrilled with Jenny. Ellie absolutely adores her big sister, and I will often hear her calling for Jenny---"Jenny, where are you?" She definitely has a love of kids, as many of her little Cubbies from church would agree.

We are so blessed to have Jenny as our daughter and are thrilled to see the young gal she is becoming! God has given her such an amazing imagination and ability to express herself. He has also blessed her with a great sense of who she is in Him.

Happy 13th Jenny! We love you so very much!