HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIRSTIN

I fail miserably at these types of posts. As hard as I try, my eyes still manage to get all wet for some reason! I suffer from "Sunrise, Sunset" syndrome, I fear, regardless of how much joy I find in watching my children grow and develop.

I have great kids--tremendous kids--kind, independent, bright and righteous--what more could a Mother want?

Happy Birthday, baby girl. I love you.

First Photo

Provo, Utah

First Family Photo

7th East, Provo, Utah

First Balancing Act

One and a half months old

(Actually, I think there is an earlier balancing picture--

two to four weeks old--but I found this one first.)

Wymount Terrace
Provo, Utah

First Tumbling

Wymount Terrace

Provo, Utah

First Christmas
Woodland, California
(With cousin, Jace)



First Birthday
Wymount Terrace, Provo, Utah
(Kirstin did not like to get her hands dirty, so Dad had to coax her into eating her cake!)


First Visit to a Cemetary
Great Grandpa Benson's Burial Site
Jacksonville, NC
(Someday I'll have to tell you the story behind this, Kirs!)



First Second Birthday
Slocum Heights
Syracuse, NY

First Yearning for Glasses

Jacksonville, NC

First Birthday in our first home

April 1989

Nutley, NJ

First Awards in Nutley Achievement Tests

First Grade 1989

Nutley, New Jersey

First Place

Gymnastic World, Inc.

Nutley, NY

First Look at Baby Brother Zack

July 1989

Paterson, New Jersey

First Visit from Grandma

Nutley, New Jersey

First Halloween

(I was so creative back then??)

Nutley, New Jersey

First Induction

Junior National Honor Society

1996 Redmond Junior High

(Shoot her mother, now!)

First Car -- 1998

The Tank

First trip to Howard Prairie National Park

1999

The spinning barrel got the best of them, finally!

First time turning 17.

Isn't she beautiful?

Has it really been 10 years?

First and Last School Photo

2000

First True Love
Luke

First Formal Family Photo with Samantha

August 2008

Always and forever . . .

Love, Mom