my seven year old Lydia

It's hard to believe that Lydia is 7!  {ack! where does the time go?!?!}

But it's so easy to celebrate that Lydia is 7!

I love this little girl's personality, her bubbly nature, her zest for life, the bounce in her step.

She's just plain awesome.  And so is her big sister.... who gave her seven braids for seven years :)

We are loving our current house guest Amanda... child charmer extraordinaire!  So fun that she (and a  few others) were here for the birthday.  There were John Paul tears tonight at the dinner table because he couldn't sit by Amanda - she's that popular around here!

We ate cinnamon rolls and opened presents and played with friends and Lyds got a special lunch date with her Daddy, and the icing of the cupcakes was a knife-licking-fest and then french toast for dinner (her choice) and the candle blowing (oops couldn't find birthday candles so we used votives in a pinch!) and it was a day packed full of fun.

The girl with the cupcakes is pretty big stuff around here :)  

Seriously fun.

Seven is kind of "our number"!  Should be a good year for this daughter of mine!  

We woke the next morning ready for a pool party with friends.  It was overcast and cool but not raining - how in the world we managed to schedule a pool party on the coolest day of summer is beyond me but we did it!  ha.

Matt lead some pretty rockin relay races :)  Man of many talents, this husband of mine :)

Happy 7th birthday baby girl!