The Grande Finale

We officially celebrated Lydia's 3rd birthday today. It was a long time coming, with the birthday season kicking off 2 weeks ago. Lydia sounded somewhat in denial tonight as she stated "My birthday is over". But what a celebration it has been. Today 10 adults and 6 children came to our house to play, eat and have fun. It's especially fun to see how the kids are growing up and finally interacting with each other and, on occasion, could even be heard carrying on conversations with one another! We are so blessed by the circle of friends we have come to know during our time here. Thank you friends, for making it such a special day for us!

Even with 14 nights of singing "Happy Birthday" to herself as she fell asleep, Lydia was somewhat taken aback by the live rendition. At one point I was concerned there would be tears, but she pulled through in style.

Life is better with good friends! Levi, Abbey, Owen, Lydia, Lucy, Clark, Magdalena

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