Birthday #8

Well this week finds us getting ready for Courtney's 8th birthday party. By the way who can believe that she's going to be 8?? Anyway she will be having her very first sleep over! How exciting (I hope):) She will be having 2 girls coming and spending the night. So we have to make a cake and have a craft and order pizza and have a lot of giggling going on. I'm not sure what Colin and Alex will do. I'm sure they will find something "manly" to do. It seems like she just shouldn't be old enough for sleepover's. I still remember the day she was born (I'm sure I'll never forget.) She was so tiny and now she helps me around the house and with her brother and sister. Don't get me wrong I'm glad she can help, but it still doesn't seem like she should be 8. Yesterday I couldn't believe it when one of her friends called and left her a message on the answering machine to call her back so she did and it was just so they could talk. Colin and I looked at each other and he said "just wait until she's a teenager." YIKES! She's growing up so fast, just like they all are, and we continue to pray that she grows with Christ everyday.