12 candles for Sage!

There are a few birthday milestones that our kids look forward to. The first is when they turn eight and get to choose to be baptized. The next big one, especially for Sage was turning twelve, when she was finally old enough to go into Young Womens at church and hang with the older girls! It's really hard to believe our sweet baby girl is now a young woman. From shaving legs to using makeup for special school events, she is definitely growing up on us.

This year, she decided to have her birthday party at Aquatica. She was very excited to spend the day with her friends there and although the weather was a bit cooler by Florida standards, the girls all had a great time! Her circle of friends has grown quite a bit since last year when she had only been living in Florida for 5 months. She had a great combination of church and school friends who all seemed to have a great time together!

Here are a few shots from the day!







A couple days later was Sage's actual birthday. Here she is bright eyed at 6 am with breakfast in bed. It was an early morning since I had to be in a school in downtown Orlando by 7 assisting with a breakfast for low income parents but Sage was just happy I didn't neglect this favorite tradition of hers. After enjoying her dinner of choice, my chicken broccoli casserole, it was time for our small family celebration! She was excited to finally get her mini fujifilm polaroid styled camera and a new chandelier for her bedroom! We love you Sage.



And someone else sure loves Sage too. This sweet woman and her husband are Sage's Sunday school teachers. They definitely get the award for being the best ones yet. Sage loves there classes and how sweet is it that each time they travel whether it be a cruise or a trip to NYC among many other travels, that they send everyone in their class a postcard. They are so sweet. Here is Sage with the traditional birthday cookie that they make for each of their students on their birthday. You sure are loved Sage!