Gracie's fourteen! And boy, oh, boy, has she changed this past year. She's served as Beehive President of her Young Womens class, which has been a great experience for her. She's growing in her personality, her testimony and her talents. Grace, as always, keeps us laughing with her vocabulary. She can create words like no one else. We call them Gracisms and they are always witty and wise. She enjoys cooking and playing games with her mama and hiking, biking and swimming with her dad. She's become quite close to her sister this year, as they bond over "girlie" things. She loves make-up and hairstyles and clothes...oh, does she ever! A Survivor (like the TV show) themed Girls Camp was the highlight of her summer! Having a cute boy flirt with her makes her giggle. Pleasing her family makes her smile. Grace wants to be a weatherwoman and a wife and mom when she grows up. She's working on earning her Young Womens Personal Progress and loves playing piano. Her new Kindle keeps her busy on Pinterest, Facebook and playing games. She's totally a teenage girl. We've been shocked by how much she has changed this past twelve months. The thing that we love most about Grace is that she is absolutely even more beautiful on the inside than she is on the out!
Grace opted to have her birthday treasure hunt in the morning because "whatever's fastest, let's do it!". Since she never has school on her birthday, to her regret, we did the treasure hunt this morning and will have her chosen treat tonight...fhizzookies, which is hot chocolate chip cookie bars with icecream, hot fudge and caramel on top. Here's Grace this morning, opening her giftbag full of treats and candy to keep her personal refrigerator stocked!
Here's her birthday interview:
- If you could have one super-power, what would it be? Flying, so that I could see the whole world!
- What was the last chore you did? Vaccuming.
- What's the last service you did? I typed something for dad on his laptop.
- What is your favorite song? New Version
- What do you like to eat for lunch at school? Cookies
- What's the nicest thing you've done for someone in your family lately? I helped ZJ not feel sad when she was going to get a dog and didn't.
- What makes you mad? That ZJ doesn't always like to play the games that I usually play. We're a little different.
- Where would you like to go on vacation? To Wyoming to see Yellowstone Geyser and volcano.
- Who's the smartest person in your family? Dad and me. And I. Because Dad's good and smart in math and I'm smart in geology, astronomy and history.
- How are you like Mom? We always play cards together and cook together.
- What's one word to describe Mom? Fun! Fun and kind!
- How are you like Dad? Um. long thought. We both like swimming and cross-country skiing.
- What's one word to describe Dad? Happy! Funny!
- What's one thing that Mom always says to you? I love you. Make good choices. Be a rock!
- What's one thing that you and Dad do together that you'll always remember? Swimming.
- If you had a million dollars, what's the first thing you'd buy? Clothes!
- How do you know that Mom and Dad love you? You give me kisses every morning and you always want to do stuff with me! He always gives me hugs. He always makes sure that I'm safe.
- What's your favorite cereal? The rainbow Pebbles.
- What's your favorite TV show? Survivor!
- What's your favorite vegetable? Pickles!
- What's your favorite game? On my computer, it's Minecraft. With you, it's Hand and Foot and Apples to Apples.
- What's your favorite movie? Day after Tomorrow. It's extreme!
- What food would you eat every day if you could? Your cornbread, but only your cornbread!
- If you could choose a different name, what would it be? Mimi or Megan (That's news to me.)
- What's the first thing you want to show your friends when they come to your house? My bedroom!
- What's the scariest thing you've ever done? Go to the hospital when my appendix ruptured.
- Is your room messy or clean? If my bed was made, it'd be pretty much clean. But, I just woke up.
- If you could eat at any restaurant for the rest of your life, where would it be? I think this year, I'd have to say Firehouse Pizza.
- What's your favorite candy bar? Crunch. It used to be KitKat, but I've had a lot of KitKats lately.
- What's the last exciting thing you did? Driving home in the blizzard from the airport when we took Liza and Buddy home.
- What's your nickname? Gracie Lou, Love and Ousmay.
- What's the best age to be? 18 because you are dating and getting a car and lots of stuff like that. , 16 because you get to do lots of stuff.and 14 because when you are feeling like a teenager. And 21 cuz you start to think about getting married.
- What do you and your siblings fight about? It used to be the iPhone. But now we all have our own Kindles, so we don't fight.
- What's under your bed? I don't think that there's anything under it right now.
- What's your favorite holiday? Christmas!
- What's one word to describe YOU? There's so many. Sweet. Scientific. Enjoyable. (She got that right!)
- What do you know at age 14? That you become more of a teenager. You get to do more stuff like cooking and babysitting. I don't know much about the future, but I do know that if I stay on the right path, my future should be great! I know that the gospel of Christ is true and that my testimony is growing. I know that I have a loving role in our family just like you, Mom. I wouldn't put myself as smart, but I'm smart in knowing good from wrong and I try to make good choices and be kind.
WE LOVE YOU BIGGER THAN WORDS CAN SAY!!!
What a beautiful young lady, inside and out! Happy Birthday, Grace! :-)
Posted by: Pamela K. | Thursday, January 03, 2013 at 08:07 PM
beautiful!
Posted by: Marilyn williams | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 08:16 PM
Happy Birthday Gracie! Now she is a real teenager: she loves clothes!! I think this pretty girl will start dating very soon, probably sooner than you think! She is adorable!
Posted by: Nicole | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 04:21 PM
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE!!!!
(PS: where the heck did the time go? She just hit double digits like yesterday right?!?!)
Posted by: Trish | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 at 01:08 PM