Happy  Birthday,
Eldest Daughter!!!

 

You’ve brought so much joy to all of us!  We thank God for you!

 

You’ve always been the “Big Sister”  and have taken seriously those responsibilities.
Every one of your siblings respect you and love you.  You’ve always been available to be inconvenienced by them, and it has been something that you have done for us as parents and for them as siblings that has made for a sense of security and belonging that has been so important to who we are as a family.

Even as a small child, when asked what you were thankful for, it was always, “I’m thankful for my family!” 
Thank you for living in a way that we always knew that the people you loved lived daily in your heart.
We are so blessed to be your family.

 

I know that you think we “dressed you funny” when you were a little girl.  We probably did.  But when God “dressed” your face and your heart, He couldn’t have done a better job.

 

We never wonder, though, who really is your FAVORITE!!!
  And we think that you have given us the best Son-in-law that we could ever have even dreamed of. 

 

As the following pictures show, you certainly have your hands and hearts in alot of people’s lives.

You come to the yearly potato salad fixin’ day, and always help with enthusiasm and laughter.

There is a whole passel of children who call you “Auntie Chris!”

Ah-h-h-h-h! Squishy Nevie!!!

What would we do without your helping hands at the family cookouts and picnics on the lawn at Shady Acres?

I ain’t saying nothin’ about this picture, Thank you very much!

Your sisters and you are the greatest of pals.  And it is no secret that it is largely due to your efforts and investments in their lives.

There are so many things that I cannot even begin to put on this page.  These are just a drop in the bucket compared to the many things that are so much a part of your life and our lives.  What a gal!  You put your old Mama to shame over and over again by your efficiency and organization.  If I could claim credit for raising you that way, it would be nice.  (But everyone who knows me would know that I was lying if I did!).  I am so glad that you have developed your gifts in the way that you have, and I am so glad to be your Mama.

Happy Birthday, Christy-girl.  Just in case you didn’t know – –

WE SURELY DO LOVE YOU!!!!