We blinked.

And just like that she went from this:

to this:

She has graciously accepted the roll of first-born-guinea pig.  She is challenging, cautious and so extremely smart.  She loves her brothers and sisters fiercely and wants to see them grow up to be strong men and women of God.  We are so blessed that God gave us Zoe and we can not wait to see what these teenage years will hold!

Zoe’s “Dad!” look.  After church, we ate at IHOP.  We had a quiet and small celebration this year in hopes that her present will come very soon…more on that later.

She found a caramel apple cake she wanted me to try.  The cake turned out fine but I had to scour to find a icing that would work best.  When all was said and done, it was well received!