Time with the girls and baptism

No pictures today, because most of it was spent running errand with the girls while Kevin was at basketball with the young men. Sometimes it's fun to go out with the girls, and most of the time we can have fun, and enjoy each other and have time to talk and play. But then there are always bouts of crying and fighting mixed in there, when I wonder what in the world I'm doing taking all three out on a saturday. Luckily, I'm not above bribery, if only Lexie understood what it was!:)

Then after all our errands and basketball games were done, we headed to the stake center for a baptism. Cami, who was in my class two years ago when I was teaching CTR 6's, was baptised today. Crazy, cause that doesn't seem like it was that long ago, and here she is, already 8. Every time I go to a baptism, I'm reminded just how close it's getting for Halli.

She is growing up so quickly, and I can see her understanding and learning more every day. I'm sure that soon I'll be able to picture Peyton at that point, but for now she's still my little girl. Halli is different, she is seeming so old to me sometimes. She is looking and acting more grown up, and part of me is so excited for that. Excited to have time with her, to teach her girlie things, to go shopping, and have her actually enjoy it. (although I'm sure Kevin is DREADING that!). I'm Especially excited to see who she will become. What her passions will be and what she'll succeed at.

But then I realize just how old she really is, and that she's not so little anymore. She doesn't really sit on my lap at all anymore. I can barely lift her up at all because she's getting so big, and I don't really read her stories anymore, cause she wants to read them herself.

Sometimes, as a mother it's so hard to find that line between holding on and letting your kids go. Hopefully I can hold onto her little girl self, and remember her as she is now, without holding her back from growing up. She is an amazing and beautiful little girl, that I'm sure will suprise us many times over with just what she chooses to do in life.