12

Savannah is 12 years old today.  I am not sure when I will believe it.  How can this be?

We celebrated with family on Sunday and will celebrate with several of her friends on Friday.  Savannah received a new field hockey stick which she got to pick out with her grandpa, and she also got some new art supplies including an art desk which she picked out with Andy today.  She has spent much of the day preparing her room for her new desk.  In the pictures you can see her at work with her new colored pencils.  Savannah did the works with oil pastels a while back and brought them out to try and explain oil pastels to her grandpa.

Shopping for Savannah is hard to do.  She is the most content person I have ever met.  She is not into clothes or jewelry.  Savannah rarely asks for anything, but she really seems happy with all her gifts.  Unfortunately, she was disappointed on Sunday because we did not have the whole family here.  Illness and work schedules kept some away.  We planned this at the last minute when it occured to us that Zach would be unable to celebrate next weekend. Sadly, a rift in the family kept others away.  Savannah had nothing to do with it, and her feelings were hurt. The best gift Savannah can get is having everyone together, so hopefully, we will remedy that on Friday with her friends.