Kirsten turns seven!!

Ah, isn't she cute? She was about 18 months old in the picture on the left. The picture on the right was taken just a few weeks ago. Today, Nov. 6th, is her birthday. I often say that if she had blue eyes instead of beautiful brown eyes, she would make a cute little Scandinavian gal!

The day of her birth will always be special in my memory. Jill had gall bladder trouble during her pregnancy with Kirsten, and was in the hospital for several days before Kirsten was born. When the medicine they gave her to induce her finally began to work, things happened very fast, and I was the one who was there with her for the birth. Leigh did not make it back to the hospital in time, and he walked into the room, ready to coach his wife, and instead found her with Kirsten in her arms!

Another interesting fact is that Kirsten was born on what would have been my Aunt Bertha's 100th birthday, if she had been living. She would have been very pleased because she certainly loved all us kids and our kids!

We have two other November birthdays in our family--my sister, Lois, and my daughter-in-law, DeAnn.

This weather this November has not been typical! It has been mild and sunshiney, and I have laundry hanging on the line. Those sheets will smell good tonight! This nice weather makes me feel a teensy bit guilty about dirty windows!!