My 12yr old

Alison is now 12. She got braces, ears pierced, was the youth speaker in Sunday today, and gets to do baptisms for the dead next week (with family names she found herself). Welcome to the beginning of the teen years. So many changes all at once. She is still a kid at heart and was so excited to play with her microscope that she got for her birthday. But true to a preteen girl, the ant was gross (but cool) under the microscope. She had her party at the beach and we had a great time running in the waves and digging for money (coins I pre-planted. Thanks for the idea Janene). I am so proud of the wonderful girls she is becoming.