Dear Livvy,

Happy 7th Birthday! I can't believe you are seven already! It seems like just a few months ago you were born and delighting your parents who had waited a long time for you to get here! The first time we visited in Utah you looked so tiny to me that I was worried you weren't getting enough to eat! But now you are just the right size for a seven-year-old, so I needn't have worried.

Even though you don't call me as much now that you are in school all day, I hope you know you can call me anytime. When I was your age, my grandmothers were just two ladies who came to visit sometimes. It might have been OK for me to call them, but it never occurred to me that I could. And I probably wasn't as smart and you and couldn't memorized their phone numbers--forward and backward!

When we have family gatherings, you are always a good friend to Jane, Ashlin, Juli and your brother Jesse. I never had cousins I was close to growing up, but I wish I had. We are so fortunate to knows that families are forever and how important they are in this life. You are blessed to have good parents who love each other and their children very much! Someday you will grow up and have children you will love and you will be able to teach them all the wonderful things you are learning from your parents. Be sure to teach them all about the church and the Book of Mormon. If we love our Heavenly Father and Jesus and keep the covenants we have made, we can be happy no matter what problems or challenges come into our lives.

I love you Livvy, and am so happy you are part of our family and that I get to be one of your grandmas. Heavenly Father must really love me to give me such a special granddaughter.

I love you so much,

Mama