We Flew Halfway Around the World Because...

There's nothing like the first picture...

Or the first time you held her...

Or tried to change her clothes...

Or watched her run through fields of flowers...

And sit on stumps...

Or clap at an equestrian show...

And dream of her first ride...

Ride her second ride...

Get frustrated at fireworks...

Shuck corn....

Drive a tractor...

Gallup through Halloween...

Cook for Christmas...

Jump in a jeep...

Enjoy Easter...

Frolic with fashion...

Dig designer clothes...

Shuffle through a river...

Enjoy a dog with and algae on her head...

Realize that lakes can be cold...

Ride rockets...

Or bulls...

Or her first bike...

Or ponies...

Or just bounce on her head...

Or walk on a log...

Sit in fields of flowers...

Get flowers from her first love...

Think "Dammit!"...

And pack up to move to impossible places...

While enjoying those impossible places with a dog in fields of flowers...

Or snow flurry fun...

Or rocking on rivers...

Then building sandcastles...

And just plain being a kid.

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Tomorrow will mark 14 years since we first held her in our arms.  These photos are from the first seven.  I have seven more years of scanning to do.

Sometimes you just have to pause and think and remember.

Thanks Kid!