It’s that time of year again, it seems Lanie gets older every year! What happened to the seven year old who was here when I first visited the US?

Lanie certainly has grown this past year, as you can see if you look at the pictures from the birthday backpacking trip we took her on last year.

Lanie blew out her candles accompanied by ‘Happy Birthday’ sung in both English and Spanish (don’t ask), after which she disappeared off on a shopping expedition with Ginger. They returned a couple of hours later with lots of goodies.