Lindsey is 30 years old today!

My baby girl, Lindsey, is 30 years old today. I can hardly believe it's been 30 years since the day she was born...
She told me today that a friend of hers told her that pretty soon, she'd be measuring her age by the age of her children... I agreed with her friend...
Lindsey is our only daughter... the youngest... with two older brothers, Joshua and Gabrial...who dealt her misery...at times...but loved her intensely...
She was Mimi's first great-granddaughter....
She was her Saddie's first granddaughter... Saddie had a yellow firebird...looks like Joshua was organizing a carwash...Gabe must have gotten soap on his arm...Lindsey is saying, "Uh-oh"
Uncle John, now endeared as 'UJ', finally had a niece...Here, they were playing in Mimi's backyard...
Saddie hasn't changed...she loves it when she's with her family...and her family is happy when they're with her. She had come to visit in California...and Gabe, well, he had the chicken pox...
Lindsey with her brothers...we'll ignore that thing in Saddie's fingers...thank goodness it's a thing of the past!

We had gone clam digging with Stan, Ron's old boss...I've always loved this picture of Lindsey!
This was on Christmas day in 1999...Gabe and Lindsey...he could and did certainly deal Lindsey some misery, but it was all in love??? or was it?
Lindsey's first car...the 'stang'...
Lindsey has always loved the outdoors...we had a boat for a while, and here she is after skiing...or kneeboarding...I can't remember...
She and I went to Sausalito and met Uncle John, who was there on a business trip.
This was probably her 16th birthday...not sure...I think she still keeps in contact with all of them, at least via Facebook...
The travel bug hit Lindsey when she was able to do an exchange program to Japan...
She still communicates with the Katos, the family she stayed with in Japan. They came to California and we met them in San Francisco. Next to Lindsey, is Misuzu, who was our foreign exchange student from Japan.
Loving the outdoors, includes loving sports. Soccer has always been her favorite...she played all the way through college...and still plays today. She and her dear friend, Lindsey, were both on their high school team.
Graduation from high school...1999...almost 12 years ago!
Lindsey, Tammy, and Lindsey were all very close friends in high school...soccer players, travelers to Hawaii...
Both the Lindseys and their parents at graduation...
I wouldn't say Lindsey is a gun toting mama...but she did great when we went shooting down at Joshua's one Thanksgiving. Look at Thalia! She's taller than Erica now.
I would guess that Lindsey always identified herself as an athlete and a scholar...but eight years ago she became Donnie's wife...and nearly 21 months ago, she became a mother...a mama to Benjamin. This little miracle baby has transformed Lindsey...She's still everything she always was, but being a mother...she has embraced with all she has in her.
Lindsey at 29...






As I said, she still plays soccer...
The family... this was at Benjamin's dedication...
I love this picture of Lindsey with her two men!
...and my guy and I...are so blessed to have her as our baby girl! We love you, Lindsey Nicole...

Happy Birthday....Happy 30th Birthday!!!