It's a long time coming but, I am happy to announce that my 7 year old daughter can now ride a bike all by herself. She has had her training wheels off for a couple years now, but has just been too afraid of hurting herself to actually try hard to ride her bike, hence the need to put air in her tires before each time she tries!!! Tonight, she did it though. Jonny even ran behind her around the block and she did great. I am so proud of her. Mckenna is so special but has an intense fear of new things. That fear can get pretty debilitating at times. My greatest fear for her was that those fears would hold her back from becoming the amazing person I know is hiding inside of her. As she begins to grow up the more she is trying to fight that fear, baby steps mind you, but steps none the less. So while most kids are riding with no hands and backwards at 7, mine has just learned that she can do hard things, things that scare her, but she can do it. I am so proud of her for that. As I was holding onto her while she got started I let her go and watched her ride away from me. It occurred to me that that is exactly what is beginning to happen. She will be in 2nd grade next year. Huh? She will be 8 on her next birthday and will be baptized then. Yikes! She is a special girl and I can't believe my baby is growing up so fast. I remember her when she was Mia's age. Little, energetic, adorable, stubborn, and so dependent on me. She is not so little anymore, well kinda still small for her age, still extremely energetic (who'd she get that from???), still pretty adorable (well except when she is grumpy) but less and less dependent on me the way she used to be. (But stubborn...she is more of that every day!!! Oh man we are in for it when those female hormones really start flowin'....) Getting back to the mushy...my baby is growing up, conquering the world one bike ride at a time. This is the part when I could really start to mess her up, not much you can do to mess up a baby, but a tweenny (or whatever the heck you call this age...) yep, gettin' a little scary. I am just so thankful that I have a loving heavenly Father that loves me and cares about each one of us. He won't leave me (and by me I mean Jonny and I of course) to raise this beautiful spirit by ourselves. He knows what she will need to navigate her way through this life. He will be with her and help us to teach her the way back to Him. I take great comfort in being a mother to small children in the scary world we live in today. If we will just stick to His teachings, live the way our Savior Jesus Christ lived and taught, then we will find joy and happiness in this world amongst all the filth. We are so truly blessed, I love you Mckenna and am so proud of you. Today it was a bicycle you conquered I can't wait to see what it will be tomorrow!!!
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Hi Rhiannon! I love this post. It is so sweet. I love the pictures Tyan took of you kids too. We are going to have her take our pictures this fall. I'll call you this week to find out how to add links for friends and family on my blog. Kelly
You are such a great mom. What a sweet post about adorable McKenna. She's a great girl! She and Spencer were such great friends; I wish we lived closer...or are they past that "play" age? Do boys have cooties yet?
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