Twenty-six years ago today, at 6:53 AM I gave birth to a gorgeous baby girl! She weighed in at 7 lbs. 4 oz. and we couldn’t have been a happier mama and daddy. We had had years of infertility and finally(!) God was gracious to us and was beginning to fulfill the promise He had given me the year before….”He makes the barren woman to be at home – the joyful mother of children.”
Since most of you don’t hear about our kids that are grown, I think their birthday is a good day to honor them and tell you a bit about them.
Abi and Autumn sharing a goofy sister moment….
Meeting Isaiah for the first time…..
Graham loves his big sis…14 years ago she was in the delivery room when he was born
No Matter What Ab – You will always Be Daddy’s Little Girl…
Sisters FOREVER…
Abi and Ryan have been married for almost three years and live in the Los Angeles area. She is a professional photographer and has her own photography business. She is an awesome photographer (and I’m not even that prejudice.) If you’ve never been to her blog, check it out here….or her photography business website can be seen here.
(Ryan is #2 of 12 kids and they had all the siblings in their wedding)
Silly Sisters at Thanksgiving trying to get me not to want to take their picture *whatever*
Abi flies around the country making people’s memories a reality with her awesome God-given skills. On a personal note: those who know her best know that she is: sweet, a safe confidant, completely loyal, tender-hearted, diligent, extremely creative, over the top thoughtful, gentle, extremely funny, always kind and very hard-working.
Now that she is grown and married she is one of my very best friends. I call her and bounce stuff off her all the time and she is soooo stinkin’ wise – I love that! We are so very proud of her!! I have asked her to go to China with me to get Jubilee, so we’ll see how that works out.
Happy birthday Abigail – our precious “source of joy” (just as your name means)!!
On a little sidenote: Yippee Jesus – Abigail and Ryan are coming home for a visit on Sunday…and will not only meet Elijah and Elizabeth for the first time – but they are staying 5 whole days!! *grinning from ear to ear* How we need their visit now – at this difficult time!!
PS I will be doing my Memorial Box Monday Post on Tuesday, as I had to honor this precious girl of mine today!
Happy birthday to Abigail!
Linn, all of your kids are beautiful. 🙂
Ooo much excitement! Your blog has been refusing to let me comment recently lol. Glad that problem seems to be remedied.
Happy Birthday Abigail!
Linn you sure do seem to have had a lot of birthdays close together! And Mallory is right you have such a gorgeous family.
Birthday Abigail!
I have looked at her website before and honestly she has the most amazing wedding pictures I have ever seen.
Also, how could she not be wise when she has a momma like you?
Happy Birthday Abigail. I visited your blog a while back and seen some of your work. It was awesome. Hope you had a wonderful day and many, many more.
I agree Linn, all your kids are beautiful.
What a fun post!
My eldest daughter also has her own photography business. Having so many younger siblings always gave her subjects to work with. 🙂
And … my eldest daughter lives out of state.
And … my eldest daughter is definitely my best friend.
Now … just waiting for the Lord to bring a life partner for my dear daughter. However, a young man with 17 siblings is showing a bit of interest. What a wedding that could be, with 29 siblings involved.
Fun! Fun!
Laurel
Happy Birthday from our family (and our Abby) to you!!!
What a blessing you are!!!!
Happy birthday!! my sister spells her nickname the same way “abi”! 😀
Happy Birthday Abigail!!!! You are an incredibly beautiful woman!!!! May God bless you always.
Love and blessings, Kristy
Happy Birthday Abigail! I can’t wait for your parents to visit you in California!!!! Hint hint!!!
Happy Birthday to your precious “source of joy”, Abigail! I am so happy that you are going to enjoy a five day visit with Abby and Ryan. That will do a mamas heart much good!
Love you friend~
Tina
Happy Birthday Abigail! What a blessing to be part of that beautiful family!
What a really nice post. I hope you have so much fun with Abi & Ryan and that time slows down a bit during their visit. Just as a sidenote, I was pregnant with my second son during the same time – he will turn 26 in August, and I have a 5 year old Abigail, who goes by Abby!
~Linda from Northern Colorado
Happy Birthday, Abigail! Have an amazing visit!!
Happy Birthday!! I had no idea I shared a birthday with onee of your children!!
in reply to your comment on my blog… i would love to bome to beautiful colorado and spend some time with you and your beautiful family… and then “whoop some booty” (with lots of love of course). sounds like a great plan!
happy birthday, Lin!! (you did all the work, afterall) and happy day of your birth, abigail!
thank you for sharing a glimpse into your daughter’s world. she is all she is because of God’s gifting her, and for the parents He blessed her with.
enjoy your visit!
Happy Birthday Abigail! What a great visit you all will have!!! Enjoy your precious time together!
Happy Birthday Abigail!!! You do such beautiful work. My daughter’s are way too young to even think about it … but they already are begging for us to hire you to do their weddings 🙂
Blessings, Lisa C.
Happy Birthday to your beautiful daughter, Linn! What a precious family she belongs to!
May this be a year rich in His blessings…
With Love,
Amy
Happy birthday Abigail!
What a beautiful daughter you have, Linny! I LOVE her work, my goodness—that is ENORMOUS talent!
What stunning words to your daughter.