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going on 12 years old

She is going to be 12 in January.  She is beautiful, silly, strong, and she is still the light of my life!  She is 5th grade public school and is doing amazing.
We just celebrated out 10 year gotcha day, and there is not a day that goes by that I am not reminded of what a true blessing she is.  

Enjoy some updated pics and comment if you stop in.  Always wondered if any of our long time friends still stop in and check up.  I do miss this blog and everyone that came with it, but life must move forward. 








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Tonya said…
Wow! Gorgeous girl! I was just looking at my horribly neglected blog and noticed that you had updated yours a few weeks ago. It's so good to see recent pics. I'm on Instagram and I've got some pics of Lyra up there. She just won the overall title for her age division at the world championships in country ballroom. It was fun! I wish we could all get together and catch up!!! Miss y'all!!!!
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