Date Night with Number 1

Olivia was was eagerly anticipating our date night with her. Even before it happened she kept saying "This is the best idea ever. Thanks Mom and Dad"! She was also very concerned that the weeks were going to go too fast and we wouldn't have enough time for our date night with her, but we assured her it was something we wouldn't miss for the world. Liv wanted to do exactly what Buster did only add on a swim. We biked the loop around Seward and Liv and Jaron jumped in and swam. It was gorgeous. And we had a moment on the lake together sitting on the bench that was pitch perfect as we soaked in the beauty.

I feel like I haven't written a blog about Olivia in way too long, which is ironic, because when she was little, if you've been following this blog for that long, you know that at the beginning of this blogs history, and for about the first two years, every single post was about her. I couldn't document her little happenings enough. I loved every little outfit I dressed her in, and literally anytime I had a spare moment I wanted to use it to be editing pictures of her or posting a blog about her cute little changes. It was like my hobby to document her life.  It's funny how life seems to go so fast, because that cute little baby is now a grown up, beautiful, little girl.

So here we go. Olivia. 

Her favorite things to do are art art art. And if it's not art it's reading. And if it's not reading it's exploring. And if it's not exploring it's dressing up with friends or playing just about any game with Warner. She also loves to swim and sing. 

Her recent accomplishments over the last year include a trophy from the suzuki association for passing off a recording of Gossec Gavotte played without any mistakes by memory, and she is just about to perform her book two recital in November. She also worked hard all summer long at trying to get to where she could run one mile straight without stopping and accomplished that goal after only two weeks of running. By the end of summer she could run almost 2 miles straight without stopping. 

She loves to read. She likes it so much that I can hardly keep up with her appetite for it. I will get five books from the library thinking she will read one a week, and then she goes and reads them all in a few days. She often gets in trouble for staying up too late with her little night light on stuck in a book. 

If I could describe Olivia in three words oh this is hard. How do I say inherently good? Hmm. She has a strong desire to just follow the rules and choose the right. Rule follower? I'm not sure how to put that in one word. She has such a sweet testimony of the gospel that I believe just came with her spirit from heaven. She loves keeping the commandments, learning about Jesus, and showing love to others. She already does missionary work, and I hope she goes on a mission one day, because her love of the gospel of Jesus Christ is contagious. That was way more than three words. Ok here: righteous, artistic, and diligent. . 

Something unique about Olivia is that she loves crystals and gems. She has since she was a little girl. She's so interested in geology and loves to find rocks wherever we go. 

My favorite thing about Olivia is that she's always looking for someone who needs a friend or who is having a hard day and then she reaches out to them, includes them in her circle of friends, and tries to make them happy. 

Her favorite color sometimes changes I'm pretty sure it used to be pink, but might be blue now. 

Her favorite food is fajitas. 

Her favorite soundtrack is The Sound of Music or Frozen 

Her favorite book is. . . I don't know I'll have to ask her tomorrow. I'll get back with that.

Here are some cute Liv quotes that I've recorded over the last year:

February 11, 2014
Me- Hey what do you say we start running when we get to that stop sign and run all the way to that green house down the street?

Olivia- Starting to pick up her pace to a run said “Ok, I’ll run to the stop sign too”.
She’s a good example of not putting things off. J

3-18-2014
While Reading the Frog Princess to the kids tonight at the table we were giggling about how the princess kissed a frog and all of the sudden Warner said to Liv who was just to the side of him “Wait, you kissed a frog before.” I laughed and looked at Olivia and said “Is it true?” She smiled her little toothless smile with her tounge sticking through her one lost front tooth and nodded. I said “Were you hoping he would turn into a prince?” She shook her head and then smiled and said “I just wanted to see what would happen”. J

4-6-2014
While researching facts about zebras for her school report Olivia said “Hey Mom you wanna hear something? I just read that the female Zebras produce a baby foal about once every two years, that’s just like you Mom!”.

5-14-14
Olivia invented a new word today:
Proovidents

It means evidence and proof

I love her.