busy, busy, busy/ OUR SEVAN is 12!

Wow...seems like forever since I posted! Thanksgiving was great...the best Thanksgiving eve ever....we all chopped, mixed, and cooked together, while Addison Road blared from the cd player.( That cd is so cool..we love every song !) Even Luke was a huge help this year...he asked to saute the onions and peppers..so cute, he held some out on his spoon, while sauteing it, and said " MMMHHH...smell that delicious smell!" (He loves the movie ratatouille :))
My Van-Van turned 12 ! How crazy is that! Seems as if I just brought her home from the hospital! On their birthdays, I always take them out to eat by their self for lunch. Her birthday and my day off was both on Wed. , so I let her stay home from school :) . ( She is in honors and making A's / 1 b..and that is coming in at the middle of their 9 weeks, so I knew missing wouldn't hurt her academically) We had sooooo much fun!!! We Christmas shopped, went to grandmas and put up her tree for her, bought Van some new clothes and had lunch. She picked Golden Corral. I had never been there..it is a buffet. She said eating there would be fast and we would have more time to do more stuff together. :) She was so cute, You lay your receipt on your table, so when we were ready to leave, she asked for a pen, and wrote.... Merry CHRISTmas God loves you! .....on it. She has such a huge heart, one of the most loving, sweet, sincere people I have ever known.Will give up or do whatever it takes to make her sibs happy :) Such a heart for the Lord too, very bold! I can see her being married to a hell fire and brimstone preacher! lol One of her teachers once told me that she wasn't real comfortable around people who didn't share her faith. This was said because she didn't want to hear inappropriate songs, words, etc and would tell whoever was saying it that it was wrong, and not to do it around her. She is still learning in great strides, how we must do everything in Love. She has such a great compassion for others. I could listen to her pray forever :) She wants to save her kisses for her Husband to be <3 Hates being popular..lol...says she doesn't like girls getting mad at her because of boys thinking she is cute or asking her out,( she tells them she is too young for a bf)( although she has had a crush on a certain boy (John) for quite awhile lol ) doesn't like that people are treated bad/ feel bad because they are not in the " in group" hates that everyone there wants to be so grown up when they are in 6th grade.Visits our elderly neighbors....one of them even took her out for a birthday lunch too, on Saturday. We visited the nursing home down the street this morning before church, and this woman named Bertha fell in Love with Van. Said she never had a daughter and was so sad and prayed about it, and how sweet and beautiful van was and to come see her soon. Of course as soon as we hit the car, she said "mom,, we really need to adopt her" Tori , Chas, and Luke agree :) Oh, in case you are wondering how we came up with the name Sevan ( a diaereses over the a..I am sure I spelled it wrong, but the word that means 2 dots over the a, to give it the aw sound) It is Larry's middle name...Evans with the S put as the first letter instead of the last. We wanted her named after him, because she was going to be our last.lol..I tell her God just wanted her to have a pretty name :) I LOVE HER SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! I AM VERY PROUD AND LOVE YOU SO SO SO MUCH MY VAN-VAN XXXXXOOOOO! I am so excited about your walk with the Lord! I know He will continue to use you in mighty ways if you keep seeking Him first ! What He has for you is so much better than anything you can think on your own ! Acknowledge Him in all things, and He WILL direct your path!!! ( and He never messes up!!) You are a huge blessing to all you meet.Keep shinning His light at your school and everywhere else... ( remember the power!) Our family is better for having you in it! I Love you more than the snowflakes in a blizzard and I am glad you are my lil girl! Happy 12th Birthday Sevan!! XXXXOOOO Mommy