Recently Susanna turned 18! Here are some great things about Susanna:
1. She is very responsible. I never have to wonder if she has turned in her homework or done any job she is supposed to do. Right now, she is making dinner because that's her job for tonight and she is doing it! What a great quality!
2. She gets along well with her siblings, most of the time. Here she is with her brother at the airport just back from his mission in August.
3. She has a great smile. It's always nice to see Susanna happy and smiling.
4. She's good at playing both the piano and violin. She started piano when she was 5 and violin when she was 9. She took lessons on both until she was 14. She would have liked to continue doing both but I told her it was time to choose one. Here she is with her duet partner from a long time ago.
5. She likes to eat healthy food. Here she is when we lived in Germany. She requested split pea soup for her 5th birthday--how many 5 year old's do that? She followed it up with chocolate cake for dessert after the healthy main course.
6. She survived all those big brothers--she has 5. The one just older than she is especially loved (loves) to tease her. She would get back by biting him. Eventually she outgrew that but I think it shows her determination.
1. She is very responsible. I never have to wonder if she has turned in her homework or done any job she is supposed to do. Right now, she is making dinner because that's her job for tonight and she is doing it! What a great quality!
3. She has a great smile. It's always nice to see Susanna happy and smiling.
4. She's good at playing both the piano and violin. She started piano when she was 5 and violin when she was 9. She took lessons on both until she was 14. She would have liked to continue doing both but I told her it was time to choose one. Here she is with her duet partner from a long time ago.
5. She likes to eat healthy food. Here she is when we lived in Germany. She requested split pea soup for her 5th birthday--how many 5 year old's do that? She followed it up with chocolate cake for dessert after the healthy main course.
6. She survived all those big brothers--she has 5. The one just older than she is especially loved (loves) to tease her. She would get back by biting him. Eventually she outgrew that but I think it shows her determination.
7. She cares about doing what is right. I appreciate her willingness to follow God's teachings to the best of her ability.
8. She is a leader. Right now she is serving as the president of her young women's class in church. She is also serving on the seminary council at school and doing her best to fulfill those callings.
9. She is hard-working. For the past few summers Susanna has carried on our family lawn-mowing business. She doesn't love mowing lawns (okay, hate might be a better word) but she does it and she does it well. Her customers think she does a great job.
10. She is a dedicated runner. For the past 4 years, she has been on the cross-country team at the high school as well as the track team. Over the past 4 years she has become very diligent and dedicated to her training. A year ago, she injured herself and her track season really suffered. But she's recovered and is working hard to get back to where she was and do better.
11. She's adventurous. She's not quite the adrenalin-junkie that a few of her brothers are, but Susanna has enjoyed trying new things like rock-climbing, hiking and bouldering, along with running the Dirty Dash last summer.
We're glad Susanna is in our family!
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