a beautiful girl turns 21

 Happy Birthday, Maria!

 I went looking for some pictures of you--found a couple cute ones:

 That one was from the weekend with those silly Homecoming Cows.

And one from last summer, you and that sweet niece you took care of:

And this grainy one--I have no idea what's happening here.  It's at the lake, and you're holding John's dog.  Could be anything, but I love it.

I hope this is a fantastic year full of great things.

This whole family is who it is because you're in it, and we could not love you more.

Lucky little old us.

Love, Mom and Dad and Everybody