Lydia Belen

OK--Guess who grew up? Lydia only has 6 months left in Primary and has already started baby sitting for other families. Middle school has been lots of fun too.
Lydia has thoroughly enjoyed this year. Sunnyvale has been a great blessing to her. She loves being close to cousins and has a lot of friends at school.

Lydia had a Valentine party at our house. The girls made cookies, ate pizza, and played games.

Lydia has had lots of opportunities to play her violin this year. The first picture is her orchestra for GDYO. She is in the DSE. She is in the front in the green skirt and white sweater. The middle picture is at a rest home where she played at Christmas time. In the last picture Lydia is the very last person on the left in the front row. You have to blow it up to even begin to tell. This was her All Region orchestra.

Lydia played with the high school band for football games. She played the marimba. Notice the picture on the right. See the cheerleader with the instrument? Well, here at Sunnyvale you can pretty much participate in whatever you want--a blessing of a small school and another reason we like it here so much. This pasty week Lydia got a 1 at solo and ensemble. She played the xylophone. Like I said, Lydia loves being closer to her cousins. It is great to always have good friends so close!
This picture was taken when Lydia was about 18-20 months old (about 6 months older than Bekah is now). This is the picture that was taken as she was singing to this video. She is reaching out for the microphone. We had no idea at the time that Lydia was unusually verbal for her age. She loved to sing. Rich would sing her to sleep every night. She loved the primary songs. When I would sing to her I would often mix up the verses and she would correct me. Lydia has always loved music and I believe that her dad has a lot to do with that. Also, look how young her parents look. Wow--we have all changed. Enjoy!

Lydia we love you and are proud of you. Thanks for being such a great helper and big sister.