WHO SAID YOU COULD GROW UP?

Who said you could grow up?

Kae Lee was accepted to BYU-Idaho and she will be leaving the nest some time this year to go to college. How did she get to be at this point in her life already?
It seems like just yesterday she was starting school and I looked at her innocent face and wondered what she would grow up to be like. Now that she is approaching the age of 18, I look at a beautiful young woman with so many gifts and talents and so much love for people.

Kae Lee and Brynna are such close sisters. They love each other so much! They share their little sister secrets and do each others hair. I think that it is going to be a very hard adjustment for both of them when Kae Lee leaves our home. Brynna claims that she will be left at home with "two old people!".

I will truly miss Kae Lee because she is so artistic and whenever I need something drawn or lesson props made---she is the gal to do the job. She is just very talented in so many ways. I will miss her beautiful smile and her cheery attitude. She is a great person to be around because she is always happy and always looks at the good in people. She loves to be busy and doing fun things with her family and especially Brynna. I will miss her for her love for me. She is always giving me hugs and kisses on the cheek and whispering those endearing words; " I love you Mom!"
She will truly be missed for her funny little antics and outbursts of energy! Sometimes she just has to let out a little squeal to let you know that she is there and that she is either really bored or really happy. You just never know what to expect with Kae Lee----she is an unexpected delight.

I just don't know if I have prepared her well enough to be out on her own and so far away from home. I just don't know that I have taught her everything she will need to survive at college. I just don't know that I have taught her enough about studying and giving her very best effort in everything she does. Ahhhh----but I have. Kae Lee is a very dependent and responsible young woman with great hopes, dreams and goals for herself. She has a plan for her life. She knows what she wants to do and she knows how she is going to accomplish her goals. She can do this! And she will do it gracefully and with great excitement! You go Girl!!! Remember everything we have taught you and remember that your Heavenly Father loves you and only wants the very best for you---and so do we. You are an amazing young woman Kae Lee and we love you so very much. Come home often to visit---you are always welcome here! I guess it is okay for you to grow up---for that is what we have been teaching you and praying that you would do. It just happened too fast for us!