Happy 17th Birthday Mercedez!!!

Goodness, more than a dozen years have passed since we were blessed with Mercedez....it seems like yesterday.  Just yesterday she was this sweet little face....

Left to right.....Lita, Mercedez, Tasha, Rosie and Ryan:)

Today she is still in the middle of things....but she looks like this:

Mercedez and Lilly Kate

It's really a great day.....we made this cake.....

And we had her favorite dinner followed by singing and cake eating:

I can see time slipping away and it is as it should be.....I am thankful for having Mercedez in my life and thankful to be part of her future too!!

I know God has incredible plans for his sweet daughter!!!!  Happy Happy Day Mercedez:)