HAPPY BIRTHDAY CELESTE!!!

Today is my sweet niece's birthday. She is our little Valentine's baby and my best little buddy in the world so I wanted to let her and everyone else know how much I love her. She's 6 years old today so here are just six of the millions of things I love about her.
1. She loves nature.
She has been in awe of the moon and the sky and the clouds since she was very young. She appreciates the beauty of flowers and trees and leaves and all the different colors they come in. She loves looking at Cameleons and Geckos and other interesting things and she loves eating things that she grows. She loves vegetables and fruits and I've even seen her prefer grapes and oranges over candy! She is a sweet little nature princess and I just admire that about her!

2. She loves to learn.



Here is Celeste at her graduation from pre-school. So proud of her. She also practiced hard in her swim lessons and now she's such a great swimmer. She learned how to ride her bike and scooter just by practicing and practicing. She teaches herself how to draw certain animals and fruits so she's become quite a gifted artist. She learned how to fly a kite this past year and now she's learning how to read! She's so smart and works so hard and that is why she is so awesome!

3. Celeste treats other living things with kindness.
Celeste loves other living things. She got to go to the San Diego Zoo last year and was so excited to come home and tell me of all the families of animals she saw. This is her holding a little sea horse in Maui. She so sweet and gentle with God's creatures. Melts my heart.

4. She loves her family more than anything!

Celeste love love loves spending time with her family. And we just love playing with her too. She loves going to the zoo, the aquarium, kayaking, and swimming-all with us!! She even went on a cruise this year with her family and enjoyed every minute of it!

5. Celeste loves to have fun!!

She loves to play and to laugh and to tell funny stories all the times. She loves to do fun things like go to Relay for Life late at night with us, make funny faces at the camera, and come to the Haleiwa Art Festival.
This last festival, the wind blew a really huge painting down and it fell on her head. It really hurt her but she was okay and just laughed it off. The artist saw this and gave her a small oil painting and spent some time with her showing her how to paint small strokes. Now she just loves and adores that little painting he gave her. It ended up being such a fun day!

6. Celeste loves Jesus and knows that he loves her too. We try to remind her and she says, "I already know." We are just so happy she was born into our family. Tevita is in Australia right now and when he called me, the first thing he said was, "Happy Birthday to Celeste!" He loves her so much!

So Celestee, from Tevita and I to you:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!