Sarah is the baby of the family. She was our Christmas gift in 1984. Sarah arrived on December 23 and we brought her home on Christmas Eve. We had bought her a little red jogging type of outfit…that was back in the day when you did not know what you were having so we had to choose something that would work for either a boy or a girl. We dressed her in that suit and put a big red bow on her head and put her under the tree. That year I had made all the kids Cabbage Patch dolls and she was not left out. We knew that chances were good that she would arrive before Christmas so I had to be prepared. He doll was bald because we did not know what gender it needed to be and it was bigger than she was. As special as it was to have a new baby at Christmas, it proved a challenge to celebrate it through the coming years. Rule #1 was that December 23 was her birthday and no matter what you had left to do to prepare for Christmas, we all stopped and celebrated her birthday. Rule #2 was that Birthday and Christmas gifts were not combined and Rule #3 was that Birthday gifts were wrapped in Birthday Wrap and not Christmas Wrap. I am not sure if those were all her doing…I might have to take a credit for no Christmas Wrapping Paper. Not only did she have to have her Birthday on it's exact day…she for some reason thought she should also celebrate her birthday on Becky's which is in June.
None the less she has been a joy in our lives. She looked like a cute little Blonde Pixy Doll. Her Grandpa Bagley used to look at her and say ”She is such a pretty baby.” That was a statement I don’t think anyone could argue with…not that they would dare to argue with Grandpa Bagley if they did not agree.
Sarah liked to be invited to the party…She would never go to bed at night because she was afraid that something would happen and she might miss out. She liked to be the star…Where ever we would go she would insist that lots of pictures and videos were taken of her…actually mostly videos. EXAMPLE: We would go to Yellowstone and as we walked around and looked at the sights the camera had to be on recording her while she described each particular sight…and when she had no description left to give…we were treated with a commercial of some kind. An annual event at Moon Lake was her and Donavon and Cameron filming documentaries about the area. She and her friends would spend hours making movies.
Sarah loved to dance. She danced from the time that she was a little girl till she was 17.
She did well in school…if only I could get her to go. From preschool on she would do almost anything to stay home from school. By the time she was in Middle and High School she had it figured out. Frequently I would drop her off at school, go around the block and drive back to the school only to find her leaving. I found out only a couple of years ago that she would also let me think she had gone to school. She would walk out the front door then go around to the front of the house and climb in Christopher's bedroom window and spend the day watching TV until it was time for her to come home…then she would climb out the window and walk through the front door. I worked a night shift so I slept all day and had no idea she was at home.
Sarah was very social…she always had lots of friends…girls and boys…went to tons of school dances and would never wear the same dress even though they were often at different schools.
After she graduated from High School she did not date anyone special…just hung out a lot. She claimed boys did not ask girls out any more. Then one day Trevor called and asked her out on a date…It was all over then…No more hanging out with anyone…just dating Trevor. They were married in December…of course…is there any other month during the year? Then just before their second anniversary…in December of course, they had a darling little girl - Anna Kate.
It is so fun to watch Sarah as she has grown from a little girl, partying and making movies to a beautiful wife and mother. I love that she wants to sew and bake and make cakes and do all the things she has watched me do. We love you Sarah and are so very proud of the woman that you have become. Happy Birthday!!!