Conference, Lucy's Birthday ... and near disaster!

Well Conference was great, as usual. It seems as I get older, I appreciate conference weekend even more, and I look forward to the next one more each time.
After conference was over this year, we had a family birthday party to celebrate Lucy's birthday as well as others in our family. We had a great after conference dinner and party. With the Land family, you can never go wrong with food. Yummy! Anyway, we celebrated Lucy's 3rd birthday, and boy did she make out this year. Ever since Christmas, when her cousins Eva and Lilly got dress up clothes, she has been wanting some of her own. I never thought that a daughter of mine would be such a girly-girl! (Actually, she is pretty well balanced, she likes the girly-girl stuff, but as many of you know, she is not afraid to get down and dirty with the rest of them!) So anyway, she was given many a dress-up dress (including jewelry all that). She loved it. She even got some Barbies, she loves them!
Here is a picture of her opening some of that jewelry...


After presents, she blew out her candles, and if you look closely, you will see the soon to be "near-disaster".

Yes, Lucy's hair caught on fire! I threw the camera down and grabbed her hair, but by the time I got there the flame was out, and only the smell of burnt hair was left. Fortunately, it was a very small piece of hair that got toasted, and no real harm was done. But I definitely learned my lesson: Pull Lucy's hair back when she blows out the candles!

Anyway, she had a great time with all of her family. She turned 3 mostly unscathed.

Lucy is such a "fun-filled" member of our family. She is so loving. She is my "wild-child". She definitely keeps me on my toes, but I don't know what I would do without her. I love watching her sleep, and I love watching her and Isaac play together. They both bring so much joy to my life. She is growing up so fast!!