I can't believe Elena is 10 years old...and she reminds me of it every day by saying, "I'm 10 now!" Elena is such a beautiful, funloving, funny, creative and confident young lady. Elena has a great sense of humor, which of course, she got from me!!! Recently we've noticed one of her talents, she is a great artist. I believe she inhereted this from my grandma! She is also quite the litte photographer! One of Elena's favorite things to do is read. I often find Elena off in her own world as she reads. She is an excellent reader, she reads so fast, I think one day she could be an auctioneer! Being a great big sister is one her best qualities. When I was pregnant with Ryan she told me if it wasn't a girl, she wasn't going to "love" the baby. And now, after a year of having another little brother, I always tell her, I can't imagine if we had a girl, because I can't imagine her loving anyone any more than she loves him. Now that she is the "BIG 10," she is a great help to me. She gets in these awesome moods where she wants to organize....I believe that this is definitely inhereted from my mother, and me (before I had 5 kids). One of my favorte things is putting the other kids to bed and then hanging out with Elena, since she's older now, she gets to stay up a little later than the others. I love this time! She is such a wonderful daughter and such a great example to me of being a great missionary. I'm so grateful she is in our family and setting such a great example for her younger siblings! I know that with all these talents inside one little body, she will have so many options open to her when she grows up! Keep up the good work baby! Love ya!
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Happy Birthday Elena! You look like you have some mad soccer skills! :) I love the pic of your face lit up by the candle light of your cake.... so cool! I heard you had a slumber party... you must have a pretty awesome mom! :)
It's crazy to realize how fast time goes by. It seems as though they were just babies and yet, here we are with five kids a piece. Crazy! She is beautiful by the way-but you already know that :)
Wow Darcy!! I always thought Elena was a pretty little girl but now she has grown into a beautiful young women. Emma loves to read and draw all the time too. It must be a 10 year old girl thing.
Yes, children do grow up. It is hard to realize that my oldest granddaughter is already 10. Elena probably also got some artistic genes from Scott's side of the family. Her Great Uncle Glenn is a very talented artist and her Great Aunt Joan is talented in ceramics.
I can't believe how old she is. It just doesn't seem possible for her to be that old! Her cake is beautiful. I really need to learn how to make those.
Jared turned 10 in January....it sure makes you feel old when your kids hit double digits!
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