A WONDERFUL TEN...

*My favorite thing to say is: "friend"
*My favorite color is:turquoise 

*My favorite animals is: leopard

*My favorite thing to wear is: clothes

*My favorite drink is: root beer 

*My favorite food is: noodles and alfredo

*I like to go eat at: Collina's

*My favorite store is: any store that's cute

*I like to watch: The Greatest Showman

*My friends are: Caroline, Carson, and Eliana

*The coolest person I know is: my friends
*The funniest person I know is: Bennett and Grant

*The smartest person I know is: Poppa

*The sweetest person I know is: Mom

*When I'm outside I love to: play volleyball

*When I'm inside I love to: chill

*My favorite toy to play with is: markers

*If I could go anywhere in the world I'd go to: Honolulu

*My favorite songs are: all The Greatest Showman songs
and Taylor Swift songs and songs on my playlist

*I like to read: A Wrinkle in Time

*My favorite thing to do with Dad is: draw jelly doughnuts and talk

*My favorite thing to do with Mom is: chat

My favorite thing to do with Graham is: jump off the bunkbed

*My favorite thing to do with Mae is: color

*The hardest thing for me is: being kind to my brother and sister

*The easiest thing for me is: dancing and eating and walking and breathing

*My teacher is: Mrs. Fast

*My favorite thing at school is: friends

*What I know about Jesus: he will never stop loving us

*My favorite thing at church is: listening and snacks and friends

*When I am ten I hope to: go to Hawaii

*When I grow up I hope to: act

For your birthday this year we were in Red River, NM. Our favorite 10-year-old and 60-year-old got to celebrate together yet again. Grammy made you lemon poppyseed pancakes for breakfast, you skied in the morning, shopped with mom in the afternoon, we all went out for an Italian dinner that night, and then to the ACU devotional where everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to you. Once we returned home you invited some friends to go see "The Greatest Showman" and dinner at Maggiano's. You are so fun to celebrate and so special to each of us.




Your tenth year held so much growth and memories.
You are such a special part of our family and you also ventured out more and more on your own.
You continue to wow us with kindness, trustworthiness, cleverness, helpfulness, talent, and pizazz.
Our lives are forever better because you are in them.
We are so thankful for an entire decade of loving and learning with you.
You are loved beyond measure Adelaide Kate.

F-I-V-E for M-A-E...

*My favorite thing to say is: I LOVE YOU

*My favorite color is: LIGHT BLUE

*My favorite animals is: ZEBRAS

*My favorite thing to wear is: MY RAINBOW STRIPED RUFFLE SHIRT OR MY BERKELEY SHIRT

*My favorite drink is: DR PEPPER

*My favorite food is: CHICK-FIL-A OR HOT DOGS

*I like to go eat at: CHICK-FIL-A

*My favorite store is: TOYS R US

*I like to watch: DOC MCSTUFFINS

*My friends are: MOLLY, HAZEL, GRACE, STELLA, PIPER, SADIE JO

*The coolest person I know is: MOMMA

*The funniest person I know is: MOMMA

*The smartest person I know is: ME

*The sweetest person I know is: MOMMA

*When I'm outside I love to: PLAY WITH MY PINK AND PURPLE COLORED BOUNCY BALL

*When I'm inside I love to: PLAY IN MY GINGERBREAD HOUSE

*My favorite toy to play with is: MY MIA MONKEY

*If I could go anywhere in the world I'd go to: NEW MEXICO

*My favorite song is: "WE ARE NEVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER" BY TAYLOR SWIFT

*My favorite books are: LILLY BOOKS BY KEVIN HENKES

*My favorite thing to do with Dad is: PLAYING

*My favorite thing to do with Mom is: LOVE ON HER

My favorite thing to do with Graham is: YUMMIES

*My favorite thing to do with Adelaide is: AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS

*The hardest thing for me is: SOMERSAULT

*The easiest thing for me is: JUMPING

*My teacher is: MRS STOLTZ AND MOMMA

*My favorite thing at school is: DO MY JOBS

*What I know about Jesus: THAT HE LOVES ME

*When I am five I hope to: DO A SOMERSAULT

*When I grow up I hope to: BE A CHEF

This year you learned to ride a bike with training wheels,
check the mail, write your name, build a sandcastle, swim without floaties,
play at a waterpark, snow ski with confidence, put on your own clothes and shoes,
brush your own teeth and hair, be a part of a classroom,
recite nursery rhymes, write and add numbers, the letters and their special sounds,
how to let berkeley in and out, how to help in the kitchen and set the table.
To celebrate FIVE
we had the girls in your pre-k class and a few other buddies over to make gingerbread houses and play. It was such a sweet party with sweet friends. The Steffens came to town and had a fun slumber party for a night, and then the next night Jim and Chic came for a slumber party too. We ordered pizza, ate cupcakes, tried out all your new art supplies, and watched Snowball Express. You opened your nutcracker, dress up clothes, art supplies, singing machine, lapboard, and more. You are such fun to celebrate!


MAE,
You are loved dearly by so many special people.
Our hearts grew the day you were born,
and our lives are richer because of each day with you.
You love deeply and care well for those around you.
You are compassionate, detail-oriented, funny, and kind.
You are sugar and spice, sweet and spunky, and oh-so-special.
WE LOVE YOU FOREVER SWEET GIRL.

x