Rachel's birthday was right in the middle of a crazy week, but we managed to squeeze it in one night after a soccer game. She chose an ice cream cake to celebrate with and since I didn't want to mess with making one this year we bought a blizzard cake from Dairy Queen.
It was a Nutter Butter blizzard cake with fudge and peanut butter layered in the middle. Yummy, yummy! (It's making my mouth water just typing it in.)
Great big smile. You can tell she's ready to chow down on her cake. ;-)
This is her friend, Hannah, from school. When Rachel started school last year she was so excited to learn she wasn't the shortest kid in her class. :-D I guess they decided to stick together because they've been great friends ever since!
Big, deep breath, and here we go...
Still going...
Still going...
She's out of air. (I think she started laughing at this point.)
The second breath did the trick. She finally got all the candles out.
For her present this year I checked her out of school a couple hours early and we went shopping at the mall. We bought her a necklace and she got to choose two charms that she could wear with it. She chose a kitty cat charm, and a charm of the Salt Lake Temple. She lucked out too, the JCPenney salon did a free glitter strand in her hair. We also did some window shopping and bought some dresses for all the girls, and some smaller trinkets. On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen and had blizzards. It really was a lot of fun and she loved missing school to go shopping!
Rachel is growing so fast! I can't believe she is 10 already. I'm trying to brace myself because I know the next few years are going to bring about some major changes. She really likes to help me in the kitchen and has helped enough that there are a few meals she can actually fix with very minimal to no help at all. Its been great to be able to get her help on the evenings when things are especially crazy, and the fact that she likes it makes it even better. Rachel tries to be a good helper at home too. She often "forgets" to completely finish a task before getting distracted, but I am thankful for the help she gives, and for her willingness to help. She is getting old enough to tend the kids for short periods of time too. She loves this because she gets to be in charge for a time. ;-) We are all so thankful to have her in our family. She is a great help and is full of smiles. Thanks so much for being you Rachel!
For her present this year I checked her out of school a couple hours early and we went shopping at the mall. We bought her a necklace and she got to choose two charms that she could wear with it. She chose a kitty cat charm, and a charm of the Salt Lake Temple. She lucked out too, the JCPenney salon did a free glitter strand in her hair. We also did some window shopping and bought some dresses for all the girls, and some smaller trinkets. On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen and had blizzards. It really was a lot of fun and she loved missing school to go shopping!
Rachel is growing so fast! I can't believe she is 10 already. I'm trying to brace myself because I know the next few years are going to bring about some major changes. She really likes to help me in the kitchen and has helped enough that there are a few meals she can actually fix with very minimal to no help at all. Its been great to be able to get her help on the evenings when things are especially crazy, and the fact that she likes it makes it even better. Rachel tries to be a good helper at home too. She often "forgets" to completely finish a task before getting distracted, but I am thankful for the help she gives, and for her willingness to help. She is getting old enough to tend the kids for short periods of time too. She loves this because she gets to be in charge for a time. ;-) We are all so thankful to have her in our family. She is a great help and is full of smiles. Thanks so much for being you Rachel!
2 Years
(Our digital pictures don't start till she is two and if I waited till I could find her baby pictures and get them on the computer then this post might not ever get finished. So we'll start from what we have on the computer already. :-)
(Our digital pictures don't start till she is two and if I waited till I could find her baby pictures and get them on the computer then this post might not ever get finished. So we'll start from what we have on the computer already. :-)
3 Years
4 Years
5 Years
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
Now, 10 years
6 comments:
Our oldest and cutest 10 year old niece...oh how we love her and miss her! Can I borrow her for a few weeks this summer? I could use a responsible big sister/cousin to have some fun with my kids while I get a few projects done! Oh...and I want to take her shopping with me too! All my kids want to shop for are TOYS! I can't believe you are so grown up Rachel! You are a beautiful, sweet, girl!
She would love to come over for a few weeks. ;-) I'm sure helping you would feel like quite a vacation for her. It was fun shopping with her.
Ahhh Rachel, my oldest grandchild and granddaughter. You are rapidly growing into a lovely, charming,and amazing young lady. I'm glad you live close. I love, love, love you!
Good grief Rachel! Stop growing! Pretty soon, you are going to be a teenager! You are such a sweet, beautiful girl. We're lucky to be related to you an wish we could see you more!
Rachel, you sure have grown up ~ what a beauty! Good choice on the cake too!
Wow...she looks so grown up! I agree Lenna I'm ready to shop for something besides toys also :) thanks for sharing
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