Emily's 11th Birthday

Emily's 1st Birthday

Emily turned 11 this week. She's almost as tall as I am already and will be starting middle school next year...a frightening thought. In fact, the day before her birthday, she had a field trip to the Junior High School for orientation.

It seemed like only a few years ago that we were celebrating her 1st birthday.

Children have an uncanny way of really marking the passage of time for you...in a way that you really cannot ignore.

We celebrated her birthday with a quiet evening at home. She got a care package from Hawaii with goodies for her and her sister from Grandma Cheri.

We got her a Kindle with the help of a gift card she got from Christmas from Grandpa Caldwell. We got her a cover to protect it, as well as, some e-books to start her off.

She requested one of her favorite dinners: chicken curry. And I made us a small batch of angel food cupcakes for dessert.

We didn't have much time for anything else as it was a school night, she had homework and Christian had to go help with appointments for the Bishop.

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We celebrated her birthday again on Saturday. Auntie Marian and Grandpa Caldwell came to celebrate her birthday with us this time. 

We decided to bbq some carne asada for tacos for lunch. That was one of the other things Emily requested. She wanted some kind of barbecued meat as we have not had any in a while. Christian also made some fresh bread to toast over the fire. Also a great favorite of Emily's.

The kids got to monkey around in the tree house and played with dad's ascender.

And then we had more cake and presents. She got another gift card and some new clothes and accessories.