Our sweet Ellie just turned 12. She is a ray of sunshine we are blessed to have in our lives- and is turning into such a beautiful young lady! She is so compassionate, intelligent, loving, talented and funny...a great encourager and full of spunk. I can't wait to see what this year holds for you, Ellie!!
Some dear friends were staying with us on her birthday, having moved out of their place and getting ready to head out of town to live in AFRICA for several months as short term missionaries- how cool is that!!?? We will truly miss them! Here you see Ellie with her birthday breakfast in bed. Surrounding her are Griffin, Katie, Jennifer, Madison and Mason.
Just hanging out. Griffin thought Katie's $100 school calculator was very cool...it even has games on it! We went to see Planet 51 in the evening and our beloved "Coach Kelley" (she has coached all the kids in church league sports teams somewhere along the way!) treated the kids to ice cream afterward while I shopped for some last minute items for a send-off I was helping with the next day for our Africa bound friends. 
Unfortunately, Dad had to work this birthday but we are used to celebrating whenever we get the opportunity to all be together so when he got home we had a family dinner out- Ellie's choice. Then home for cherry topped cheesecake.
Trying to get Abby in the picture!
We love her sooooooo much!!
2 comments:
You are a beautiful and talented girl Ellie--inside and out!! You also have a great family and friends!!! We are blessed!!
We agree with all those things said about you, Ellie! Happy Birthday! Love from Texas!!
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