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Sweet sweet Emily! Today she turns 13. She is a teenager. She is an young adult and she is a beautiful young lady. Here are 13 things about our sweet girl.

1. When Jamie was a baby she called her "MeMe" It stuck. I still call her that.
2. Her middle name is Grace. It suits her perfectly.
3. She plays violin and piano.
   
4. She is a wonderful artists. Her baby dragons are so round and cuddly I could hug them.
5. Her sweet disposition is a joy to all of us.
6. She loves her huge oversized Golden Retriever/ Lab mix.
7. She reads anything she can and she reads fast.
8. She likes her school work.
9. *At the age of two she proudly talked about all the things her "other mother" would let her do. (Ex. Stay up late, eat ice cream before bed, watch TV)
10. When she was three our friends loved to ask her what her name was, she always replied "Emily". And then when asked her name, "3"
11. Again at the age of two, she acquired a small wart on her thumb. When the tree men came to remove a tree in our yard, she proudly introduced herself by holding up her thumb and proclaiming, "I have a wart!"
12. When she was 8 she made a canning jar into a piggy bank and gave it to our grandfather. When asked what he was supposed to do with it she replied, "Fill it up and give it back!"
13. She has a sweet, gentle, and loving spirit. The man who wins her hand and heart has won a treasure.

I love you MeMe,
Jessica

The Double Sided Sweetie!

Shhh Emily is talking. That is what I have to say about Emily. In a family of 10, you really find that you take the one quiet child for granted. When she finally talks, we have to quiet the whole family to listen.

Emily is a joy to be around. She has always been so much fun and such a sweet blessing from the Lord. Emily is one who epitomizes still water runs deep. When you take time to sit and talk to Emily, you find that her life is full of thoughts and ideas and dreams.

Emily's greatest love for her first 11 years was to draw or crochet while listening to books on tape. Then her reading abilities caught up to her years and now she reads all the time. She will curl up with a book on many a cold winter day, and we want hear a peep from her for hours.

Emily's hidden talent is art. She really is quite good with drawing and especially painting. It is amazing to see her work with so little effort. I hope one day you will be blessed to see her work too. (We are planning a children's book). :)


~M~O~M~M~Y~

EMILY GRACE!!!

Today is Emily's birthday! She is turning twelve! When you read this leave a comment and let her know to have a happy birthday!

Maggie's Snake

This is Maggie!

This is the snake that Maggie found.

Erin is real excited about Maggie's snake and is instructing Rachel how to get the snake out of the tree!!

Rachel likes it!

This is it in the tree.

I (Emily) and Maggie were collecting sticks and Maggie saw the snake in a tree.

Posted By Emily!

Michael Joe-Joe loves blackberries by Emily

Michael loves blackberries.

He and Rachel had lots of fun!

Oh! They are so good!

Michael thinks these are very good! And he can't wait until we make blackberry ice cream tonight.

That one didn't taste too good! Maybe try again?