Happy 10th Birthday Ashleigh! (a little late)

2009

On April 14th our little princess turned 10!! I still can't believe that we have a 10 year old. Last year our church had a little program for all of the girls 8-11 years old and they asked the parents to write a little something about their daughters, the following was my write-up about Ashleigh...

Ashleigh is the oldest child and the only girl, she is our princess. She is a beautiful girl both inside and out. She has an amazing testimony for someone so young and loves to share it every chance she gets. She knows that she is a Daughter of Heavenly Father and she loves the gospel and her family. She is always willing to help out around the house with the cooking and cleaning. She is a great help with her baby brother and he loves her so much. When she is singing to him or playing the piano he is just mesmerized by her. She is a very talented and well rounded young lady. She loves to sing and play the piano, she also enjoys playing soccer and basketball. She also loves to do crafts of any kind, she is always surprising us with a card or poem or picture of some kind to let us know how much she loves us. We are very proud of her and all that she does. She is an example to all of us and we love her so very much.

Ashleigh blessed our home on April 14, 1999. She was a beautiful little girl and we fell in love with her instantly. She was born with a left club foot and we were concerned about that and the treatment that would have to be done. She was in a full or half leg cast for most of her first 6 months of life. At 15 months old she had her one and only surgery to correct the club foot and then was in a cast or brace until she was 18 months old. As soon as the brace came off she was off and running, luckily since she became a big sister a month later. She was so excited to have a baby around and she was a wonderful sister to Jordan. They would pal around all of the time.

Loved reading @ an early age

Loves to pose for the camera

Look at that hair!!

1st day of Kindergarten

7th Bday in Rocky Point, Mexico

We didn't enter the digital photo age until after Jordan was born so I don't have any baby pictures to post, but she was a beautiful little girl and she is even more beautiful now.

Baptism Picture

9th Bday Princess Party

Becoming a sister for the 3rd time

She is a very talented and helpful young lady. I would like to say that she is a girly girl, but she also loves the outdoors and playing sports so I guess it's safe to say that she is a pretty well rounded person. She is also very smart and loves to read, math is her favorite subject in school. She enjoys spending time with her friends and is always asking if she can have a dad/mom and daughter day. She also LOVES spending time at the cabin and with her cousins.

10 years old!

We love her very much. Happy Birthday Ashleigh!!