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Samantha is 11!

January 27, 2026

Samantha is ELEVEN!! She is joy and magic and pure delight!

From this precious baby girl (born on her due date at 1:04pm)…

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To this happy one year old….

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To this perfectly perfect two year old….

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To this lively three year old…

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To this sweet and sassy four year old!

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To this sunshiney five year old…

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To this bright light of a six year old….

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to this amazing seven year old…

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to this so so great eight year old…

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to feeling fine at nine…

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to a perfect 10…

to sent from heaven eleven!!

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Oh how I love this little girl! She is pure sunshine! It is SO fun to have a little girl, especially a little girl like Samantha.

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She is the girliest of girly girls and loves going to Sephora and doing her makeup and hair and picking out outfits and making sure her daily fit is just right! She dances all day and is currently obsessed with making Cover Star videos. They’re pretty cute! She loves to get her nails done and try out new skincare products. She’s definitely more knowledgeable about skincare than I am I think! ha!

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She might be girly but she’s uber competitive and sporty too. Cheer and tumble are her favorite along with soccer. She goes to cheer prep and tumble three times a week and plays Academy soccer. She hates to lose and is brings the hustle to both sports every time. You can always count on Samantha to give it her all – and to be pretty upset if she loses! I love her competitive spirit – she’s got grit and determination!

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She spends a lot of time on her ipad making videos, learning dances, and chatting with her friends. She’s super social and has the sweetest group of best buddies. Samantha really does a good job of staying out of the drama and I am so proud of how she handles herself and the friends she has chosen to spend most of her time with. I love nothing more than to hear them all giggling together!

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She makes a Starbucks request pretty much every day! She still loves mac and cheese the most.

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She doesn’t know how lucky she is to have her brothers – and some days she definitely wishes they’d go away! ha! They pick and fight and she can yell at them like no other, but they are quite the trio and I am so thankful they have each other. She tolerates them – as long as they stay out of her room!

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I am still her favorite person for now and I am soaking it up. She’s growing up so fast but still has some little girl in her and I wish I could freeze time. We recently went on a birthday shopping spree and it was the most fun. She has always been my dream come true and she is even better than I could have imagined.

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Favorite book? War Games
Favorite TV show? Bake Squad
Favorite movie? Bring It On
Favorite color? Lavender
Favorite song? Life of a Showgirl
Favorite number? 9
Favorite restaurant? Bottega
Favorite thing to eat? Mac and cheese
Favorite friend? Frances, Jane, Emma, Violet
Favorite toy? Ipad
Favorite animal? puppy
Favorite dessert? chocolate chip cookies
Favorite sport? cheer
What do you want to be when you grow up? Interior Designer / mom

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I love her so much and can’t believe I get to watch her grow up. What a privilege!

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Happy birthday Samantha! We love you!!

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Celebrating!

January 23, 2026

We’re doing a little early celebrating on our almost 11 year old tonight and she can’t wait! Though I think the most fun came last weekend when we went on a little pre-birthday shopping spree…

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She had the most fun…and did not like it when I told her she had to wait until her actual birthday to get all the stuff she picked out! ha! Patience is a virtue.

Make it a great weekend!

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Fresh cut

January 20, 2026

The long bob is back!

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She could not look cuter!

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more ski

January 16, 2026

We hit the slopes bright and early on Saturday for another fun, full, and COLD day of skiing!

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It doesn’t matter how cold you are when the views are this good! Deer Valley really is the best skiing.

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These girls did awesome day 2. Confidence was higher and the other two took on some more challenging blue run with no problems. They all loved Bucky’s Front Yard!

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The covered gondola ride was nice!

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I sure did love being out there with this little girl – she’s so athletic and fearless and sweet and I just can’t believe how lucky I am that she’s mine.

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That night we went out in Park City for sushi and it was really good!

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We ended the night with some charades type game that had the girls laughing…church van! pickle! hoot! hot chocolate!

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We left bright and early Sunday morning and had an easy travel day back.

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Thankful for these sweet girls, their awesome parents, and the incredible opportunity to adventure together!

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Wish it could be an annual event!

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More ski

January 15, 2026

Friday morning we woke up ready to get bundled up and hit the slopes! Hard not to be excited when this is your morning view…

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Thankfully the sun was shining because the temps were bitter cold! I think the high was 25 and it was colder than that on the top of the mountain.

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Samantha got her ski legs back right away and was zooming down the mountain right away. No surprise! The other girls were a bit more beginner but they kept up just fine…

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By mid-morning the cold had gotten to Samantha’s toes and she was miserable and teary. We stopped for hot chocolate and some toe warmers. As I’m kneeling down in all my ski gear to try and get her boots off and toe warmers on, she managed to knock over her hot chocolate and it spilled….all over me. All over me and my white ski pants and into her boot. Good times. But, we got it all cleaned up, wiped away some tears (hers not mine), and got on with our day!

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Samantha can get down the mountain fast so there was a lot of waiting at the bottom for her friends to make it down…she preferred to wait like this! h a!

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We then stopped at the yurt at the Stein Erickson for lunch and it was just right! Could these girls be any cuter??!!

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Then it was back for some more skiing….

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until it was hot tub time!

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when these crazy girls also did this! Brrrr!

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That night the girls stayed in with mexican food while the parents went to eat at the Montage. A top day start to finish!!

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