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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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Weekend

January 26, 2026

We sadly didn’t get any wintry mix but we did have fun adventures!

Spencer and some buddies ended up at the boat show fishing for trout out of the tub!

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What a catch!

Maxwell and his friends decided they were going to run a “half marathon” on Saturday morning? Ummm…what?! Only a 15 year old boy – who has never run more than 3 miles at a time – would think he can just go run 13 miles with no training. Well…he did it! He and his buddies ran 12.5 miles and I am very impressed!

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TBD if he’ll be able to walk this week! ha!

Samantha had…an epic weekend. But we’ll recap that later! Have a great day!

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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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Swing Dancing

January 22, 2026

Spencer learned to swing dance! Just liked Maxwell did in 7th grade, Spencer took a two night swing dancing class at the Junior High. They had a parent performance the second night which Spencer was thrilled about…

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but I think he actually liked. He did choose to stay and skip basketball for it soooo..

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Proud of this kid! He’s got rhythm!

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Living his best life

January 21, 2026

Maxwell out here living his best life lately…

Dinner and poker!

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This is a typical sight these days…cooking steak with eggs and chocolate milk!

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And obviously outdoors as much as possible!

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Grateful when I actually get a picture or two from all of his adventures!

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