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Happy 10th Birthday to my little girl. I can't believe that you are already 10 years old. It seems like just yesterday we brought you home from the hospital. I sit here in shock as I look at pictures of you from the last 10 years. You have grown so much, way too quickly -right before our eyes. My round faced little cherub is starting to disappear. She is turning into a beautiful young lady. I am proud of you and the person that you are becoming. I love that while you were home sick from school this week you sat there and read 150 pages in your Harry Potter book. I love that you can't wait to read the next and final book. I love that even though you are the least experienced girl on your softball team you want to learn more and you want to be a better player. I believe you will, because I believe in you. I love that even though you complain about your brothers ALL the time, you stood in the front yard and yelled at the little girl down the street who was mean to them. Because even though you guys fight with each other, it is not OK for someone else to treat them wrong. I love that you like to watch Bones with me. Even when I get grossed out you never look away. I love that you want to be a forensic pathologist even though you will have to go to a "gazillion years of school". I love that you chose EMT as your job in your classroom so that you can take care of your classmates who are sick or injured. I love that when I was sick this past weekend you kept piling the blankets on me to keep me warm. I love that you always want to take care of others. Because that is the type of person you are.

I love you. Happy Birthday Emily!

A Family of Superheroes

My Silly Superheroes

Drew is already soaked from walking outside.

My little pumpkin cheesin on the porch

Alex, Emily, Drew and cousin Jodi at Trunk or Treat

Emily and Jodi with our Pumpkin man

Susan, Fred and Jodi. Nice look for Fred don't you think?

Emily and Jodi

The back of Supergirl's hair


Hope everyone had a safe and warm Halloween. Ours was cold and rainy. Much better than our loved ones in the Northeast! We let the boys pick the costumes this year and we were superheroes. Not as fun as princesses and Star Wars, but still cool! They had a lot of fun. We went to Trunk or Treat at our cousins church and had fun as we always do when we see them. We are so grateful that they invited us to tag along . Monday night we trick or treated in our neighborhood. The weather was less than desirable and Andrew and I are already paying for it. It was a nasty night, but we still went out. The kids were already sad that Daddy had to work. This is the first Halloween he hasn't been there. So I figured if I said we couldn't go they would be really unhappy. We actually walked around with a little boy who lives down the street. He was dressed as Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers. He is his idol, for those of you who don't know he is also from here! Caleb is about 12 and was quite the help bringing a flashlight and everything. He is a great kid and the boys love him. Many houses were not handing out candy so I thin we went to 10 houses or so. The kids still had fun! When the night was over we had a total of 4 trick or treaters. One baseball player, one Batman, one Iron Man and one Supergirl. I think Billy's guys that work for him will be eating a lot of candy this week!