DOUBLE DIGITS!

Yep...my girl is now the big ole TEN! I can't believe how time flies. I only seem to really notice when she cleans out her closet and there's still 5T dresses that we hung on to. Seems so cliche to say, "Time flies when you're having fun", but it's true. Maybe all the hard times and blessings on the way made the time pass so fast. Sam still remembers the 1 bedroom Cypress apartment we lived in. It was a pretty small apartment with just Sam and I. We had chicken and rice almost everyday. I weighed 108 because I was on the broke diet. We took walks to the Cypress College swapmeet on the weekends. We crammed like 50 people there for her birthday parties. We really had some times together, her and I. And I'm so proud that she's grown up to be such a well behaved young girl.

So for the big 10, we had to do some special stuff for her. We threw her a surprise birthday slumber party with her 2 good friends Julia Dorsey and Julia Chaay.

I picked up her friends while she was at dance practice and decorated the dining table and the window behind it (thanks Jame for the idea...once again). I even did rice crispy treats (one of Sam's favorites) and when she came in the door we yelled, "SURPRISE!!!" She screamed and was so happy and excited to see her friends. She's known Julia C. since 1st grade and Julia D. since 3rd. She hasn't seen them all summer. She was filled with smiles, followed by a non-stop of cackling.

And on her birthday DAY (24th), we got up had pancakes and omlettes for breakfast, then opened up gifts!

She loved her HOT PINK ipod from Uncle Alex! Isn't her reaction classic? O-M-G!!!!

Then off to the happiest place on earth...DISNEYLAND!

Check out Alexa staring her sister down. She's thinking,"ummmmmm...can you get your hand off my ride"...LOL
Seriously though, Alexa doesn't mess around. She throws some mean stares! LOL

It was Alexa's first time at Disneyland and she did really well. She loved all the rides and said "hi" to all the passing people! Sam had so much fun with Julia and julia and even ditched them on the rides to ride with me! (tear) Thanks to dad...he stayed aside with Alexa for the big kids to ride the roller coasters and big kid rides. These dang girls got me to go on the water raft ride. And of course whos the one that gets soaked? Me of course. The one whos trying not to get wet!

All in all it was a good day.

We did 12 hours, 11am to 11pm! Now we're prepared for annual passes!

The next day (Sat) was her big performance at Citrus College! GO TM TOTS! She did so well!

She's on the far right hand side. (Thank you Nancy for the video)
And here's a good one with Kasey (Alex's girlfriend, roommate, co-worker, classmate). She helped us get Sam motivated and into dance.


And one with the boys...can you believe how big these kids are now? It's so cute how Devan and Sam are in the same dance company!