Rachel Is 11!

Rachel turned 11 on March 12th. She has been looking forward to her birthday for quite some time now. Rachel started the day with breakfast in bed before school and she even got to open up a few presents. A couple of her good friends came over that evening to spend the night and celebrate her birthday with her. We took them to see "Alice in Wonderland" that evening. It was a pretty cute show but Alice in Wonderland has never been a favorite of mine. Rachel had a great time with her friends and family but the day went by too quickly. She is excited her birthday falls on a Saturday next year where she can be pampered the whole day. The last picture of Rachel is her grabbing her hair so she didn't get to close to the flames. We tease her about burning the ends of hair around her face from the candles last year. She still doesn't think that it is funny.

Rachel is getting so big. We did measurements on the wall the other day and Rachel is the tallest girl at 11 so far and also the skinniest. I think that she will be our tallest daughter. It will be interesting to see what happens. Allison and Abigail seems to be growing at the same rate that Melissa and Hannah did. Zach is officially 6 ft 1 1/4 in. Yeah!

Rachel has become the number one babysitter for us this year. She is excited for school to get over and summer to begin. We are trying to talk her into doing swim team this summer. She has mastered doing her own hair for the most part now! (Yes!) Rachel is going to get her ears pierced after she finishes with a four week volleyball course. She is excited about that. She loves listening to music on her IPod and has accumulated about $35 dollars in iTune gift cards that she needs to figure out how to use. Rachel does well in her grade and has been in the top two for accelerated reading points this year. Her teacher never says anything bad about her and loves having her in class. She loves to read and chat with her friends on the internet. She has a beautiful smile and we are so lucky to be her parents. We love you, Rachel!