IT'S HERE....THE BIG DAY!

OH HOW WE MISS THE DAYS WHEN WE ALWAYS GOT TO SEE ALLIE ON HER BIRTHDAY.....AND ALL SHE WANTED WAS TO SEE US.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON HER SECOND BIRTHDAY (IN SLC) WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER.  WHAT AN EXCITING DAY!

WHEN JANESSA FINALLY GOT OLD ENOUGH TO PLAY WITH ALLIE, IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH THEM BECOME BEST FRIENDS.  ALLIE LOVED TO MAKE JANESSA LAUGH, AND WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. (PICTURE WITH VICKI AT GRANDMA'S VIEWING).

NEXT CAME THE MOVE TO EPHRAIM, PRESCHOOL, AND WELCOMING TOMMY INTO THE FAMILY.  WHAT A WONDERFUL BIG SISTER!

THEN CAME A TRIP TO DALLAS TO SPEND THANKSGIVING WITH JER. ANDREA, JAKE, AND WILL.  ONE THING THAT HAS REMAINED A CONSTANT FOR ALLIE IS THAT SHE LOVES TO GET TOGETHER WITH HER COUSINS.  THEY ALWAYS HAVE FUN TOGETHER!

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PERKS OF HAVING THEM IN EPHRAIM WAS THAT THEY COULD GET HOME MORE OFTEN.....UNTIL THEY GOT SO BUSY! IT MAKES ME MISS THESE DAYS!

BEFORE WE COULD BLINK....SHE HAD STARTED SCHOOL.  WOW!  SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY.  WHAT A CUTE LITTLE BUG!

SOON THE BALLGAMES BEGAN AND SHE LIKED SOFTBALL FOR A FEW YEARS UNTIL SHE GOT HER TASTE OF SOCCER AND BASKETBALL.  SHE AND ASPEN OSMOND WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS AND IT MADE ALLIE SAD WHEN THEY MOVED.

ALLIE'S 7TH BIRTHDAY.  SHE ALWAYS PICKED SOMETHING VERY "GIRLIE" FOR HER MOM TO MAKE AS HER BIRTHDAY CAKE!

THIS IS STILL A VERY COMMON PICTURE.....ALLIE READING WHEREVER SHE STOPS AND DROPS (OR EVEN WALKING THROUGH THE HOUSE).  SHE LOVES TO READ!

ALLIE LOVES EACH OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS SO MUCH.  SHE ALSO LOVES HER AUNTS, UNCLE, COUSINS, AND BOTH SETS OF GRANDPARENTS.  SHE LOVES SPENDING TIME WITH THEM!  SHE LOVED GOING TO DISNEYLAND WITH HER COUSINS AND SHE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME!

ALLIE GAINED A LOVE FOR BASKETBALL THIS PAST YEAR.  THEIR TEAM WENT FROM LOSING MOST GAMES TO AN UNDEFEATED SEASON.  SHE ALSO DID WELL AT THE SNOW COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAMP WHERE SHE WENT AGAINST GIRLS FROM BIGGER SCHOOL, AND OLDER GIRLS.  SHE STILL MANAGED TO GET AWARDS AGAINST THEM.

THE SUMMER GAMES WERE ALSO A NEW EXPERIENCE AS THEY WERE UNDEFEATED.  SHE HAS REALLY WORKED HARD TO IMPROVE HER GAME IN BOTH SOCCER AND BASKETBALL, AND THAT HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF.  IT ALSO HELPS THAT SHE IS A VERY INTELLIGENT  PLAYER.  ALLIE HAS HAD A GREAT YEAR.  SHE WILL BE IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT THIS NEXT YEAR AND THAT WILL BE FUN FOR HER.  SHE LOVED GIRL'S CAMP, AND LOVES YOUNG WOMEN'S.  SHE IS DILIGENT IN HER SCRIPTURE STUDY AND HER PERSONAL PROGRESS WORK.  SHE HAS A STRONG TESTIMONY, AND SHE IS "A THINKER".  SHE CONTINUES TO DO GREAT IN SCHOOL, AND IN THAT WAY SHE IS PROBABLY A LOT LIKE HER MOM.  SHE DOESN'T NEED ANYONE TO PUT PRESSURE ON HER  BECAUSE SHE DOES THAT HERSELF.  SHE IS SELF MOTIVATED IN EVERYTHING SHE DOES. FOR HER BIRTHDAY SHE WILL BE AT A SOCCER CAMP UNTIL NOON.  THEN SHE WILL BE SELLING CONCESSIONS TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR SOCCER.  SHE IS GOING TO GET A PEDICURE NEXT WEEK AND HER MOM TOLD HER SHE COULD PICK A FRIEND TO GO WITH HER. I WAS THRILLED WHEN HER MOM TOLD ME SHE PICKED JANESSA.  WHAT GOOD SISTERS.

 LATER SHE IS HAVING SOME FRIEND'S OVER FOR A MOVIE NIGHT.  THAT IS WHAT SHE CHOSE TO DO.  I THINK THAT EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT HER.  SHE IS NOT DEMANDING.  SHE KEEPS THINGS PRETTY LOW KEY UNTIL SHE STARTS A GAME OF BASKETBALL OR SOCCER AND THEN SHE CAN BE INTENSE.  SHE THINKS OF THOSE AROUND HER AND THINKS OF THEIR FEELINGS.  WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF HER STRONG TESTIMONY AND THE WAY SHE LIVES WHAT SHE BELIEVES.  WE LOVE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH JAE BUG AND WE HOPE YOUR  13TH BIRTHDAY IS THE BEST!