ELISE....THANK YOU FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE!

FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN!  GROWING UP TOO QUICKLY!  SHE IS BEAUTY, KINDNESS, AND SPUNK....ALL ROLLED TOGETHER! 

AFTER THE WAIT....HER REAL FIRST DAY!  SHE WAS SO KIND IN HER FIRST WEEK THAT SHE ASKED A GIRL THAT WAS SITTING ALONE TO SIT WITH HER.  I COULDN'T BE PROUDER!!!!!

AT THE FOOT RACES ON JULY 24TH.. SHE RAN SO FAST AND SMILED THE WHOLE RACE!

BUT EATING THE OTTER POPS IS THE BEST!

AND SHE EATS AT GRAMEE'S WITHOUT COMPLAINT ALSO!  WHAT A GIRL!

SHE IS USUALLY SMILING AND THAT SMILE JUST MELTS MY HEART. LOVE HER!

ELISE AND LYDIA LOVED COOLING OFF IN THE BACK YARD.....THIS WAS PERFECT FOR THEM!

SHE LOVES TO BE WITH HER FAMILY AND COUSINS.

SHE LOVED HER FAMILY VACATION TO NEW YORK IN JUNE.  SHE KNOWS ALL OF THE DETAILS.

SHE LOVES HAVING SO MANY GIRLS SO CLOSE TO HER AGE IN HER FAMILY.

I HAVE NEVER HEARD HER COMPLAIN ABOUT GOING TO WATCH THE MANY ACTIVITIES OF HER SIBLINGS.

SHE LOVES GRANDPY AND HIS HAT.  GRANDPY IS SPECIAL TO HER BECAUSE SHE IS FAST AND HE CAN KEEP UP WITH HER.

SHE ALSO LIKES GRANDPY TO GIVE HER TREATS.....I THINK SHE JUST GOT ONE IN THIS PICTURE.

SHE LOVES HER DAD TO TELL HER STORIES.....SHE LOVES TO HELP HER MOM IN THE KITCHEN AND I NEED TO GET A PICTURE OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS SO CUTE!

THERE IS THAT SMILE THAT BRINGS US SO MUCH JOY.  SHE LOVES TO BE IN CHURCH WITH HER FAMILY.  SHE LOVES PRIMARY AND THE SONGS...AND SHE LOVES TO SING THEM WITH ME.  IT MAKES ME WHOLE WEEK WHEN SHE SINGS WITH ME.  I LOVE TO HEAR HOW WELL SHE KNOWS THE SONGS.  YOU CAN TELL SHE HAS REALLY BEEN LISTENING AND SINGING.

SHE IS VERY GOOD AT SINGING, DANCING, GYMNASTICS, AND MANY OTHER THINGS, BUT GRANDPY IS TRYING TO GET HE TO RUN X-COUNTRY AND TRACK OR PLAY SOCCER.  I DON'T CARE WHICH SHE CHOOSES AS LONG AS IT MAKES HER HAPPY.  SHE IS A SWEETHEART AND SHE DESERVES TO BE HAPPY.

WE DON'T WANT HER TO PLAY FOOTBALL.......EVEN THOUGH SHE WOULD BE GOOD.  I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.  WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE SHE LIKES TO PLAY OUTSIDE WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.  WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT HER I SMILE, BECAUSE I CAN SEE HER SMILING AT ME.  THAT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO TOUCH OTHERS LIVES......TO BRING SMILES TO THEIR FACES.  THANK YOU MY SWEET AND PRECIOUS ELISE FOR DOING THAT FOR ME.

YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR HUG, KISSES, AND "I LOVE YOUS" MEAN TO ME.  YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE AND I HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY BRINGS YOU AS MUCH HAPPINESS AND YOU BRING TO ME.  WE LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER!!!!!   HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!