Stella turns 12!!!

Stella started playing french horn this year in 6th grade. This is her dressed up before her first concert!

Wow!! How did that happen? I haven't blogged in welllllll over a year!! ooops! :)

Honestly, it was probably because I didn't have much to say. I've just been living life and the day to day. But, recently we've had some exciting events, so I thought to blog about them!

This entry is to pour out my feelings about Stella turning 12. It's soooo bitter sweet. Of course it's exciting. An age she gets to try and do so many new things. It's really a pivitol age for her at church. Today she started young womens. She did really well. She said she was really nervous, but then they had testimonies at the end and she decided to share her testimony and she said she felt FINE afterwards. Isn't that amazing? I'm so proud of her and happy that she has the gospel in her life and she has a testimony of it. Amazing!

We went BIG this year for her birthday. She got a few of her friends together early in December and Ray took them to play outdoor laser tag. It was at a paintball park but it was laser tag. They had a BLAST!!! We had pizza afterwards and she really enjoyed the whole night. Then we went on vacation.

I'll be posting about our vacation as soon as I can put it all together, but in a nutshell, on her 12th birthday Stella was at Universal Island of Adventure (aka Harry Potter Amusement Park)!!!

It was a looong car ride from Texas to Florida. Sometimes I spent my time taking pictures of my beautiful daughter Stella. :)

Stella is a HUGE Harry Potter fan so she was super excited to pick out her wand on her birthday! The sleeping picture is her on Christmas Eve! She's still my baby no matter what! She was sooo exhausted she went right to sleep. I had to snap a quick pic!

This AFTER she turned 12! We saw an almost instant transformation in how she carried herself. It's quite amusing, hahah! Such the diva! :D

Long story short, she lost her phone on the trip. She has been REALLY good with phone for over 3 years now. It happens. Luckily Ray and I had just upgraded and so she is now using my old iphone 3g.....yeah I know....LOL!