Machella is 11!

I can't believe Machella is 11 years old! We asked her what she wanted to do on her birthday and she told us that she wanted to go bowling, eat hot dogs for lunch, go swimming after lunch, eat BBQ pulled pork sandwiches for dinner, and then open presents and have an ice cream cake (chocolate cake and mint chocolate chip ice cream). Well, we did what she wanted to do and it was a really fun day. It was fun watching everyone bowl (especially Joshua and Elyssa). When we went swimming Joshua decided he wanted to try to swim without his floaties and he pretty much learned to swim in less than an hour. He is actually a pretty good swimmer now and can swim the width of the pool without stopping and he is great at taking breaths as he swims. Machella got a lot of fun presents and it was fun going shopping for her. I thought it was cute because she really wanted a crimper for her hair. I just smiled whenever I thought about that. I never had a crimper before but since her birthday she has crimped her hair quite a few times and it actually looks really cute. She is growing into such a wonderful young woman and I absolutely love being her mother and love how loving she is to me and our whole family.