Yes, Anna is 11!!!

Today our sweet Anna turned 11!  She still love pink, horses and glitter but also has grown personally so much in the last year.  She has a lot to be proud of and I am sure the year ahead will bring many new adventures and challenges that she will rise up to face and grow from and we can't wait to watch her!

Tonight she opened a few gifts.  

And per her request she had brownies for desert! 

And yes, she did let the boys have some.  :-)

We have more celebrating we will be doing this weekend.  In the mean time, here are the silly questions we ask each year:

Favorite Color:  Pink (pink, pink, pink, pink, pink, pink)
Favorite Book:  Unwanteds or Going Wild books by Lisa McMann (Harry Potter spell book, Harry Potter - all of them, Rainbow Magic, Rainbow Magic, Rainbow Fairy, The Cat in the Hat)
Favorite Gift:   (Hermione wand - from Harry Potter, pen pal kit, doll scooter, roller skates, wallet, pop charm bracelets)
What do you want to be when you grow up:  Horse trainer or vet, not so sure on the vet because it would be more school (horse trainer, horse trainer, horse hider, horse rider, librarian, librarian)
Friends:  Lina her cousin and Lupe from school (Lina and Lupe, Lupe from school, Lupe from school, Lina her cousin, Sydney from Cal Poly, Sydney and Brooklyn from school)
Favorite thing to do:  Read (read, read, read, read, read books, play on the structure at school)
Favorite thing to do at school:  Science (science, science, science, write, play on the structure, write in straight lines)
Favorite food:  Macaroni and Cheese and ham casserole (macaroni and cheese, macaroni and cheese, Macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, macaroni, yogurt)
Favorite place to go:  anywhere with horses (I forgot to ask!!, she wasn't sure where this year, school, beach, library, the secret forest - a place they trek to at school)
How old will you be when you grow up:  21 (20 because she won't be a teenager anymore, 25, 20, 53, 34 - Same age as Mom, 16)
How old will you be when you get married:  24 (22 like mom, she didn't have an answer and wasn't sure if she would, 30, 20, 20, 17 - and she said she would marry Mason)
How old will you be when you have a baby:  29 (she isn't sure that she will, 30 if she gets married, 35, 25, 40, she said she didn't know if she would have a baby)
She is 4' 9.75" and Mason is about 1" away.  She somehow keeps growing enough to stay taller than him.