Happy 10th Birthday Esther!

Double digits!!  We can hardly believe Esther is 10!  We are so thankful for our thoughtful, caring, creative, smart, organized, book-loving girl.  She is truly a gift to our family.  We celebrated her birthday as a family today, doing whatever she wanted to do.

Since Casey and I got home at 2 am from my cousin's wedding in Chicago last night, we slept in a bit and went to the second service at church.  That gave us some time to laze around a bit and let Esther open her presents before church.

Peter and Miriam gave Esther an iTunes gift card

We gave her the game Qwirkle, a bunch of rubber bands
for her loom, nail polish and a Target gift card

Our beautiful girl before church!

After church we went to Olga's for lunch (such a surprising choice!).  We ate outside, which made it all the more lovely.

Peter and Miriam wanted their pictures taken in front of these flowers:

These Michigan-shaped "Mitten" chairs are so cool!

When my mom took Esther shopping for her birthday outing this week, they found matching dresses for the girls.  So cute!  I wonder if they'll still do this when they are 23 and 20?

Sister love

 We headed to the pool for a while and met our friends there...

We had a light supper and finished up the cake from her family party last weekend...

Then we finished off our day of healthy eating by going to Sweet Mellisa's for ice cream!

We ended the day by hanging out outside with our neighbors and relaxing.  Esther said it was a great birthday!