this morning, at 5:20am, sarah turned 10 years old.

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we had a pretty low-key, quiet day for her. the birthday party with her friends was 2 weeks ago. and we went to dinner for her birthday last night. joe, grammie, and papa were at a golf tournament all day today. so it was just the birthday girl, alyssa, and me. 

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she passed up the movies, and instead we went out shopping and running all over town. sarah had birthday money and lots of gift cards to spend. alyssa found a few things too. we had jamba juice. came home and had lunch and did some laundry.

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and then went back out to finish the shopping. then we dropped off alyssa at her dad's, and sarah got some more presents. including more gift cards. which means she is now convinced that we need to do MORE shopping 😉

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then i remembered to take a few birthday pics. i have done the "show me how many fingers you are" photos with alyssa a few times. but always forgot with sarah. she even made me a note months ago, reminding me to do her 9-yr old pics. but we just kept forgetting and soon that note got lost. so i HAD to remember to do them this year. we waited a little too long, and didn't have much light to work in. but got a few that will work.

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happy birthday sarah bear!!!

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26 responses to “somebody turned 10 today”

  1. Suzanne Avatar

    Happy Birthday! She is beautiful! Fantastic photos!

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  2. Karina Avatar
    Karina

    Happy birthday!!! I’m still celebrating my birthday, it was yesterday!!!
    Karina

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  3. Marissa Avatar
    Marissa

    Maia turned 10 on Thursday in Disneyland! I always forget they are only a few days apart…Maia has the t-shirt from Justice that says “Fries love Ketchup” – she wanted the popcorn one, but I already spent enough on her! It’s so cool to be in the double digits- really it is a milestone birthday! Happy birthday, Sarah!

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  4. Sara Rossi Avatar

    Sounds like she’s well into “tween-dom”!! There’s a girl after my own heart–she loves to shop!! LOL!
    HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY SARAH!!

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  5. Susy Avatar

    Happy birthday to Sarah. So glad I found your updated blog, for some reason google reader was not showing updates from your blog, here I was thinking that you had not been blogging for months.

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  6. Lynn Ghahary Avatar

    Awwww those are great photos Laura! Happy birthday Sarah – you’re in double digits now girl! 🙂

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  7. carla Avatar

    Happy Birthday to Sarah! Wow, she is growing up into a beautiful young lady. Sounds like a perfect b-day to shop with all those gift cards!

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  8. Mary Lynn Avatar
    Mary Lynn

    Happy Birthday to Sarah.
    Those pictures look great.

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  9. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    Happy happy birthday, pretty Sarah!!!! 🙂

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  10. alicia.king Avatar

    Happy Birthday to Sarah! Sounds like she had a fun birthday, especially with a jamba!

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  11. Victoria S. Avatar
    Victoria S.

    Happy Birthday to Sarah!
    She looks so pretty and happy.
    You take such great pix.

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  12. Carine Hartman Avatar

    Happy Birthday to You Sarah. I hope you had a nice birthday.

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  13. Kim Ket. Avatar

    What a cutie! Ten is such a great age. Happy Birthday, Sarah.

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  14. Linda Avatar

    happy birthday to Sarah!!!
    That last shot is one I do with my son every year…only my focal point is his hands, and he’s subdued in the background (gosh, I love a shallow depth of field, lol).

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  15. Sierra Avatar

    Happy Birthday Sarah! I love your shirt! 🙂

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  16. Lisa Howard Avatar

    Hey there! Boy have I missed visiting you! I don’t know what is going on, but I received notice of roughly 8 of your posts all in a row on my blog roll. I had just thought how I hadn’t seen an update from you in a while and then BAM…there you were post after post! LOL!
    Happy Birthday to Sarah! She is a beautiful young lady! And I love the pics Laura! You are my photography idol! 🙂 BTW, I started Karen Russell’s workshop today…can’t wait to get going!

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  17. Leslie Avatar
    Leslie

    HB Sarah!! Great pics, love the one second from the last – it just makes you smile looking at her 🙂

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  18. stacie errera Avatar

    great shots. her peronality really shines thru. happy bday! stacie Chasing Picture Perfection http://www.stacieerrera.blogspot.com

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  19. Laura T. Avatar

    Happy Birthday to Sarah – I’m sure she had a great day.

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  20. ShellyJ Avatar

    Happy belated birthday Sarah 🙂

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  21. Heather M. Avatar

    Happy Birthday, Sarah! Awesome photos and I totally love her shirt!

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  22. Jodie Avatar

    Double figures, that’s a big deal. Happy (belated) Birthday Sarah.

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  23. Wendy Sue Avatar

    I’m really late…but I hope she had a GREAT birthday! :o)

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  24. Sandi N. Avatar
    Sandi N.

    Laura
    A very late happy birthday to Sarah! Shopping good mother, daughter bonding time. My DD will be ten in Nov. I just love age nine I hope ten is a happy one.
    Sandi N.

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  25. sasha farina Avatar

    Happy Belated Birthday Sarah.. sorry I’m late. Love you nevertheless 🙂
    hugs from sunny Singapore

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  26. Mary MacAskill Avatar

    Happy Belated Birthday Sarah! I love the photo of her holding up ten fingers!

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