HaPpY BiRtHdAy ToReY!

Happy Birthday to one of the most beautiful girls in the world. For eleven years you have lit up our life with spunk and energy and made our family fun. We love you so much and would like to share some of our favorite Torey memories.

1. Torey was a very quick learner as a baby. She walked at nine months and could count to ten at 13 months. She really wanted to catch up to her big sister and cousins so she would never be left out.

2. Torey is a lovely hostess. Whenever there is a party she loves to plan, conduct, and ensure everyone's happiness and general delight with the event. She has been like this since the beginning.

3. Torey loves games. She used to wake us up in the morning by shoving a board game into our head and asking us if we wanted to play.

4. Torey is very compassionate. She has all the best mothering qualities and will practice them on any willing child.

5. She is a fashion diva. She always has to have the latest outfits and shoes, shoes, shoes.

6. Torey is a dancer through and through. She never sits still and is always spinning or moving the hips. She is patiently waiting for a "real" dance class, which we hope to oblige her with this fall.

7. I will never forget the time she called me from school, in the 1st grade, and told me to "come and get me, I am damaged." It was a very tragic playground accident involving a small to medium sized scrape on her hip.

8. Word on the street is that she was the recess nurse. She would pick injured kids up off the ground and promptly treat them with an ice pack or bandage. A lot like her daddy.

9. She is learning to sew and doing a really good job of it. We are working on a quilt and she is doing great.

10. Torey is a heart breaker. She is always receiving little notes or stuffed animals from the boys at school. It is because she is such a social little girl with a lot of personality.

11. We love her so much. We love her hugs, kisses, cuddles, laugh, humor, personality, etc.

Happy Birthday to our Bussy! We hope you have a great day!