A bunch of us threw a party at the church for all the graduating seniors, which included a slide show for the kids. These are all the pictures I sent of Kendra. They're not in chronological order at all, but you'll get the idea. Just look at this beautiful girl growing up!!!
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| Pretty baby |
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| So silly with the bunny blankie we took her to the hospital in! |
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| I believe these are glow-in-the-dark Harry Potter glasses that Craig and I got at the midnight release party for Deathly Hallows when we were in San Diego for Carla's wedding! |
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| All my babies had this exact same profile |
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| This picture is so sweet |
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| The joy of balloons |
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| She definitely gets her baby-fine hair from me! |
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| So serious! And those eyes!!! |
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| Easter Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa's house |
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| Just finished rowing around on Aunt Leah's lake! |
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| At the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
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| Early dinner with Chip at Disney World |
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| And battling the Seventh Sister as part of Jedi Training in Hollywood Studios |
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| Manning the guns of the Bowfish at Pearl Harbor! |
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| I still think that's the cutest swimsuit ever! |
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| Queen Kendra! |
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| This is a very Kendra-esque expression |
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| Goofing around with Jadyn at the church historic sites during our Stake Youth Conference last summer |
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| Helping Daddy mow the lawn |
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| This is her concentrating face |
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| Looking slightly wary as Bentley helps her button her sweater before church |
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| Gotta love a girl with a sword! |
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| Hiking along the river in Lynchburg |
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| Sorry, I know you've just seen these! (But, I'm not that sorry!) |
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| I think this was on a camping trip with Daddy, probably at the Snow's farm? |
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| Hiking club during Covid |
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| Getting a niffler for Christmas |
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| Loves her Oreo (and a lot of other animals, as you'll see) |
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| Working so hard with Olivia to get the handcart up the hill for the women's pull on trek |
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| Drum major! |
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| Go Patriots! (Back when Craig was working at Albemarle High Sschool) |
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| Wearing my Grandpa Bentley's hat as part of her reporter outfit for career day |
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| Homecoming with Kayla |
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| Another camping trip with Dad |
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| Snoqualmie Falls in Washington |
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| Ready to go zip-lining with Liberty and Jadyn in West Virginia for high adventure |
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| Whitewater rafting |
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| Last day of 5th grade! |
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| Snuggling with a sled dog puppy in Alaska |
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| And snuggling with a chicken, in Ohio! (I love how that chicken just loves her!) |
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| Stealing everybody's hats on trek! |
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| Fireworks in Texas because why not? |
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| When we first got baby Oreo! |
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| The budgies at the Richmond Zoo |
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| At Aunt Leah and Uncle Brian's |
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| Holding the bride's bouquet at Aunt Tracy's wedding |
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| "Helping out" the captain on the pre-wedding dinner cruise! |
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| With her Richards' cousins' pet! |
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| Being a YCD at Girls Camp! |
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| Bishop's night in earlier YWs camp years |
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| Her piratess costume, with a chicken filling in as her parrot! |
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| 4th of July fireworks with Grandma in Culpeper |
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| One of my all-time favorite pictures! The look on her face here! (We'd just finished doing family portraits at the Manassas Battlefield, and then our trunk wouldn't open! So we were trying to figure out what to do about that and Lindsey, our photographer, snapped this picture!) |
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| Napping with Daddy, one of my favorite things to take pictures of! (Here, she had tripped and bashed her cheekbone against a low bar on the high chair and her cheek got swollen from it. It was so sad!!! You'll notice it in a few other pictures of this slide show. I'm pretty sure she didn't have that cute dimple before that happened...) |
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| Helping us clean the townhouse when we first bought it |
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| At the top of Humpback Rock |
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| In the Sacred Grove with Bentley, back when she was still taller than him |
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| Admiring the floats with Aunt Tracy at the Macy's parade |
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| Enjoying the wild animals on the safari ride at Animal Kingdom in Disney World |
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| The Manassas campout, shortly after hurting her cheek-- how sad is that??? |
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| Back during her swim team summers! |
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| I think this is in NYC |
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| And this is when we were in Las Vegas celebrating my Grandma Hansen's 90th birthday |
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| Santa Lucia |
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| Another Daddy-daughter nap! |
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| I think this is her first day of First Grade! |
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| Based on how flushed her cheeks are, I'm pretty sure she had a fever here... |
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| Her dirndl dress from Grandma and Grandpa's trip to Germany! |
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| First day of kindergarten! |
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| Lake swimming with my family in Oregon! |
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| Being cheeky as she sports my Grandpa Bentley's hat! |
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| This is a weird thing to brag about, but Kendra is super good at flying kites! |
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| Holding a brand new baby Colton |
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| Gotta love riding the ferry to Bainbridge! |
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| First day of preschool |
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| Panama City beach at sunset |
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| Fun hair for virtual YWs camp during Covid |
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| Caving in West Virginia with Madeline, McKinley, and Marianne |
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| Throwing leaves into the wind with Sydney while we wait at the bus stop |
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| Now Camille is napping with her! |
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| Kayaking at Ragged Mountain |
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Probably my absolute favorite picture of all time.
We should have submitted this to contests-- it would have won every single one of them. |
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