Stella Says:
This year was wild and fun. It started out on the way to my Dad’s cardiologist appointment. My dad told me & Charlie he met someone named Jessica and her son was 45 and named Miles. I asked if we could meet them but then my Dad said no. We called them after the Cardiologist appointment and Miles (who wasn’t 45) sang a song about boring doctors appointments and we begged to meet them. Then we went to Target to get new clothes and then we went and met them. It was really fun to meet them. And then Meema was at our house! And then the next morning I asked if we could see Jess & Miles again and we all went back to her house and ate Mendocino Farms & made soap. The next day, they came up to our house in Ojai and we got the best cinnamon rolls in the world. (Kate’s Bread.) Me, Miles & Charlie were telling Jess & Dad that we wanted them to get married and have triplets.
After we all met we had a lot of fun together. I really enjoyed going swimming, going to the park, making food, having Jess pick us up and drop us off at school, playing Hot Wheels with Charlie, dressing up and putting on shows and singing with Miles, playing games with the boys, getting frozen yogurt, going up to SLO together and so much more!
We went to Kauai and Jess & Dad got engaged!
And then 11 months after meeting them we moved in together in a house that I really loved from the day we saw it.
Some of my favorite memories from this year: Having my baby cousin Ruby say my name, watching JEMS perform at a Silent Disco on the beach, dressing up with my friends for Halloween, getting my first kitty (Grandpa,) getting cast in Sound of Music, turning 11, watching Lizzie McGuire, redoing my room and making a lounge under my bed, celebrating Hanukkah for the first time, getting our first Christmas tree together and decorating our house, spending time with my best friend Novella (especailly for my birthday dinner), getting Ugg slippers and fidgets, meeting new friends in Thousand Oaks, getting my nails done with Jess and going to see Hamilton for my birthday! 🥳 🎂 🎁 🎉 🎊 🎈
Me, Novella, Miles, Nonna, Jess, Dad & Charlie at my birthday dinner at Lure in Ventura.
At the Christmas Tree Farm.
My first Hanukkah!
Ruby’s 1st birthday!
Roasting Marshmallows with Papa in Kauai - the pots protected us from the Rain.
This is Larry, our pet snail in Kauai.
On our swing in Ojai with our dog Millie (who is now living with our Mom.)
Avila Barn with the three of us!