Title: 2011 Christmas Letter

This was a year of firsts.  Ginnie had her first sleep-over, performed at her first Irish dance recital,

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She got her first Ghillies,

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competed in her first Irish Dance Competition,

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did her first ballet recital without an older girl leading,

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and went on her first self-supported hike.

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She sold her first (and last) Girl Scout Cookies: the top seller for her troupe!

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She went to Disneyland for the first time

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She went to her first Roller Derby bout

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Evacuated town for the first time

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Rode her bike by herself for the first time



Read her first book by herself



Had her first motorcycle ride

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And ate her first Tofurky (she liked it!)

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Amy and Neale had a lot of fun coffee dates this year

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Love,


The Picketts (Neale, Amy, Ginnie, and the dogs, Dingo & Jada)