3 years!!!

Sophia and I have been Pen Pals for three years as of today! I received the first letter from her on April 15th 2007.
It came with animal stickers all over the envelope. The animals were barking, baa-ing, quacking and oinking, "Hello!" "Hi Pen Pal" and "Be Happy".

Dear Amber
Hi! I got your Pen Pal info Yesterday. My Name is Sophia Troxell, I am 12 years old, and I am in the 6th grade. Guess what?! I collect bouncy balls, and I do dance! I take ballet and tap, but ballet is my favorite. What kind of dance do you take?
I have 2 brothers and 1 sister, and I am the oldest. Clay is 10, Beth is 8, and William is 5. My brothers are crazy about Lego's, it drives me nuts! William can't stop talking about them! Nether can Clay. Do you have and brothers or sisters? I have to share a room with my little sister.
my brother Clay wants to know if you go swimming in Alaska, and Beth wants to know what the weather is like.
Last night Beth said she was not going to clean her room for a month! That sicks because I have to walk though her side of the room to get to the door.
I also take Karate. I am a green belt. The belt that you have stands for the form you are learning. The order of the belts is while, yellow, yellow stripe,green, green stripe, blue, blue stripe, red, red stripe, black I, black II, black III, black IIII, black IIIII and so on. On April 28th we have Karate testing. That is when we do the form we learned and some other stuff, then, if we pass, we get our next belt. Everyone usually passes because their teacher won't let them test unless their ready. I will be testing for my green stripe. Clay is a green stripe, but he is not ready to test. Beth is a while belt and she might test.
How do you say your name? You say mine So-fee-ah, it's ez.
Well I gotta go now. Please write back soon. Your new friend,

Sophia Troxell :)

P.S. my address is:

(here she wrote her address)

My e-mail is: (etc.)

Do you have an e-mail address?

My Phone number is: (etc.)

P.S.S I like happy faces! :)

To: Amber

From: your new pen pal

who likes happy faces!

Oh my! That seems like forever ago! Sophia is now 15 and she is now a Black Belt in Karate! She still take ballet but not tap. She also now takes lyrical jazz and jazz. She is still my pen pal and my friend and will forever remain so.