Pictures:
(from most recent to older)
Ella - 2017 - 3rd Grade
Ella, Jason & Ariana 2017
Hernandez Family photo Christmas 2017 - expecting baby Hernandez!
Ariana, Jason & Ella 2017
January 2015
(from most recent to older)
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| Hernandez Family on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem - overlooking the Temple Mount 2019 |
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| Ella (11) and Ariana (13) riding a camel near Jericho, Israel 2019 |
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| Ella and Jen (mom) 2019 in New York City Times Square |
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| Ariana, Ella and Joziah at the Garden Tomb (Jerusalem, Israel) 2019 |
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| Jericho, Israel - Ella (11), Ariana (13) and Joziah (15 months) |
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| Ella climbing the Mount of Temptation (Jericho, Israel) 2019, age 11 |
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| Ella and Ariana at Qumran - where they found the Dead Sea Scrolls 2019 |
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| Arian and Ella on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Temple Mount 2019 |
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| Hernandez Family at the Garden Tomb (of Jesus) Jerusalem, Israel 2019 |
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| Hernandez Family at the Western (Wailing) Wall 2019 |
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| Ella at Familia Sagrada in Barcelona, Spain 2019 |
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| Ella got sore feet while walking in Barcelona, Spain 2019 (age 11) |
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| At a beach in Malaga, Spain 2019 |
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| Malaga, Spain 2019 (age 11) |
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| Ella playing with shells on the coast of Spain 2019 |
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| Jen, Ari, and Ella riding camels on coast of Morocco 2019 |
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| Ella, Ariana, & Joziah 2019 in Tangier, Morocco 2019 |
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| Ella and her daddy (Jason) swimming in the Dead Sea 2019 |
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| Ella and Ariana riding a camel on the Mount of Olives in Israel 2019 |
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| Rumored baptism place of Jesus at the Jordan River, Israel 2019 |
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| Smoothies at the Dead Sea 2019 |
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| Dead Sea, Israel 2019 Ella, Ari, Jen & Joziah |
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| Ella (10), Ari (12), Joziah (2 mo) 2018 |
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| Ella 2018 at Aquarium in Minneapolis |
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| Ella and Ari on the flight to Holland |
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| Ella enjoying a hamburger in Holland 2018 - age 10 |
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| 2018 Ariana and Ella Zandaam, Netherlands |
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| Ari and Ella Amsterdam at the Anne Frank House |
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| Ella 2018 age 10 in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 2018 Guatemala |
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| 2018 Family trip to Guatemala ziplining |
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| 2018 Family trip to the Netherlands, visiting the Corrie TenBoom House |
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| 2018, 10 year old Ella meeting her baby brother |
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| Ella walked Jason in |
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| Jason gave both girls rings committing to care for them as his own daughters |
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| Ella - age 9, 2017 when she got her new daddy |
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| Ella - 2017 - 3rd grade |
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| Hernandez Family Wedding 2017 |
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| Ariana (Ella's sister), Ella and Jen (Ella's mom) |
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| Ella at her preschool graduation this past spring (2013) |
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| Ella got a ribbon for participating in this year's AWANA derby car race! |
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| Ella playing in the snow (Feb 2014) |
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| Our snowman, Olaf (Feb 2014) |
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| Ella's first day of life! May 8, 2008 |
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| Ella at only a few days old, wearing her daddy's wedding band as a bracelet. |
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| Ella laying on Jennifer's chest being held for the first time by her mommy. |
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| Only a few days old, Ella was compared to a $20 dollar bill. She was born weighing 3 lbs, but after the meds were drained from her system she dropped into the 2 lb range. |
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| Ella's tiny foot encircled by her mother's wedding ring. |
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| Here's a picture of Ella hooked up to all the wires and tubs and machines. You can see cords feeding into her belly button to deliver the necessary medications and nutrients (because she couldn't yet receive breast milk through her feed-tub), the ventilator tub fed into her mouth along with the feed-tube, the heart-shaped sensor on her tummy read her body temp and regulated the temperature of the bed, the band-aide looking thing on her hand read the oxygen levels in her blood - she wore two of those. The eye coverings protected her eyes from the bright lights that were being used to help her recover from high billyruben levels (jaundice) - phototherapy. |
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| Ella being "held" by her daddy's hands in the NICU |
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| Ella on CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) |
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| Ella's Uncle Josh and Auntie Kapree meeting her for the first time at 6 weeks of age in the NICU. |
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| Ella at 6 weeks in the NICU. |
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| Ella at 6 weeks old - with a feed-tube in her nose still in the NICU. |
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| Ella being held by her Grandpa Jeff and Great-Grandpa Bob. Also pictured is her Pastor, Kent Conrad. This was the night they anointed Ella before her first eye surgery. |
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| Ariana and Ella Wilkins (Ella at 3 or 4 months old) |
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| Jennifer and Ella experiencing "normal" life |
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| Jen administering a blood-thinner injection "on the go" for the clot in Ella's heart |
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| Ella at Christmas time (7 months old) |
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| Mid December 2008 getting ready for her first hip surgery (7 months old) |
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| Ella in her new cast |
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| Ella experiencing freedom after her hip dislocated in the cast and it had to be removed |
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| Ariana and Ella Wilkins. What a chubby baby! |
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| Always a happy baby |
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| Ariana holding Ella in her second cast |
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| Ella right after her third hip surgery and casting |
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| All smiles in January 2009 - 8 months old |
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| Fun outfits in Ella's 3rd cast |
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| Ella's 1st birthday - she tipped over after this picture was taken. At one year old, Ella had just learned to roll over - she had to completely re-build her muscles after spending 3 months in a full-body cast. |
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| Ella's first birthday. Eating brownies. |
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| Ella "reading" a birthday card. |
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| Ariana and Ella celebrating Ella's big day. May 8, 2009 |
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| Just a normal day at the park! Summer of 2009 |
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| Ella sporting her favorite sports team! |
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| Ella dressed as a lion for Halloween 2009 |
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| Big smiles for the camera! |
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| Ella learning to walk in Peru to one of thesingle missionaries, Alex - March 2010 |
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| Ella's bath in Peru - August 2010 |
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| Ella and Jennifer at the hospital for another surgery - beginning of 2011 |
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| Ella ready for surgery |
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| Ella after surgery - still on some oxygen |
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| After her first cast was removed, Ella's skin was burned from the diarrhea that she experienced while in her cast. |
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| Ella in her 5th full-body cast - always happy |
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| Ella in the hospital - her mode of transportation before going home was in a wagon, that way they could hang all of her medications on the wagon and she would become portable. |
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| Ella attempting a smile in her wagon |
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| Ella expressing her joy at getting the bar cut off of her cast - getting closer and closer to freedom |
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| Ella and Jennifer. Gotta love that "smile". |
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| Ella at a recent check up in Salt Lake City. 2011 |
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| Ella at her Grandma Jill's tea party - 2011 |
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