tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69014483202731437962024-03-13T22:18:29.682-04:00 Adventures with EllaColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.comBlogger797125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-377048500266771532016-03-31T22:45:00.000-04:002016-11-25T22:45:40.834-05:00March 2016
Having fun with Grampy
Ella ready for another camping adventure with her brownie troop
Wax Museum - Ella worked so very hard on her Jane Goodall presentation and did awesome. We were so proud of her!
Steve reading to Dottie
Fancy Nancy Day at school
Cory started off most nights in bed with Ella
Grampy's Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-48870769272873747532016-03-20T22:27:00.000-04:002016-11-25T22:28:32.996-05:00Spring Break in Charlotte
Dottie at the airport, ready for her first plane flight
Cousins reunited!
Lots of fun in the backyard of Grammy and Grampy's
Dottie and Grant playing nicely together
With Uncle Josh
Best pice we could manage of the 4 of them!
So sweet!!
For an extra special treat, Gee Gee was also there, and we loved the chance to spendColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-86517600981560351652016-02-29T22:10:00.000-05:002016-11-22T22:11:36.962-05:00February 2016
Little cutie reading books while I change her diaper
Having fun at a bounce house birthday party
Sister hugs
All dolled up
Ella's Valentines Day cards box, take 1
Julia and Jocelyn's birthday party
Jazz practice
And take 2 of her Valentine's cards box, Girl Scouts theme. She was so proud of it!
Sweet angel sleeping with a handful of Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-59061400743669523482016-01-31T22:09:00.000-05:002016-11-17T22:10:49.445-05:00January 2016
Cleaning out Ella's room, getting ready for her new furniture
Sweet sisters reading together :)
Last night in her room before new furniture!
New bedroom set!!
Dottie loves spaghetti
Cutie pie
Sweet brownie ready to sell cookies
Great visit from Grandad
Pretty girl
Cory
Steve turned 39
Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-69835890844760665812016-01-10T22:22:00.000-05:002016-11-17T22:23:57.760-05:00Ella's 8th Birthday
Build-a-Bear with Grammy and Grampy for the first of several celebrations for Ella's 8th Birthday
Birthday dinner
And she is officially 8 years old!
And we had her birthday party at the roller skating rink that weekend
Fantastic birthday celebrations for a fantastic 8 year old!!
Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-20025225759472272412015-12-30T22:16:00.000-05:002016-04-28T22:18:04.394-04:00Christmas 2015
Last minute decorating
After driving to look at the Christmas lights
Snuggling with her polar bear
She's ready for Christmas!
Whipping up a batch of brownies for Santa
Christmas jammies before church on Christmas Eve
Family pics after church
Opening a gift on Christmas Eve - she picked her American Girl tent from Aunt Erin, and was thrilled with it!
Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-21981646428471604322015-12-20T22:58:00.000-05:002016-03-29T23:01:26.403-04:00Winter Gymnastics Shows
A bunch of videos from her shows - she did awesome!!
Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-32296645799474846862015-12-19T22:32:00.000-05:002016-03-29T22:32:49.209-04:00December Pics, Part 1
Dottie helping organize the drawers in the kitchen
She loves a good selfie!
Madelyn returned! Ella couldn't have been more excited.
Helping me with the dishes
We went to Bass Pro to see Santa and there was a two-hour line, which would not work with Dottie...so this is as close as Ella got to seeing Santa there!
Sleeping angel
Nutcracker field trip Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-17113952581928338582015-11-30T22:46:00.000-05:002016-01-05T22:48:27.685-05:00Thanksgiving Weekend
We went to Austin for Thanksgiving and spent it with Steve's cousin Bobby, his sweet wife Vanessa, and their adorable little girl Alessandra. It was a great trip - wonderful catch-up time with cousins that we don't see often enough, and great weekend to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for.
Dottie and Alessandra playing together
Sister snuggles on Thanksgiving morning&Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-15809719139130302252015-11-25T22:53:00.000-05:002015-12-23T22:55:07.966-05:00November Pics
Beautiful double rainbow after a rainy weekend!
Dottie LOVES her baby dolls :)
Looking adorable before school
Hard at work in her cabinet. This is where she spends her time in the kitchen while I'm cooking (unless she is in a mood where I can't put her down - then I hold her while I'm cooking!)
Sweet ladies during their morning routine
Ella forgot her homework Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-45106693150772879592015-10-31T22:32:00.000-04:002015-12-23T22:54:27.672-05:00Halloween Fun & the Second Half of October
Ella in her Bandita costume. She loved this costume and had to have it as soon as she saw it.
Dottie the little pirate
Lunch at school with her friends
Sweet little pumpkins!
Rainy afternoon at Kid Creations - we had a great time making mosaic letters
Donating food at the food pantry at FCC - her Brownie Troop used the proceedsColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-78666489561297038882015-10-28T21:37:00.000-04:002015-12-23T22:54:48.597-05:00Froberg's Farm
Visit to Froberg's Farm in October, a fun pre-Halloween outing!
Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-68034290239646938272015-10-22T22:53:00.000-04:002015-11-24T22:56:52.878-05:00October Pics, Part 1
Dottie looking adorable
I love this one
A pre-school science experiment
Dottie and her bunny
She's always talking!
While Ella was away at her Girl Scout campout, we went out to lunch with Dottie
So adorable in the tub
Snuggling with her bunny in bed!
Standing up and having fun with that beauty in the mirror
Ella enjoyed making a "jail for skeletonsColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-37609327751547428812015-10-19T22:38:00.000-04:002015-11-24T22:39:29.401-05:00Ella's Brownie Campout
Ella had her first overnight campout with Brownies in October. Saying she was excited for it is a massive understatement - she could barely sleep the week before and talked about nothing but the campout.
At one of her troop meetings leading up to it, they learned to roll their sleeping bags and make knots
All packed on Saturday morning and ready to go
With Julia and JocelynColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-85388910033558271912015-10-19T22:29:00.000-04:002015-11-23T22:32:00.298-05:00Beach Weekend
We spent the first weekend of October with the Callaways at their beach house. It was a beautiful, and sunny, felt like an extra summer weekend. As usual, we had an incredible time with them.
Ella and James found many hermit crabs
Smores for dessert
We went back down to the beach at night for some more crab-hunting.
Ella LOVES the evening crab-hunt :)Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-48047153960469941662015-10-16T22:58:00.000-04:002015-11-18T23:00:22.862-05:00Trip to Las Vegas
Steve and I took a trip to Las Vegas in September and we had so, so, much fun. Mom watched the girls for us and all went great back at home, which made it even easier to relax and enjoy ourselves on our trip.
On Friday night we went out for sushi and saw a show called Abysnthe. The show was amazing - acrobats, amazing acts and funny, all at the same time. We loved it.
We saw Jerry Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-47676323493525694712015-10-16T22:46:00.000-04:002015-10-16T22:46:45.665-04:00September Pics
One of those mornings before school when she was just too cute not to take a picture!
Dottie is the little mascot of Ella's brownie troop :)
We ended up with a special weekday sleepover - the girls did great together, and to say Ella was thrilled is an extreme understatement!
One of Ella's new tricks
At Parent Night for Ella's school I got to read a few pages of Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-78382027936152060652015-10-15T22:31:00.000-04:002015-10-15T22:31:32.308-04:00First Week of 2nd Grade
Ella started second grade on Monday, August 24th.
These kisses are the absolute sweetest :)
Walking to school
In her classroom, time for us to say good-bye
They lucked out because her teacher let them pick their seats to start the year. She's got a friend from the bus on one side of her, friend from first grade on the other side, and friend from Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-33553365062527626662015-09-14T22:25:00.002-04:002015-09-14T22:25:45.787-04:00Dottie's 1st Birthday Weekend
Dottie turned 1 on Friday, August 21st! It's really hard to believe she is already a year old, this year has flown by.
Official 1st Birthday Wake-Up Pictures
Clearly Ella, Steve and I were a little more excited than sleepy Dottie who had no idea what all the fuss was about:)
Playing with her new toy from Myranda
Ella had some big plans in her mind for Dottie's partyColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-56395470101067794802015-09-08T23:09:00.000-04:002015-09-08T23:09:06.762-04:00August Pics
A bunch of pics from August
Steve and Dottie - so sweet together!
Happy girl
Grammy and Dottie in the pool
Scrumptious little turkey body in the shower - she loves any chance she gets to be in the water :)
And those buns!!
Sweet baby
Getting good at crawling - and perfecting the talent of "if there's a speck of anything on the groundColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-11661838332384644042015-09-08T22:11:00.001-04:002015-09-08T22:11:48.977-04:00On Stage Kids Performance
One of Ella's favorite camps this summer was On Stage Kids which was a performance camp at a church nearby. She was with her friends Julia and Jocelyn all week which made it that much more fun. On Friday night they did a performance, and it was the cutest thing!
Ready for the show
Cuties!
Some cute video clips from several of the songs
Good little audience member :)
Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-74659132779765813602015-08-12T21:50:00.000-04:002015-08-12T21:52:03.399-04:00She's Crawling!Dottie is finally crawling! She had been in no hurry to start and had been working on it for about a month and sooooo close to it for a few weeks. She was getting around by rolling and lurching but she finally started officially crawling a few days after she turned 11 months. It was a Saturday afternoon so we lucked out by all three of us being right there and getting to see her - it was awesome,Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-65751238157277280662015-08-02T22:17:00.000-04:002015-08-25T22:23:57.087-04:00Vacation in South Padre Island
We went on vacation to South Padre Island the last week in July. It was the longest car trip we've done with Dottie and it wasn't easy for her, but we made it and it was well worth the drive.
The view from our balcony - we were right on the beach and had a beautiful view of the Gulf
So excited to be there!
Ella loved hanging out in this porthole window - and of course Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-203319976673241752015-07-26T22:08:00.000-04:002015-08-12T22:15:45.572-04:00More July
Maddy's last day
Dottie looking so adorable on the monitor
Ella wanted to try on glasses and then asked me to take a picture :)
Having a "slumber", according to Ella
She made this "solar powered oven" in camp at NASA. They cooked s'mores in the oven and she was so excited about the project. She loved her week at this camp, learned a ton and had so muchColleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347671381170575432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901448320273143796.post-71078667208551599542015-07-25T21:30:00.000-04:002015-08-12T21:31:33.901-04:00Red Sox - Astros Game
In what has now become a fun tradition for us, we went to our annual Red Sox - Astros game at Minute Maid Stadium for the third year. We left Dottie home with Myranda and had a great night out, it was so much fun!
Home run by Big Papi
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