Gettin' Hitched!

Mikey and Liz were married the end of July and it was a great day. It turned out beautiful and we are so happy to have Liz a part of our family. There were lots of friends and family that came and supported them which was really nice. Madi and Ella loved being flower girls, and running around in their "wedding" dresses. Congrats Mikey and Liz!

 The girls dresses went to the floor so this is what they did most of the night. Ella always had it gathered up as high as she could get it.

 Thank you Pam for taking our family pictures! It turned out beautiful :)

 This was only some of the the people that came for the reception in Canby. 

 Ella loved her dress EXCEPT for the sparkles on the skirt. All night of the wedding she kept coming up to me asking me to wipe off the sparkles from her hands and when they wouldn't come off she acted like that. She was so happy after we took the dresses to the cleaners because most of the sparkles came off...which we didn't expect.

Fun In July

July started out slow but got really busy around the end. Here are a few random pictures from what we have been up to. Had a nice 4th of July minus fireworks because of the fires, but we went swimming as a family and had a great time. The blue and white dress that Avery is wearing used to be mine, which makes it fun to see her wear it. The girls love to play outside in the sprinkler as long as it is barely turned with hardly any water coming out of it. And finally...Avery loves to get into the cereal. We are doing great and loving Colorado! My next post will be about Michael's wedding and there are quite a few pictures :)

Happy Birthday

Avery turned 1 at the end of June and she is a very busy 1 year old. She is walking, climbing, and falling on everything. Ella loves having someone to play with even though Avery is now interested in her toys, she is learning how to share really well. For her birthday Ella gave her a barbie because she was sure that Avery would play with it...it now lives in Ella's room :) Her favorite new toy is the truck. She plays with that most days and it was the hit of the party. I can't believe my baby is one! Happy Birthday Avery!

Swim Lessons

Starting June 18th Ella started her first swim lessons. I was sure that we would get there and she would decide that she didn't want to do it but she proved me wrong. She walked right over to her teacher, got in the pool and did great! We did it for 2 weeks and by the end we were both so tired that we were glad it was  over. She passed the level she was in which was pretty exciting and came away with quite the tan! At the pool where the lessons were there was a kiddie pool which anyone could swim in before, during and after swim lessons...Avery loved it. If I wasn't watching her close enough she would walk herself right over and get in the pool. I have 2 children who have no fear of water : / The last picture of the slide was taken with my phone so the quality isn't that great but the slide with the bigger drop-off is the one Ella went down before I could even get in the water to catch her. It is 10 ft deep and about 6 ft from the wall but she did it all by herself! I was one proud momma!

Visitors

Wayne's parents and brother stopped by our house for a visit a couple weeks ago and it was really fun to see them.  They were able to see Ella do her first swim lesson and we took them to the train museum by our house.  They were a little surprised by the 100 degree weather but it was very nice to have some visitors.  Thanks for stopping by!

We also did a little early birthday celebration for Avery while they were here.  She was very happy to get her new drum..so was Ella.

Fun At The Park

We took the girls to a park down the road from where we live on a Sunday afternoon and besides the heat we all had a good time.  Avery is learning to do the slide and Ella wished she could do the monkey bars but she doesn't quite have the arm strength yet.  The picture of Ella with her tongue out is for Grandma Shanny because it will drive her crazy with her hair in front of her face :) Love ya Mom!

Oregon

In May the girls and I made a trip to Oregon and Boise to visit family.  We had so much fun and it felt like it went too fast.  I helped my parents re-do one of the bathrooms in their house and it was a big project but it turned out beautiful.  All I have to say is that I hate taking down wallpaper!!  Ella had  a great time with her cousins and Avery had fun sitting in her highchair feeding the dogs cheerios.  We were able to see Madison do her dance recital and she was the one all the girls looked to see what came next .. she was great.  It was such a fun trip and we were so glad to be able to go.  Enjoy the pictures.

Ella's Birthday

My baby turned 4 and I can't believe it.  I feel like the last 4 years have flown by.  We had a little family party and then she had her party with her friends.  She has been telling me for months that she wanted a pinata for her party so I made sure that we had one.  All the kids loved it and it turned out to be a great day.  

 Avery wasn't too sure about the cupcake but she quickly decided that it was okay...she ate the whole thing.