Buh-bye Nora!!

Since April, Ella and I have been taking care of our friend's daughter, Nora. This was our last day with Nora. She and her parents are moving back to Omaha in September. We are going to miss them so much!!

Our little swimmer!!!

Ella has gotten so brave. She loves jumping in!!!

Swimming with Daddy.

Auntie Mimi is so much fun to play with!!!

Stwetches!!!

I've been having some problems with my back lately. Thankfully, I married a spine specialist. Ella thinks its hilarious to help while I do my stretches. She climbs on and adds a little extra challenge to the situation.

Helping daddy with his "Stwetches."

Ella has to learn to do them too!!

Pool Time

Thank goodness for Target!!! Father's day weekend, target had this awesome pool on sale, so of course we had to get it. It is so fantastic. Its huge!!! Ella has absolutely loved swimming in her new pool.

How does your garden grow?

My cucumber plants are doing awesome. I think I've picked about 7-8 already.

Eggplant blossom!!!

Pepper, bet you couldn't figure that one out!!!

Kale, so yummy. I hadn't had that before but it is really great.


These are pictures of some of the things I am growing in my garden right now. I decided to try out my gardening skills. I started back last fall adding compost to our horrible clay soil so that maybe this summer I could grow our own veggies and herbs. I've done it all organically. So far, things have turned out really well. I'm really excited to see how much we produce this summer!!!

Whose kid is this?

From the beginning, everyone said Ella looked just like Drew. I was hoping that as she got older she would begin to show some signs of taking after me a little...so not that case. I see my sister, especially in this picture. Good thing we love our Auntie Mimi so much!!!

Watch out Paris, here comes Ella Grace!!!

There are no words...

Father's Day

Drew and I both agreed that Father's day/Mother's day this year was so much more fun than last year. Ella had a blast working on our father's day gift for Drew. The saturday before Father's day, we met up with Drew's sister's family at the park and had a blast playing. Ella and her cousin, Lucy, had so much fun going up and down the slide together!!! Such an awesome day.

Lovin' Some Ribs

Uncle Brian makes the best ribs in town...and that's saying a lot for us living in KC!!! Take that Gates!!!

Who wants some pudding?

Ella just loves her pudding, its even better on her face, arms, belly...

Blowing some nice pudding kisses to all her fans!!!

This still makes me laugh every time I see it!!! I'm so proud of my sweet little girl!!!

Celebrating Lily's 3rd Birthday

Ella loved her fro yo too!!!

Lily loved her yogurt with peanut butter chips

Meeting our new "cousin" Zoe

Auntie Indsey, Zoe and Ella

Look at how long her legs are...she's getting so big.

Smooches for Auntie Indsey

Ella wasn't so sure about holding the baby...

Playing and Sunning

Ella hanging out in the conductor's hat my dad gave her.

Who wants to get dirty?

Easter Egg Hunt

Baby Shower Cupcakes

A couple of girls from work threw our friend, Lindsay, a baby shower a couple of weekends ago. These are the cupcakes I made.

Elmo Sledding

Bagels from Scratch!!!

My latest venture was making salt bagels for Drew. We can't find any place around here that makes salt bagels, Drew's favorite. So, I attempted it on my own. They were really good!!!

Rocking Baby

Stuck!!!

St. Patrick's Day Baking

I am way way way behind in my posting so I'm just going to upload a bunch of pictures for now. Maybe I'll go back later and write a little more about them...we'll see!!