tea party

Christmas Day

Playing with the toys Santa left


Opening presents with Grandma Christmas day.

Christmas Eve

Grandma and Grandpa and their girls


Sammie and Cammie


Pretty Sisters

Cousin Time

Samantha and Ellie had a great time playing before Christmas.

They had fun sledding


Check out the air Sammie got going off that jump.


Then before bed they put on a concert


The duo played a mean duet

seriously

Yeah, I wasn't kidding about the wearing the santa hat on her radio flyer.

Putting up the Tree

Ellie supervised John putting up the Christmas tree from her Radio Flyer.


For some reason, she likes to wear her santa hat when riding her RF

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at Julie and John's beautiful home in Arizona.

Ellie loved the patio.


and hiking with John and Julie


especially when daddy was carrying her.

working side by side

"check out my facebook page mommy"

Picking up Leaves

Get to work Kiddo

Fall Day in Forest Park

Fun Pictures from our day in the park.

Planting a Tree in Tower Grove Park

Ellie gave John a tree in Tower Grove Park for Father's Day


We planted the tree this fall


Here is the family by the Yoshino Cherry Tree

message to Daddy

Message to Daddy!

Mommy and Me

Ellie woke up at o'dark hundred - so we tried to make the best of it.

Went to some garage sales- this princess dress was $0.25. Stopped at our bakery and went for a walk in the park.


It was such a busy fun morning, that Ellie needed a nap at Gelateria Del Leone.


After the nap/coffee we went to the library. Ellie loved pulling books off the shelves.


Luckily the librarian was really nice and thought that was the sign of a to be reader instead of an annoying little kid.

Fall Fun

Ellie loves playing in the leaves


and mowing the lawn

Trick or Treat

We were in Ames for Halloween, so the girls went trick or treat-ing



Witches love little Pirates


Little Alligators will eat you - or beat you with a stick


Sammie showing Ellie how to trick or treat