Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Catching Up

I feel like it has been a while since I last posted, so I wanted to catch everyone up on what we have been doing:

1. We had some awesome weather around the Pacific NW a couple weeks ago, so I brought out the bubble machine for Ellis to play with on the porch. She loved it! Every time the bubbles would be taken away by the wind she would reach after them and say "don't leave me bubbles!". So sad, but so cute:
Posing - her favorite thing to do.
Looking longingly after the bubbles.


Posing again (you can see the bubbles)

2. We decided to head down to Seattle and hit up Pac Place and Pike Place. It was a lot of fun; of course a visit to Seattle couldn't be complete without a Gyro and a Humbow (sp?):
Loni ordering my Gyro for me. Such a gem.

Prego Marie - chowin down.

Ellis grubbin on her sucker. She ended up dropping it on the ground.
3. We met up with some old friends of ours: Ashley and Scott Loughran. They have two little girls (Olivia and Ella), one of whom is a month younger than Ellis. We went out to Tacoma, went out to dinner, then took the kiddos swimming and had drumsticks for dessert at thier house later. Ellis loved the water and would have stayed all night if she could. Thanks Ashley and Scott for inviting us down!
I love these two pictures of the girlies:



This is great shot - they were all looking! Yay!


All three of the girls LOVED the hot tub - it was great. Except when you had to get back in the pool.






Ellis and Loni swimming in the pool.





At dinner that night. Ashley was a mystery shopper for Applebees. It was very funny!


2 comments:

KANDY said...

CUTE BIKINI ....LOOK OUT SPORTS ILLUSTRATED :) Love the pictures.

The Stratton's said...

Man, Ellis is a little girl now. I remember when she was just that sweet little baby who Clarissa watched. She was so much easier than our two. Almost as cute too.