Ella's First Day of Kindergarten

Ella had a great first day of school a couple weeks ago! It wasn't too hard for me because I got to go and be the parent helper that day, so it helped me not get too emotional.

Her teacher is Mrs. Stradling

We are excited for her to go and learn and make new friends.

Macy got all geared up for her school day. She really wishes she went to school,

but she will have to wait to go to preschool next year.

Ella thought she had to pose for her first day pictures

Here she is waiting for her bus to come get her.

She was so excited and could not wait!

And of course, I had to get video of her getting on the bus, but it won't upload so just imagine how cute it was! She rides a huge bus and only 4 or 5 kids ride it on the way to school.

Who's that baby?

I was going through pictures yesterday and came across this one. I thought it was Brody at first and realized that it couldn't be. I made Matt come and look and he swore it was Brody. I told him some of the reasons that it can't be Brody and he still thought it was him until he realized we don't own some of the toys that are on the shelf behind me.

It can't be Ella because she is in the picture on the computer and is bigger

So pretty much it has to be Macy, but she sure does look like Brody in that picture!

See if you can find any other clues for why it can't be Brody...

Memorial Day Weekend

This shows how far behind I am on blogging.

Matt's brother and his family were in town Memorial Day weekend (coincidentally) and we got to hang out at Heather and Tyler's house and go swimming and have bbq. It was so nice to visit with family and for the kids to play with some of their cousins that they don't get to see much. This was Brody's first time swimming and he LOVED it!

70+ MPH winds

A while back we went to the mall with some friends and saw this awesome Hurricane Simulator. We thought it would be funny to let our kids be the guinea pigs and try it out for us. They (mostly) had a blast and came out with their hair super crazy! I LOVE Macy's face in the second picture. You can tell she is just enjoying life.

Ella is 5!

We had a movie night for Ella's Birthday party back in June. There was pizza, popcorn, licorice, cotton candy and movie tickets to get into the "Theater". The movie of choice was "Bolt".

It was a great party!

We sure love Ella. She is so smart and likes to be a good kid. She helps us so much with her brother and sister. We can't believe she is starting Kindergarten soon.

She is so ready to go and learn!