Daddy Daughter Dance

Justin and I were out of town the weekend of the Daddy Daughter Dance so Logan stepped up like a good big brother and escorted Ella to the dance! 

Logan was a good date and cut up the dance floor. These two share a special bond. I’m so grateful to have such good kids!  

Happy Valentine’s Day

Had a great weekend with Kiersten and Alec down visiting! 

We celebrated by getting Valentine dresses!

Oh how I love my Kiersten girl!  She is in her second month of her six month extership and she is killing it! 

I love my girls❤️

It is so much fun to be Ella’s mom!  She is sweet, smart and can hold her own!! 

It’s been a beautiful weekend!  Loved the time spent with my girls!  

I Had To

This morning Alec and I went golfing at the Shamar golf course not far from their apartment. And when you drive farther than your son-in-law…. Well you have to document it!!  Cause it doesn’t happen very often!  

Mine is the pink ball!  

Great day on the golf course! 

Such Ambition in Such a Small Body

When I got up this morning around 6:50 I found a note on my phone. It had obviously been written by Ella. It said, “Mom, I went for a 5 minute run.”

Then I see this list she made this morning of what she wants her morning routine to look like now that it’s going to be school time. Quite the ambition for a cute little 8 year old!    

Little Miss Ella doesn’t even know it but she has inspired me!  Love my Ella Jane! 

You Know Christmas Was Good When

 Your 7 year old writes a thank you letter to Santa all on her own. I love that she included a thanks to Mrs. Clause. Ella must know there is a good woman behind Santa’s success… lol. 

I thought it was so cute when Ella showed me her letter and ask me to help mail it to Santa. 

So cute…. And made me realize how happy Ella was with her Christmas surprises. It’s magical having a believing kid in the house!! 

Christmas Time at the Lake

First time to visit the houseboat at Christmas time and was so happy to see this lite up Christmas tree! 

Ella and Warner loved kayaking around the marina. 

Within 10 seconds of placing this RC boat in the water, Warner managed to run it into Logan’s fishing line. Warner thought it was hilarious…. Logan…. Not so much!! 

Ella and Grant had a blast with the little RC boats. So glad the batteries still had a charge since we hadn’t charged them since summer. 

There was no keeping these kids out of the water. With wetsuits it wasn’t that cool according to these kids!! 

They even enjoyed the slide!! 

So much fun!! We didn’t pack clothes or food. Haha… we ate breakfast and dinner at the marina Restraunt and snacked a little in between. Such an easy trip when you lieterally pack nothing and just go!! 

Logan is always catching fish!!! It’s a carp but still it counts if you reeled it in. 

A Christmas movie, “A Boy Named Christmas” and and warm fire at the houseboat really makes wanting to go home hard. I would love to stay for a week right about now!! 

The weather was chilly in the morning and evening but wow so perfect during the day. 

Christmas time at the lake was even better than I had imagined it to be! 

The Cat Exterminators

Grandma’s been having problems with a crazy smell in her house so she needed help seeing what had died under her house. Quincy climbed under there but he was too big to get to the space where the dead animal was. So Mr. Grant eagerly volunteered to do it. 

He was so happy and so proud to have been the one to save Grandma from the nasty smell of dead animal! 

What a stud!! 

Quincy and Grant make a great cat exterminator team! 

July 8, 2018