Zoo

Denver has been breaking records left and right with the weather! It's been in the 70's this week! Crazy for January! My friend Lesley and I took advantage of the nice day on Tuesday and took the girls to the zoo. It was awesome! It was not crowded and all the animals were out sunning themselves. We packed a picnic and got harassed by a goose. The girls thought it was hilarious as we constantly chased it away!

Casa Bonita

Josh and I took Ella to Casa Bonita last weekend. It's an incredible place to eat/play. The food it terrible but the inside of the place is amazing! It's like walking into a giant cave with palm trees, cliff divers, haunted caves, puppet shows, live mariachi band, treasure chests filled with candy, games, plays, etc! There is so much to do, Ella didn't know where to start:) We used to go when we were kids and haven't been since so it was really fun watching Ella run around and enjoy the same stuff!

Birthday Wishes for Shavonne:)

This video is for Shavonne. Her and Marcus live in Australia and with the 16 hour time difference between us we ALWAYS miss each others call. So...Happy Birthday Shavonne in case we don't get in touch! We miss you guys SO much and can't wait to see you in May!!!!

Happy Birthday Ella!

Ella had a fantastic, low key, birthday this year! She's a big three year old now! We can't believe it! She had a cute birthday dress on for a few minutes but then of course changed into one of her Disney princess dresses...she's in a new one everyday. Happy Birthday Ella, we love you so much:)

Superstar! Lifeguard!

This is a long time joke between my cousin and I...basically we were obsessed with the movie Superstar when it first came out. This one's for you Megan!

Girls Day Out!

Ella and I had a girls day out a few weeks ago. Ever since we found out we were having a girl I looked forward to this girly stuff! We went out to breakfast, then got our nails done and then we went to the Polar Express ballet that was in town. We had so much fun. She is so grown up...where has the time gone?

Christmas Morning:)

Ella was very blessed this Christmas! Josh and I had set her bigger presents out the night before from Santa. Ella's room is upstairs now and ours is down stairs so she ended up waking up during the night and coming to our bed. The living room was dark so we didn't think she would see her presents but she came in and said, "Mama! Santa left me some more presents...I don't know what they are but they have princesses on them!!" We were cracking up:) This Christmas was so much fun with her! Thank you everyone for such a great Christmas!!! Hard to believe it's already over:(

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve this year, we went to the Melting Pot for fondue with Josh's mom and her friend Reba. It was SOO good! After dinner, we took a carriage ride through the town to see all the Christmas lights. We forgot our camera of course so we don't have any pictures!!! After the carriage ride we met some friends at church for a really nice service. Here are some pictures of Ella before we left for dinner. Of course it wouldn't be "Ella" is she didn't have a silly face picture:)

Christmas with Mimi and Papa

My mom and dad went to Ohio to visit my brother for Christmas this year. We celebrated Christmas with them the week before they left. Ella was thrilled to get all the Disney princess dresses and to find out that we are taking her to Disneyland!! She says that she can't wait to go to Cinderella's castle and dance with the prince:) We're in trouble!

Playing in the Snow and Making Cookies