Old Friends

We've had the pleasure of spending time with one of my oldest and dearest friends, Brittany, in the recent weeks. This afternoon we got to get our girls together for some fun time in the pool. We've been friends since the 7th grade and have stayed in touch for over 13 years despite living in different states during most of that time. Since I'm a military brat I haven't kept in touch with most of my childhood friends because of moving, so it's such a neat thing for me to get together with someone I played with as a young girl and watch our daughters play together.

For memories sake, here's a picture of us when we were about 12 and 13 when Brittany visited me in North Carolina:

And here's a picture from today with our little girls (taken with my mom's SD800 since I lost mine *tear*):

Check back tomorrow because I have some more pictures to share and a fun video of Ella. :-)

Peek-a-Boo!

I see you!!

A few more pictures from this weekend

Cannon Ball!!!!!

Hey! Did you know...

...that Keith can fly!?!?!?

More Pictures

Ella has a side job as a punk rocker...seriously this is her hair when she wakes up...no styling was done to acheive this beautiful look:

We had a terrific time playing in the backyard today. Ella fished in her pool for fishies and then took them over to the window to sit and examine her catch:

Peaking around the corner to see if she's going to get in trouble for playing where she's not supposed to:

Stuck!!! Part 2! Some of you avid blog readers may remember when Ella got stuck under her Leap Frog table. This time it was behind her car. She found it a little funnier this time. Probably because Keith was home to laugh at her:

Popping a squat...no she's not using the bathroom!

New Pictures

Doesn't she look like an old lady in this picture? I love it!

Look closely...you can see me in the reflection of her eyes. I like to call this one "how she sees me." haha :-)

Texas Pictures of Ella Continued...

Just because she was sick, Ella thought she should have been able to do whatever she wanted...not so!

More jumping on the bed fun!

Ella got some heavy reading done in the hotel room:

Giving cousin Erin a big dose of birth control. Haha! Just kidding! :-)

Being silly in the freezing cold Dallas airport during out 3 hour layover:

Making her way onto the dance floor to shake her groove thing which she definitely did!

What! This wedding cake has calories in it?!?!?