Schools .....IN...for.....Summer!!!

Well, it's happened my little miss started Kindergarten. She is so little, it was hard to find a backpack that didn't swallow her up. Anyway, It was an awesome first day and both of them were super excited and have great teachers. Wayne always stays home from work with me to see them off on their first day. So here is our first day pics

And the proud parents

Landon guided Ella and showed her the ropes, he was so helpful and explained every little detail, she felt very secure with the whole thing and was so proud to be at school with him.

Here's Ella in her new classroom. She also reminded me not to forget that she had school the following day as well. (I decided not to remind her it was for the next 17 years)

And after all was said and done, we have the poor, lonely Chase, who was not thrilled with the idea of losing his siblings so suddenly. Hopefully he will recover.

Ella Turns 5!!!

Ella turned 5 on July 11. I seriously can't believe she's so old. She has been such a fun and entertaining child and we just love her to death. But this year she wanted a "friends" Birthday party for her present. So we invited her cousins and friends from church and had a Summer water fun bash!

It was a lot of fun and here are all the party animals for a pic

and her big 5 cupcake (thanks Melissa for your blog post)