Thursday, July 9, 2009

Ellie's 5th Birthday!!

Ellie wanted to celebrate her birthday in Sponge Bob style this year so we did things up right! Matt and I even tag-teamed a SpongeBob pinata for the event. It rained all afternoon on her actual birthday so we had to save the pinata for the next afternoon, but I think a fun time was still has by all! All the usuals were in attendance along with our friends Jim, Carrie, and Owen Fick who drove in from Morgantown for the weekend. Thanks for coming everyone!

Daddy and the girls with the pinata!
Party Girl!
Happy Birthday to Ellie...Happy Birthday to You!
A funny note I'm sure all will enjoy...Ellie was begging for weeks to have a surprise party for her birthday. She was planning to spend the week in Marietta with PopPop and Namaw Jenny the week before and insisted she would forget by the time she got back. When she came home from the 4th of July parade the morning of her b-day she and Namaw Skeet had a plan all figured out. She took her for a drive around the block after everyone arrived so we could hide. After they got back we all jumped out and yelled surprise! The look on her face was priceless! :)

Backyard Fun

On days when it's a little chilly to go to the neighborhood pool we play in a little one in the backyard. The girls love trying to splash mommy and shoot her with the squirt gun!



Fun with Cousin Garrett

We got to spend a few days with Garrett in the middle of June when Aunt Katie and Uncle Ted went to a wedding in Florida. He really liked Ellie and Lainey's Hummer. Lainey is always more than happy to be chauffeured around.

For those of you that haven't seen her skills, Ellie is quite the little baseball player. She and daddy have been working on her mean batting face...I guess to psych out the pitcher?!
Here it is...

June 7, 2009

No real story to tell here. Just thought these photos of Lainey playing in Grandma Skeet's new fountain were too cute not to pass along!