Ellie's 3!

We celebrated her birthday a week early because on her actually birthday she is going to be at her Dad's house.


Mandi bought her a "Birthday Girl" set that included a tiara, sash, clip-on earrings, and a wand.


Great-grandma made her some cupcakes and had some raspberry ice cream that was absolutely delicious. You can also see your pretty earrings that were pierced yesterday. She didn't even cry!


Ellie received nine ponies! She sure was excited.


This is one cool baby.... she licks an ice cream cone. Her little tongue sticks out... it is really cute.


You can't tell at all... but she liked the fairy dress that her aunt Mandi gave her.


Tea time with Papa..... well.... Ellie made coffee and it was REALLY hot so we had to blow on it before we could drink.


My little girl is growing up. I can't believe that she is 3-years-old. Time sure flies!


We ended the party with the Pony photo shoot. I have several group pictures and a lot of individuals in different positions. Ellie was very particular about the look that she wanted portrayed in the photos. What a diva!!!! hahaha.

Beautiful Morning

The morning ended with off three of us in my bed (before 6 am).... aahhhh.

Ellie was up about 5:30 and came crawled in bed and Hayden heard us talking and then came and joined us about 5:55 am. So we laid there singing songs like "Little Bunny Foo Foo" and "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed".

It was a fabulous start to a Friday morning. :-)

Hayden's Basketball Game

Hayden had an awesome game today! I couldn't be more proud. Of course I didn't have my camera or my cell phone so I wasn't able to take pictures or video.

Their team (Cougars) were playing against a tough team and Hayden was excellent on defense and kept up with the kid that he was paired up with.

Hayden even made a basket and two rebounds! His whole cougars team did an exceptional job and not just one person shined but the whole team did their best. I am overflowing with joy. My bro, Hersh, said that Hayden would catch on like he did when Hersh first started playing basketball.... and Hayden is. He has definitely superseded my expectations already after four weeks.

I can't seem to wipe the smile off my face!!! :-)