Homecoming Parade ~ 2018

Pictures taken Sept. 21 ~

Elli's loot!

Country Day for Homecoming Week!

Picture taken Sept. 20 ~
For Country Day during Homecoming spirit week, I cut up a couple of Jeff's shirts and made Elli a scrappy skirt that morning in about an hour and a half!

Workout Wednesday for Homecoming Week!

Picture taken Sept. 19 ~

Marshmallow is 2 1/2! (Video)

Pictures taken Sept. 15 ~

Video ~

Swinging Monkey Bars!

Picture taken Sept. 12 ~

Grandpa's Birthday ~ 2018 (Video!)

Pictures taken Sept. 8 ~
Celebrating Grandpa's 85th birthday!

Video ~

Mama's Little Helper...Making "Cali'flour Crust" Lasagna (Video)

Pictures taken Sept. 4 ~

Video ~

Playing with Play-Doh

Picture taken Sept. 2 ~

Hello Long Weekend! (Video)

Picture taken Sept. 1 ~

Labor Day weekend.

Video ~

Dominion on the Deck!

Picture taken Aug. 29 ~

National Dog Day ~ Aug. 26

Elli and Marshmallow, our Maltipoo.

Brady's 21st Birthday! (Videos)

Pictures taken Aug. 25 ~
Here are some pictures from Brady's 21st birthday!

Birthday dinner at Jack Stack Barbecue.

Boomerang video ~ opening presents.

Elli's birthday card for Brady.  <3

Playing Disney Scene It? DVD game.

Birthday cherry cheesecake.

Boomerang video ~ blowing out candles!

Elvis '68 Comeback Special

Pictures taken Aug. 20 ~
We saw the 50th Anniversary of the Elvis '68 Comeback Special at the theater after visiting Graceland this summer!

Video clip from the movie (no sound) ~

Cousin Austin Visiting from Texas!

Pictures taken Aug. 18 ~
Elli was excited to play with her cousin Austin visiting from Texas!

Kaitlyn and Elli made a welcome sign for Austin on the chalkboard.

 Cousins playing.  :)

 We had a cookout and mini mason jar cherry cheesecakes for dessert.

 Grandpa won Five Crowns!

First Day of 3rd Grade!

Picture taken Aug. 16 ~

Eye Appt. ~ 2018

Pictures taken Aug. 14 ~
The eye doctor gave Elli an A+ at her eye appointment!  Her eyes are even better than last year.  She was a little farsighted last year, and she is now perfectly in the middle of farsighted and nearsighted this year.  Her eyes could go more nearsighted (which is very common in Chinese kids), or they might stay perfect!

They told her to cross her legs so she wouldn't slip out of the chair!

Trip To Yogurtini Before School Starts Again!

Pictures taken Aug. 13 ~

"Christopher Robin" Movie

Picture taken Aug. 11 ~
We saw Disney's "Christopher Robin".  Elli thought it was very emotional.

Water Gun Fight!

Pictures taken Aug. 11 ~

Marshmallow's Close-up

Picture taken Aug. 10 ~

Friends from Church

Pictures taken Aug. 4 ~
We had fun with some friends from church!

The girls had fun with water guns and the Batman Dune Racer!

Ping-pong.

Making chocolate chip cookies.

We made a different version of s'mores and used the chocolate chip cookies in place of the graham crackers to make s'mookies!