Thursday, April 30, 2009

Dinner With Great Friends

(I'm a little late on this post) A couple of weekends ago we went to dinner with some really sweet friends ... we had a great time ...we all have girls about the same age ...
Abby, Naomi, and Ellie .... Don't they look like groupies ... hanging out around the stage ...
The girls LOVED dancing to the music the band was playing ... I have NO idea what move this is that Ellie is showing them ... (Ellie, Naomi, Sarah Kate and Abby ... all such sweet girls)
Sarah Kate has some good dancing moves too ....
I'm not sure what move this is either ... but I wish I would have been on the other side to catch her facial expression ...
We had a wonderful time ... Next time I will try to get pictures of all the parents too ...

Ellie's One Little Bluebonnet ...

Ellie was so excited to find a bluebonnet of her very own ... right in her back yard ... we now have had it there for over a week ... and I'm still surprised she hasn't pick it ... she talks about it and shows it to me everyday ...
I also like this picture because ... this is how Ellie looks most of the time ... she will pose for a quick picture ... but as you can see ... she looks like she's about to take off running again ...

Friday, April 24, 2009

A Few Random Pics From Belton


Those poor fish .... Ellie is always trying to get them....
Nena with her Grand babies ...
Nena and PawPaw teaching Ellie how to make tunnels for the train ...
Talking to her Nena ....

Hunting Eggs At Nena and PawPaw's

Ready to go ....
I guess her basket get to heavy ... so she had daddy carry it for her ...
needed help getting those high ones ...
Getting her special Easter egg from Grandma Summers ....
Look at all the goodies ....what is funny is that Ellie doesn't even really care what is in the eggs ... she just likes to hunt them ...

Easter Goodies ...

After church on Easter Sunday we headed to Belton ... We all met at Nena and PawPaw's for lunch and to hunt more eggs ...
They were really going after those cupcakes ... yummy ...
(I think this is one of my new favorite pictures of them)
Thank you everybody for all the sweet Easter goodies ! Ellie loved all of her surprises !

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Easter Morning ....

Daddy, Mommy and Ellie
Easter picture with Boots and Banty ...
She was very excited to see all the fun stuff the Easter Bunny had left her ...
blowing the pinwheel ...
I think the lip gloss was her favorite ... I think she had put it on about 30 times before we ever left for church ... ( it was clear of course)

Few Random Family Pictures ...

Uncle B, Papa, Daddy, Cousin Tate, Boots and Uncle Rooster
Nana and Papa
Me and My sweet Papa ...

Crazy ...Crazy ...Crazy

okay ... so Boots hid some eggs at the bottom of the pool with money in them ... for the big kids ... Of course Cousin Zach was the first one to strip down and ready to go ...
But the surprise was that Todd jumped in fully dressed !!! Keep in mind that water was REALLY COLD !! Crazy ....

Hunting Eggs At Boots and Banty's Ranch

This picture says it all ... Ellie was so excited about hunting eggs this year !
Ellie with Cousin's Tate and Emmy ...
Boots using the Resurrection Eggs to teach the kids what Easter is really all about ... For those of you who have not heard of these ... they are great !! They are a fun, interactive way to remind the kids the true meaning of Easter !

Daddy helping Ellie with her eggs ...
Mr. Mitchell helping Ellie get some eggs ... Thanks Mr. Mitchell !

All the cute baskets ...

Monday, April 20, 2009

Meet Pokey ...

Boots had a big surprised for the kids ... This is Pokey ... he is a really gentle horse for the kids (and Banty too) ... He comes by his name honest ... he is in no hurry to get anywhere ... which is perfect for the kids ...

Mr. Mitchell and his wife Vickey raised Pokey on their ranch and I know it had to be hard to let him go ... but we are so thankful they decided to share him with us ! We are very attached to Pokey already ! Boots and Ellie already went to the feed store in town to pick out special treats for him ....



Nana, Papa and Honey meeting Pokey ...

Thank you Boots for getting Pokey for the kids ... I know there will be lots of fun memories with sweet Pokey !

Hot Tub Time

Love this picture with Boots and his Grands ...

I love this picture of the girls ... They are definitely checking out each others swimsuits ...

I think the game was ... who can splash Boots the most ...

Daddy and Mommy ...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Good Times At The Ranch On Good Friday


Dog tired ... in Sadie's doggy bed ...
Double Trouble ....
smelling the flowers ... it looks like she smells with her mouth ...
Just a swinging ...playing with Cousin Tate on the swings ...
Boots and Ellie ...
First time in the new kid sadle ... just her size ...
Helping Banty water the flowers ...