Uncle Chris, Aunt KK and Owen came to visit a couple of weekends ago ... they came to hang out with Ellie and let Mommy and Daddy go on a date day ! It was wonderful ! Thank you guys so much ! 
That evening I let the kids make some brownies ... as you can see ... they had a good time with it ...
Sarah Kate came over to hang out for a little while one afternoon ... They play so good together ...
On this particular day they were calling each other by their middle names ... Kate and Grace ...
This is Miss Natalie Marie McCutchen, daughter of Jeff and Laura McCutchen ... also, our Goddaughter ... 
Natalie with her Mommy and Daddy
Natalie with her daddy ...
Todd with his sweet Goddaughter, Natalie ....
we are so excited to get to be such a special part of Miss Natalie life ... we love her so much already ... and are thankful for her and her sweet parents ...
Ellie eating some of Tate's cowboy cake ...
Banty helping Ellie get through the crowd so she can eat her cake ...
Eating cake and ice cream with the birthday girl and boy ...
Tate had a fun cowboy cake and Emmy had a pretty princess cake ...
kisses for Uncle B ....
Ellie and Cousin Tate being silly in the pack-n-play ....
Emmy liked putting bubbles on Ellie's head ...
On our trip to Dallas Nana & Papa got to enjoy having all of there great grandchildren at there house for the day .... 
Picking Banty's flowers ... she of course is not supposed to pick the planted flowers ...
Ellie loves to hide in Banty's pillows ... she does this several times a day ....
you can hear her giggling as soon as you walk in the room ... she forgets that she is supposed to be quiet when she hides ....
getting some art lessons from Boots....
On Saturday afternoon we went to Boots and Banty's first ever 4th of July pool party !
Ellie loves cupcakes ... especially when she gets to help Mommy make them .... she likes to use lots of sprinkles ...
The boys were hanging out at Boots' Cantina ...
Banty, Ellie and Nana ...
Giving kisses bye to Nana ...
and Honey (aka Aunt Julie)
and Papa ...
Ellie with Aunt Courtney
This was the last ride ... they were SO tired ! They just look like they are in a daze .... too funny ...
Poor Nena ... her back probably hurt her for days after this .... but they had fun ...
She loved the slide ...
Ellie and Aunt KK
Ringing the bell on the train ...
Ellie really wanted to ride on giraffe ... so Daddy had to grab her and run to it ... there were lots of kids getting on the carousel .... In the picture she is actually petting it ...
Nena and Ellie on the carousel
PawPaw and Nena ...
Ethan and Todd coming out of the haunted house ride ...
Ellie with Uncle Chris ...
Daddy helping Ellie catch the little fish ...
Ellie and Owen at the water park ....
Sweet picture of Nena and Ellie
They even got Nena running through the cool water ...
Running through the water wagon ...
