Great Grandma

Grandma and Ella being Silly
Ella and "her Grandma"

Thank you for the Teddy Bear Grandma

We made a trip to Culpeper after church today to take my 92 year old Grandma Grace out to lunch. Ella calls her "my grandma" and won't let you convince her of anything else.... like the fact that it is Papa's mother or my grandma and her great grandma... nope her answer to all those explanations was... "it's my grandma!" Ella and Grandma had some sort of silly game going on at lunch and Grandma gave Ella a teddy bear that she had in her room.

Happy Birthday Papa!

Lovin' the Lake

Ella had fun collecting her first seashells!

Ella liked "swimming" in the lake

So we finally made it to the lake this summer. The lake house was rented but dad found us a great room right on the lake! We had a great 2 days filled with lots of fun on the boat, swimming, feeding fish, feeding ducks, and collecting seashells. We can't wait to go back for four days over the Fourth of July!

Happy Father's Day!

Ella and her Daddy at

Brunch at Rockafellers at Rudee's Inlet

Beach Baby!

Ella had her first trip to the beach this weekend. She wasn't really sure about the ocean at first but she loved the "Giant Sandbox!" After about 30 minutes of "watching" the water and running away from it, she finally decided to jump on in!

Summer Stuff

Playing in the backyard

Pool Time!

More Pool Fun!

Ice Cream Mess!

Spending one last night with Aunt Brady before she moves to NY!

Well, summer has definitely made it to the east coast. We had a few very pleasant days but then a heat wave hit Richmond and we have has some very unseasonably HOT weather. We are making the best of it and spending a lot of time at the pool and eating lots of Ice Cream!

Chuck E. Cheese

Enjoying her Pizza!

Riding Clifford

She really liked Chuck E. Cheese (notice her arm around him)!

Tonight was our first (first of many, I am sure) trip to Chuck E. Cheese. Ella did not know what to think at first... it was a bit overwhelming. However, it didn't take her long to get into it! She especially liked collecting the tickets that daddy won playing the games. She would fold them up and carefully put them in her little pocket. At the end of the night she cashed them in for a pretty bracelet and a lollipop.