Friday, July 10, 2009

Concert in the Park

Last night we enjoyed a fun summer concert at Gallant park. It's the first of many this summer and I'm excited to go to all of them! We brought our picnic blanket and sat and listened to a steel drum. Micah enjoyed the music and was getting up and shaking his little booty! Ella had fun too despite a couple of meltdowns. Fortunately there was a play ground right next to us so she was able to go play as soon as she became uninterested.




Can you tell Ella was upset?

I love this picture because it pretty much sums up my week. Ella has decided tantrums are the best way to try and get what she wants and Micah has been extra mischievous! :)

She got up and joined the conga line


Tuesday, July 7, 2009

July 4th

I figured I could take this quiet time to post some pictures of our day so far.
Last night we went over to The Clases' house (relatives of my brother in law) They are kind enough to invite us every year to their 4th of July party. We had a great time! Ella had so much fun playing with all the kids and found her new favorite toy, a power wheels. She was on that thing the whole night! She was either driving it, or sitting in the passenger seat, or sitting in the back :) We played corn hole, volleyball, and even went on a hay ride at sunset through the beautiful corn fields. The Clase family are so much fun to be around and we are thankful they let us tag along at their family functions.

The chocolate cake I made for the party. I just took a Wilton cake decorating class and it's been a very long and hard road to get to this cake.
Beep, Beep!

Just enjoyed some chocolate cake

Ally and Kylee
She loves her sweets

The beautiful corn fields
He loved the hayride!
Ally and Kylee are two of Ella's favorite friends!
The grass isn't on fire, those are sparklers

This is Paul's boss (also my sister's brother in law) who Micah LOVED!




We went to a parade this morning in Ostrander and Ella enjoyed getting a bag full of candy! She was waving her little heart out trying to get the people on the floats to throw some her way. The best was when someone didn't throw her any and she looked at me very concerned and said "mommy, they didn't throw me any candy." I enjoyed looking over at Micah during the parade and watching him wave and smile at all the floats.
Once the parade ended we rushed to our car to make it back to Delaware for our second parade! This one we were able to watch in our front yard! (I love where we live) Ella was able to score even MORE candy and now has a stash equivalent to what she got going trick or treating.
We are heading out tonight to watch the big firework show downtown. There is no better place to celebrate the birth of our great nation then in the good ol' midwest! :)

Getting her candy bag ready

The parade crew
Waving at the floats

Getting ready for parade two




This was my favorite part of the Delaware parade. If that doesn't capture the essence of the midwest i don't know what does.
Horrible picture but one of the only semi descent ones from the fireworks. The flash was so bright I couldn't keep my eyes open. Micah was so into the fireworks! He kept pointing at them and jabbering away.

If you click here and here you can see that we have defenently established our Independence day traditions :)

Mcklinky Blog Hop: Favorite Photo


This is a beautiful picture of Ella taken by the AMAZING Beth Armsheimer. She really does look like an angel in it, if only she would act like one all the time ;)


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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Ella's new haircut

Ella got a new haircut today. I figured she needed a cute summer look too. She is so excited about it and has been talking non stop about her new hairstyle all day :)
Before picture



Take me out to the ball game

Last night the Giorgi and Kaelber family went to a Columbus Clippers (minor league team for the Indians) baseball game. I LOVE summer, so it's no surprise that I LOVE baseball! I was a huge Dodgers fan when we lived in Cali and being there last night reminded me about all the fun I used to have. There is nothing better then sitting outside eating a hot dog on a warm summer night watching the best sport ever! The kids had fun but I think most of that had to do with the cotton candy and other treats they got :) We enjoyed yummy ribs from City BBQ that were only a dollar and cheered on the losing team. It was a super fun night and we took a lot of pictures! I have such a hard time selecting only a few pictures, hence I have the worlds largest weeding album! So you will have to endure the many fabulous photos taken last night, enjoy! :)


Enjoying his ribs





making silly faces
I love Kason in this pic :)
ready to catch a foul ball

Best friends
My gorgeous niece!

Showing Micah some love
cotton candy!
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