It has been several weeks since our last blog entry because we have been having so much fun and taking so many pictures. We were overwhelmed at the thought of where to begin with this entry so we decided to go for the gusto and add tons of pictures and hopefully we have included everyone that we have had the pleasure to see over the past few weeks.
This entry is a joint effort. George picked out the pictures and I am providing the text. So we hope that you enjoy this post and as always, thanks for being loyal blog readers. We hope to see you all soon.
We have been spending quite a bit of time at the beach and at Grammy and
Grampy's pool. The girls have become little fish. Isabelle is swimming by herself with just her swim vest. And Ellie loves to be in the water splashing around and drinking the water. We are very proud of both girls.
Thankfully we have found a little bit
of time to take naps. Summer fun is hard work :)
The girls at the beach. You will see a theme throughout this post that Ellie is a messy eater and usually ends up with more on her face than in her mouth.
We have been spending tons of time on the
swing set. The girls love to swing and fly down the slide.
I told you !! Another picture of Ellie and her messy face.
The girls enjoying (well, at least Isabelle is enjoying) playing outside in the beautiful summer weather.
George and I took Isabelle to a local science museum last month. We had a really great time at the museum and having a whole day with just Isabelle. She is really growing up so quickly.
That same day we went to Walden Pond. Isabelle walked all the way around the pond (1.5 miles). It was a great little hike and a fun day with her.
Isabelle and her friends help a 4ft python at the town's 4
th of July celebration. The weird part about this, is that is
someones pet and this was not part of the town's block party :) But the kids loved to see and
touch the snake. She is a brave little girl. I did not touch that snake !!
We also went to another party that weekend. We went to Marc and Jill's house. And we got to see Mickey there. We had a great time
playing with water balloons, making jewelery, and watching the boys get Marc's sandal stuck in the tree.
Ellie and Lovely having fun at the party.
Marc and Ellie
being silly.
We also got to have a
play date with Katelyn. In her defense I would be scared to be stuck on the princess couch with those 2 giants too :)
My parent's had to have a beautiful old tree removed from their front yard. It was sick and was about to fall on their house, so it had to come down. We were there to watch it come down. It was amazing to watch. It was also sad. That tree had been there since my Granny was a little girl and we all have so many memories of first day of school pictures, first communion, wedding pictures, and years of playing around that tree.
Since the girls will never have the chance to have the special event pictures taken in front of the tree, I had the girls pose in front of it before it came down.
As I said before we have been spending tons of time at Grammy
and Grampy's pool.
Here is a picture of Grampy and Ellie at the pool.
Grammy and
Grampy and the girls
after swimming in the pool.
We spent the 4
th in Manchester and I got my parade fix. For those of you who don't know, I LOVE PARADES !!! So the 4
th is a big exciting day for me.
This is a picture of the next generation of my family. As a kid I sat there with all of my siblings and cousins and watched the parade. And now our kids are doing the same. It is so nice to see this and know that the next generation will have the same wonderful
memories I was lucky enough to
have as a child.
Ryan & Wood Distilleries had a float in the parade (and won best commercial float). In this picture you can see Nana, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Bob Ryan, and Uncle Dave.
Great job with the float and costumes. Bob looks just like George Washington !
Grace and Isabelle hanging out on the 4
th.
Papa (or
Bapa as Ellie calls him) watching the parade.
Having fun and cooling off at
UBP (Uncle Bruce's Pool)
We also had a chance to hang out with the Texas girls. We had so much fun playing with them and we already miss them so much.
Here is a great picture of the girls playing in Crumb Pickers Cottage.
Ellie and Bethany playing. Ellie had some serious quality time with her Godmother while she was visiting :)
More, fun, smiles, and of course sugar with Bethany.
Amelia and Isabelle.
Amelia and Ellie. The 2 little sister.
Juliana and Isabelle. The 2 big sisters.
We just had a big "we are back" cook out at our house. This was our first non-birthday party, party and was great !!
We used to have parties all the time, but once we had the girls that stopped. Now that the girls are older, we are back on the party throwing train. Thank you to everyone that attended and made the day so fun.
This is a picture of Isabelle and Tyler. Future prom dates :):):)
Ellie and her friend Ella playing at the party.
We had a slip and slide at the party. It was a big hit with the kids. This is an action photo of Ava about to take out Ellie !!
Katelyn was baptised last weekend. Of course she was a perfect angel and did not a peep the whole time, even when the water hit her head. George is her Godfather and is so proud of his new title.
My 2 beautiful girls all dressed up for the christening.
The girls hanging out on the half pipe in Lisa and Danny's yard. We had a great visit with them when we went to Story Land.
This picture is for Aunt Peggy :) Yes, she is holding 6 purses !!
Ellie and Lila having a post ice cream hug at Friendly's.
Every August George rides in the PMC. This year the girl's and I were able to go to the start line and watch Daddy and thousands of other riders take off to start the ride. As always it was a great day and each year it becomes more and more fun for the girls to get involved.
