Summer Fun

Ella graduates from Kindergarten!

 Ella (in a text to her dad) : This is Ella.  Dear Dad,  I passed Kindergarten.  I will be in first grade.  I can't wait to see you.  Love Ella.

Playing

Memorial Day

We decided to go see what those big, red rocks behind our house were all about.  After living here for two years, we decided that we'd waited the obligatory amount of time to seem "cool" and so we went to enjoy a smallish, kid-friendly hike.  It was fun and games until after the first yard, Ella decided she was "tired"!  We finished the hike with one, gigantic tantrum from Max because he wanted to play with my cell phone instead of look at cacti.  Typical Max.