Merry Christmas!

About a month ago we started talking about Santa ... and when asked what Santa was going to bring her, Ella always said "A Scarecrow puppet!".
Santa did good!!

Thanks to her grandparents ... Ella also got a Dorothy puppet and a Tin-man puppet.

We spent Christmas Eve at Jackie and Bubba's house. Here are a few pictures from last night.

Ella and her cousin, Michelle. Just being cute!

It's December!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Halloween 2008

Ella as Dorothy

Sammi as a rocker

Leah as Minnie Mouse

Adam and his friends all dressed as Greasers

Disneyland

Ella and I had a daytime Disneyland date last week. Her only request was that we get to see Chip and Dale and Goofy. I promised her that we would try ... but I didn't think that they were working. (We never see Chip and Dale anymore)
It was the end of our day - we took our trip through the Grand Canyon, saw the dinosaurs, but had not seen a single character. UNTIL - we got off the train. And there they were!! Mickey, Minnie and Goofy ... all in Halloween costumes. As we headed towards them ... we saw Chip headed our way! What a great way to end our day. Ella was so happy!!





We also went to Toon Town for the first time. Minnie's house was the highlight.

Summer Pics

We had a birthday bash for our August birthdays. Fun!!


Tom and Ella were not able to participate. :)






A trip to the Santa Ana Zoo with Daddy, Grandma Roberta and Grandpa Jim.









We had a great summer and we're sad it's over ... time to get ready for the holidays.

Ring Around The Rosies

This is what happens when Daddy and Grandpa Jim are watching the kids:



They did this 3 or 4 times before I got the camera out ... Mushu just kept coming back for more.

Las Vegas

Tom had to go to Las Vegas for work last month ... we came along.
Here are a few pictures:

First Trip To The Beach

We went to the beach last week - So much fun!!