All the girls were given sashes with their names on them. So sweet to see all those little princesses.
Some of the princesses posing for a picture in Lily's new coach, made by her grandpa.
Elli, Andrew, and the birthday princess before the party started. How sweet!
Elli asked for me to take her picture with "French Papa;"
then she took Fergi's picture...
then my picture:) I am not sure why she calls this little scare crow "French Papa," but she does and seems quite sure that it is his name. In fact she has introduced others to him.
Elli wanted to be in the "tent" with daddy. (She also had to take her dress off so it wouldn't get dirty.)
Brent was working on putting in the egress window during the rain. He put a tarp over the hole so he was dry underneath. Elli wanted so badly to go out with him. I have to admit, it did look like a lot of fun:)
We stopped by the duplex to help Brent clear the branches he had cut down. Elli was very helpful as you can see.
This truck sure has come in handy for us. Good work done on the place, now to rent it out. 
Elli waving to the people on the parade.
Dogs on hogs. lots of motorcylclists with their pups perched on the cycle with sunglasses and bandanas. Hilarious and very cute.
When I told Elli we were going to a parade, she told me to make sure I brought a bag. I asked for what and she replied, "For the candy." How did she remember from a year ago that there was candy at a parade? As you can see, she was not shy about getting it!
Later that night, Elli and I went to Shawnee Park to enjoy some of the festival. We got cotton candy and dippin dots. Yummy.
We also watched the balloon glow. Eli was sad that the balloons didn't go up high and started crying so needless to say, we didn't stay too long. We did enjoy what we saw though. Very fun to see them so close. At least for me:)
Our neighbors went with us as well. Emilee and Elli play very well together.
The rest of the gang, Masters and Raymonds. All kids were too enthralled to think about misbehaving. Yes!
Elli was quite excited to see Nemo and Dori!
But the best part was all the princesses. She loved the castle, the dresses, the princes in their sparkling outfits and the music. She talked about princesses and ice skating most of the way home, even singing the songs from the evening. She trully did enjoy it.
At the end, she just kept waving. I would love to do this again with her. She seemed to really enjoy herself. The program was very good. Brent and I also liked it. Such a fun thing to do with our little princess.
Brent watching Elli learn ballet.
Elli and Lily hugging after their first lesson.
My sweet little ballerina. She was so excited. I tell you though, we laughed a lot during this half hour event. She was so funny and cute all at the same time. She was also a little "ham" making sure others were watching when it was her turn to try something. So fun. 
Nothing like Young's ice cream to end a good day.
All the kids sitting by the sunflowers. It started to get a little dark but at least we got a shot of all of them. It will be fun to see them grow up together. Elli's face is due to the fact that she fell and bloodied her knees.
A good family picture. What a beautiful field.
Fun picture of Elli and I.
She was making them talk to each other. Hilarious. 
Elli cannot get enough of this little guy. He wasn't the happiest, but Elli doesn't mind.
Such fun to be there for his very first photo shoot. He is sleeping on the blanket that was a gift from Aunt Lori made by Jeni. Thank you again Jeni for making everyone so happy with your designs. He did a great job.
What a precious little guy. He is so sweet. Don't you just want to squeeze this little one?
My turn to hold him all by myself. I also got to help feed him today. He is so sleepy that he doesn't want to eat much, so I got to help feed him with a water dropper. I guess he has had a rough couple of days. His whole world has just changed completely. Now, Megan and Kyle's world will change completely:)
Uncle Devin holding Seth.
Brent getting his chance.
Elli loved him. She kept asking me to unwrap him so she could see his body, especially his feet and tummy. She kept telling me he would get a belly button soon.
The very excited new parents. Don't they look so sweet? Little Seth is so small. Born 09/09/09, 1:23 pm, 5 lbs, 13 ozs, 19 3/4 in long. Brown hair. Adorable. 
Elli showing off her swiming skills with her uncles Kyle and Devin and daddy. She has gotten so good in such a short time. 
Little Emma Grace stayed at our house while her daddy helped dig the hole in the back yard. We loved it! (Not so sure she did though)
It's a duber, aka, a family gathering making a memory. We all helped move the dirt from the newly dug hole onto a different dirt pile so we could save our grass and get the dirt out of the way for when the window goes in. Labor Day weekend was a great time of spending time with family.
I always check on Elli before I go to bed. This is what I found last night:)
Today was Elli's first day of preschool for the fall. She told me on the way home , "mommy, school is really great. There are lots of kids and I learned about tacos and french beef." ?
Brent decided to dig the egress with a machine. Yeah! The basement progress has begun. He did a great job and was so very thankful for this machine. He cleaned up the edges by hand and was realizing just what a good investment this was.
What kid wouldn't want to jump in here? Now to teach her to say away from it.
Getting her vitamin. Notice the clothing here: pink dress, different color pink jacket, red socks, blue shoes, and her blanket. Love it!
Playing in the fountains at the Greene. There were only two other kids playing today!
Visiting her Papa at work. She was playing with his "light sabre." She wanted to see in his tool box drawers, but thought she might get dirty. Then, she held her hands over her ears because the tools in the shop were so loud. We didn't spend much time here today.
This is one of many funny looks I get when Elli wakes up from her nap. Notice the "sleeping" socks and three of her babies. She is such a funny little girl. I love her so much and love the way she makes me smile. Glad to finally get a couple of the "I just got up from my nap" pictures. 
A nice man in front of us offered Elli the rest of his popcorn and being the highly protective, don't eat after strangers, mother that I am, we took it:) Elli loves popcorn, especially at a Dragon's Game.
Getting some eskimo kisses. Love this girl.
Self taken picture having a blast at the game. Leah and Matt were there behind us a few rows. We have Heather and Gary's tickets since they are on their honeymoon. Thank you guys!
