Happy 1st Birthday, Abigail!

Dear Abigail,

Today you turn 1 year old!

We had a party for you last night with just the six of us, as we have Back To School Night for Elleanor and Ainsley tonight. We made you a cupcake cake and decorated the house for you! (Thanks to your friend, E, for his leftover party decorations!)




Of course, we had our traditional birthday pizza for dinner! You seemed to really enjoy it!




The birthday candle was a big hit...until it got a bit too close...but the cake sure was delicious!




You are the happiest and most easygoing baby and we are so lucky to have you as our little girl! You are the perfect completion to our family and we love you so much!

Happy 1st Birthday, baby! XOXO

Labor Day Weekend at Newman Lake

We spent Labor Day weekend in Spokane with the Lynch Family!

Joe has been talking about Newman Lake and Aunt Chris and Uncle Dave's lake cabin since before we were married. It was everything he described and MORE!

The girls had a blast! Below is a recap of what we spent our weekend doing...lots of pictures to share!

Boating...

Canoeing...

Jet Skiing...

Fishing...
(Elleanor fell in while concentrating so hard to cast...)

Tubing...

Elleanor loved her cousin Matthew...he taught her how to be a magician!

Relaxing and swimming...

...AND...Water Skiing...Hubba! Hubba! He's still got it! :-)

Thank-you so much, Chris and Dave!
A great way to end our summer!

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for Elleanor and Ainsley!




Joe took the day off and the girls were so excited to have him home.




Elleanor began Kindergarten and Ainsley began Pre-school at St. Nicholas.



Ainsley will only be going to school Monday - Thursday from 8:30-11:30, but beginning next week, Elleanor will be going to school ALL day, EVERY day!





Today, was a half day, however, so we celebrated by taking them out to lunch!