Cousin Fun!

Last Sunday we went over to Uncle Matt and Jenny's house for a BBQ.  We had a lot of yummy food, as Matt is the grill master and Jenny made a ton of delicious extras!  Ella loved playing outside with her cousins Ethan and Emma, and even Boomer their dog.  We all had a great time jumping on the trampoline and playing baseball.  Finally summer is here - Yea!!! 

Mother's Day!

Bob and Ella made me a flower pot for Mother's Day!  Maybe I have been putting to many flower headbands on Ella lately, because she apparently thought she needed to be planted in the pot!  She had a great time rocking it back and forth trying to knock it over while she was in it!  It was a great Mother's Day, Ella was her usual entertaining self which kept us laughing all day!  G'pa and G'ma Swanson came to town and we had a nice lunch with them.  We hope all the moms we know had a wonderful Mother's Day!  And thank you for another perfect Mother's Day Ella Mazzy, your Mommy loves you!

It's Circus Time!!!

Ever the perfectionist - Ella helping cousin Ethan get the black lipstick off of his teeth!  She seems to have a tooth infatuation - hopefully that will continue and she will become a dentist like her aunt Megan!  

Ethan, Emma and Ella at the circus.

Cute Kids!!!  Emma and Ethan with their painted faces at the circus.  I had to post this picture due to Emma's "innocent" face!  Don't let her fool ya - she's a wild child!  That's why we love her!  Her main hobby these days seems to be seeing how many outfit changes she can go through in a day!

Emma having her makeup applied at the circus.  It's good practice for the many hours in her lifetime that she will be sitting in the make up chair as the next big supermodel! 

(Of course, she will be paving the way for petite  supermodels - no 6' ladies in this family!)   

Bob, Ella, Ethan and I at the circus.

Whoa Ella you are getting heavy!!! 

Cousin Ethan realized the best way to keep track of Ella

now that she is walking, is to hold her! 

It's a losing battle buddy! 

We had a weekend of family fun!  Saturday morning we kicked of garage sale season!  Mommy and Ella are big fans - we had to get our fix!  We hit up Waukee since they were having their city wide sale.  Daddy is not so much of a fan, but he sure does make a good chaffer for us!  Thanks daddy, we love you!!!  Ella scored big!  After we filled the trunk with new clothes for her, we headed to cousin Ethan's soccer game!  Ethan is loving soccer, he improves every week.  Last week he scored 2 goals!  In the afternoon we all went to the circus!  What a great time!  I think the bears were our favorite!  Ethan and Emma had their faces painted, and Emma went down the big inflatable slide.  Ethan opted out of riding the elephants this year - it's probably just "kid stuff" anyway!  ;)  We finished off the day by going to a fish fry at our friends Greg and Katie Dryers house that evening.  Needless to say on Sunday, we all slept in and hung out in our jammies all day!