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!