4th of July 2012

 We had a wonderful 4th of July.  I was thinking that I might have had the baby by then but it was a no go.  We started the morning watching the kids parade followed up by the big parade in our new little community of Bothell.  We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day.  We watched the parade with our old neighborhood friends who have a daughter (Rowan) who is 5yrs old.  After the parade our friends came back to our house for dinner and fireworks.  Oh my gosh, the fireworks in our new development were amazing.  People really went all out.   We aren't just talking about little fireworks, these were the kind you would find in a professional show.   Even the other neighborhoods surrounding us had an awesome display of fireworks.  The girls still like to talk about all the different colors they saw in the sky.  Only down fall of having legal fireworks is that most people were still lighting them off until midnight.  Thankfully, the girls were so tired that they didn't have a problem going to bed that night.
The next blog post you read will have pictures of our new baby! 

Ella's first ballet recital

 Ella had her first dance recital back in June.  She was so excited to wear her costume.  I had to hide it in our coat closet for weeks before so that she wouldn't be tempted to wear it for dress up.  I wasn't sure how Ella was going to do up on stage but she of course amazed me.  No fear, she looked good and even managed to remember to do a few of the steps of her dance.

Ella and her friend Mila



Ella's ballet class

Bridgette turns 2!

On the day of Bridgette's birthday we had a neighborhood BBQ.  At first I just had invited our friends in the neighborhood who had kids over for cake.  Which then turned into a Birthday Party/ Going away BBQ since we were moving the following weekend.  It was perfect weather and everyone had a good time.  Bridgette did great, she was such a trooper for not having a nap all day.

 B hanging out with the neighbor girls, they were making silly faces.

 Digging into her cake, yummy!

Thanks everyone for the nice presents! 

Cousins

 Ella had been counting down the days till she got to hang out with her cousins, Bennett and Miles. The girls did a lot of giggling and pretend playing together.  They even managed to include Bridgette and Miles in all the playing they did.  I didn't get a very good picture of Bridgette but the one of Miles below is adorable.  He is all boy! We had such a fun time hanging out with them.

Prima Ballerina's

One really speical treat that Ella and Bennett got to do when visiting Nana and Papa a few weeks ago was to go have a private ballet lesson from our friends daughter who is a real ballerina.  The girls were in ahh of Chelesea (the ballerina).  They listened so well and even preformed a little routine for us.

Visiting Great Grandma Janosky

Ok, so its been a long, long time since I last blogged.  They even changed the whole website layout so I am really lost.
The pictures above are of visiting my 96yr old Grandma.  My cousins were nice enough drove her down to my cousins farm so we could all see her when my brother and his family came to visit.  It was on my Grandma's wish list to meet my brother's kids so she was thrilled.