Ellie caught her first fish!!!
A couple of weeks ago, John took Ellie back to Cottonwood Lake for another daddy-daughter vacation. Ellie loved it and caught her first fish!! Apparently she takes after me because all three poles were completely tangled together when they got home. I think it has something to do with us being left-handed trying to fish with a right handed pole :). Oh, and get this...Uncle Mike was there with his friend Jack, who was Prince Charming at Disneyland for years! It was just the four of them, so needless to say, Ellie was showered with lots of attention, and ate up every bit of it. She saw a moose near the lake, and we STILL talk about it every single day while driving in the car. She asks me every day if I'm scared of the moose. Funny girl.
It was a fun weekend for Jack and me too! We celebrated Nana's birthday at a park with my family, and watched the Olympics. Speaking of the Olympics...I know I'm a little late, but wow. I haven't been so into the Olympics since Mary Lou Retton won gold in 1984(and that also tells you all how freaking old I'm getting!). I loved watching every race of Michael Phelps and I love his story. He is an inspiration. I'm so happy for him. My dad and John are already starting to plan their trip to the 2012 Olympics in London. Apparently I'm not invited. Good thing I'm not embarrassed to invite myself :).
The week after John & Ellie got home, Jack started crawling!!! Oh my, he is busy! And he pulls himself up on everything. He's fallen a couple of times and has some good bruises to show for it. Now John understands why I didn't encourage him to crawl! But he's so happy, and loves to follow Ellie and me around the house.
We had our annual August birthday party at my Granny's house, which is always fun. Get this...excactly 25% of the Jensen family was born in August! Pretty wild. Anyway, Ellie got stung by a bee at the party. Her first sting. Poor girl. She was so sad!
This last weekend we went to Midway...and yes, we wandered through Swiss Days for about 20 minutes before all of us (John, me, & the kids) were done. But, we had a lot of fun playing, shopping, and eating out. The weekend was too short.
I'm hoping to be better at blogging now that summer is coming to a close (Wow, it was COLD today!). We haven't been doing anything spectacular, but we have been so busy playing!
Here are some other random pictures....
Happy Jack in his crib
My funny Ellie loves her sunglasses & hats...& horses
Ellie couldn't figure out why I wouldn't take her to Gymboree class in her awesome outfit
"Yummy...can I have some more?"
What a stud.
4 comments:
I can't believe how big your kids are getting. They are adorable and you are such an awesome mommy!
I love those fishing pics. I can't wait for Maren to get a little older so Ryan can have daddy/daughter dates with her. Your summer sounds like it was a lot of fun. I can't believe it's over!! We were going to try to catch up with you guys at Swiss Days, but I was dying of heat and huge and pregant, so I didn't last long! :)
Hi Anna! I can't believe how big your kids are getting...and to think I've never even seen your little one! They are both so beautiful! You do good work! I hope things are going well with your family. I was convinced to start a blog so I'm trying...we'll see how long I keep up with it!
I love these pictures!! They're too cute!!!
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