Sister fun...

As they both get older, well a little older.. they are still pretty little... they are enjoying each other more and more. i didn't catch quite the part i wanted too, but here is a little tidbit of them interacting with each other. so much fun to watch them laugh together.. i love it.. just love it.

ruthie is doing everything so fast.. i feel like she could walk any day now. i guess has someone to keep up with.

first pony ride..

elly m. went on her first pony ride. here she is with the pony. it was such a funny thing.... three little ponies just going in circles.. slllllooowwwww... circles for that matter for hours.. seems like torture to me, but the kids really enjoy it. bella was a good sport and walked around with both of oliva and elly m. i don't really care too much for the creatures.

Mule days...

What an experience.... mule days in columbia tn. literally means mule days... the parade didn't even offer candy.. they really only offered mules.. hilarious huh? i am glad at least that we got to spend time with bella and the kids.. i feel like even though we live pretty close we don't get to spend near the amount of time together that we would like to. and of course seeing bill, mary jean and susanna was most delightful. a shout out to bill and mary jean.. thank you for being so hospitable and having us....mule days might of been lame, but you aren't at all.

Sleeping beauties...

Here are our sleeping beauties.. there is just something so peaceful about watching children slumber....maybe it is the fact that they are quiet and not doing anything for you to tell them to stop doing or maybe there is just something special about it. but aren't they adorable... of course on our whole trip, there was only one time while they all 4 slept at once ... about 20 minutes from home... so hilarious..

Adding to the family.

NO, I am not pregnant right now. We got a new bunny. isn't he cute???

Playing outside..

Here we are playing outside.. elly m. loves the slide and ruthie is learning to love the confines of the wagon. ruthie has a horrible pattern of putting leaves into her mouth and almost choking to death.. twice already the child has done it. crazy girl. anyways. the weather is so great.. and the bugs aren't out yet, so we are really enjoying being outside the last couple of days.

we went to the zoo with the fam..

We got to enjoy the glorious day yesterday. might be recounted as the most beautiful day of the year and it was great at the zoo. no one was there hardly at all. and overall very little drama with the children.. except for elly m. is hitting her two stage... she pushed olivia pretty hard. such an interesting stage.. almost two. i am sure there is more to come from this arena.. but sometimes with elly m. you can't help but laugh at her when she does silly things like this. she really couldn't hurt a fly. i digress... the zoo was great.. thanks bella for the beautiful time.

some more from the zoo

I think the monkey reminded me of jonathan... the funny part was after he just sat here for awhile.. he went even closer to us near the window and then he covered his ears so that he couldn't hear us.. silly monkey.

E and A

Here are some cute pics. of elly m. and aaron the other day when he came over to hang out. he is so cute. he and ruthie are like night and day... he just sits and watches and talks.. and ruthie just goes and goes and goes and screams...

an apology...

I want to apologize for my lack of blogging lately. I have been kind of sick of winter and just overall tired of being in the house. I WILL do better now. i have been too busy watching a t.v. show during nap time to upload videos and pictures... forgive me. i am back now.