Ella the Diver (or Jumper)

Ella discovered diving boards today, and was a BIG fan.  By the end of the day, she was diving off on her own and swimming to the edge, pulling herself out and jumping off again.  She crashed hard tonight!

Here are a few shots from the Zoo on Friday.  GJ and Mina took Hannah to the simulator ride, while Ella and I hit up her favorite frog on the carousel.

Dinner with The Old Gang

We went to the Hays' for dinner tonight to catch up with the Pulis' while they are home from Italy. The girls were SOOO excited to be back together, and spent much of the night harassing the Harris boys.  It was a great night catching up, and a delicious dinner finished off with smores.

Big kids dinner in the clubhouse

They look surprisingly unhappy to be forced to take a picture before getting to make smores

Up North 2015

We spent our annual up north trip in Traverse City this year with the 4 boltons + Mina.  We spent a lot of time with the Trieus/Websters, and the girls loved hanging out with Avery while Mina and G (Nancy) caught up.  We went to the beach, Smock, Paper, Scissors, the Children's Museum and Gallaghers (a favorite of mine from when I was little).  We ate delicious meals at Amical, Stella and The Franklin.  Hannah devoured two orders of heirloom tomatoes at Stella (at $14 a pop).

Turns out Ella is a championship kite flyer

Not sure what's happening here, but they did this for about 25 minutes

Clearly my kid

Pictures at the old psychiatric hospital in TC

Congratulations, Softa, Thank Zoo Party!

We celebrated Softa's retirement at the Zoo tonight and had a wonderful time. The girls spent the night playing with their friends and cousins, while Jordan and I got to catch up with our friends and Linda's patients.  Congratulations to Softa!

And the party continues...

We headed to the Lindens for an amazing 4th celebration, complete with swimming, a bounce house, a face painter and DQ dilly bars/ice cream sandwiches.   They also had a bubble table, and Jordan made some amazing bubbles.  Hannah asked Drew and Addie's grandma if she could come back tomorrow as we were saying our goodbyes.