Vacation

We've been having some fun the past week and a half. Matt took some time off work and we rented a lake house on Lake Conroe with the Trull's. Mark and Ella had fun with Eva, though all 3 would not cooperate on getting their picture taken. I thought this one captured the chaos the best. After all the babies were asleep, the 4 adults had lots of fun in the pool, cooking, and watching the Olympics.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Believe it or not, but Mark and Ella turned into one year olds yesterday. I don't remember what life was like without them, but its hard to believe its been a whole year already! Ella decided to really make it special by taking her first step! Aunt Valerie came in town for the festivities and I couldn't have done everything without her. I decided to be ambitious and make my own cupcakes for the party (which I won't be doing again), so Valerie and I were extremely busy with that Friday night and Saturday.

Ella didn't really care too much about the cupcakes, which really surprised me. But Mark dove right in! I was expecting to clean up a huge mess, but they were really neat about it. Mark and Ella had so much fun and I hope everyone else did too. Thanks so much for all the fun toys and cute clothes!!