Friday, March 30, 2007

Moms need Spring Break, too!

My college girlfriends (Katie, Melanie and Steph), my sister-in-law (Erin) and my friend and co-worker (Dayla) met in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in February. What an awesome 5 days! Here we are at our final dinner in a picture with our waiters, sunburned and not quite ready to get back to reality. Special thanks to our wonderful husbands for taking care of things back home so we could get away!

Banana Bread Bakers!

Ya gotta lick the beaters...

Ella's Birthday Party

Ella had a "Princess Party" for her birthday. We celebrated with some family friends and had a great time.
















Ella was excited to show all her friends her new "big girl bed". She tucked her little buddy Hunter right up! Aaron will probably stop the practice of letting boys in the girls' bedrooms very soon, in fact, someday boys may be banned from the house all together.
















Gift opening!




















Olivia, Ella, Lauren and Madeline goof for the camera. They are the daughters of our close friends, Scott and Eileen, and live in Portland. Madeline and Olivia are only 3 weeks apart in age, while Ella and Lauren are only 3 months apart.

Ella's "Actual" Birthday!




We celebrated Ella's Birthday just like Madeline's: with a cupcake after dinner. She's happy to be "free" (toddler-speak for "three")!