Zoo, Beach, Ski Show & Fireworks!

On Friday, we went to the Zoo in the morning, and then we went to Little Muskego Lake to play on the beach, watch Uncle Terry's ski show, and we let the girls stay awake really late to watch the fireworks. Even Emily managed to stay awake and to enjoy the fireworks!

Uncle Terry is in there somewhere!

And finally... Let's Dance!

Swimming!

It wouldn't be summer if the girls weren't having a blast at the pool!

Could they get any cuter?

Yes they can!

Really cute pictues of the girls with Lori, Patti, and Bapa!

And then we have Emily... sucking on her foot. Ah, to be young and limber :)

Carla's Baby Shower

Here's a cute picture of Ellie and Ella from Carla's Baby Shower.

We also stayed at a hotel that had a fun kids pool. Here's Emily with Dada thinking it's hilarious to have water shooting out from underneath her. I my defense, Emily had a lot of fun too :)

Pretty Pretty Princess

Ellie is potty training, and I'm all about rewarding.... She got this when she pooped on the potty the first time at our house! She picked out the dress herself!

And of course, we love to share pics of our Emily too!

Swing Set...

Well, the past week and a half we've had quite a few people come over to help us put together a swing set for the girls.... THANK YOU to EVERYONE who helped!!! The girls, Matt and I ALL LOVE it!!!

First we have some pics of having fun while the swing set is being built....

Such a big girl!!!

And my happy little swinger!

We tried the big girl swing.... BUT....

Who wouldn't want a pink swing?

Such a fun fort!

Okay, we ALL enjoy the swing set, and here are a few videos to prove it...

Matt and I had a few competitions, and well, we can both go forwards AND backwards doing the following....

And Emily and I had fun too... Sorry Matt recorded sideways!

Sitting and Laughing...

Emily has been SUCH a good sitter since April, and so we took a video then! And well, we love her laugh too... How could we not share these videos???

Laughing...

First 'solids'...

Well... Emily had her first solids on Sat. It didn't go quite perfectly, but it was entertaining to us... And of course we wanted to share!

To put it in one instant... this sums it up...

But we still gave mama big smiles!

We did try again on Sun. and she played with it in her mouth a bit more and then spit it out again... We'll just keep trying!