April Fun!

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. On Saturday we invited lots of friends over and Ella made pink and blue rice krispie nests with jelly bean eggs for a treat. The kids did a egg hunt and made bunnies with paper plates and cotton balls. Ella was able to color Easter eggs the night before as well.

Peter and I dyed Easter eggs as well, adult style. I found a website to use vegetable dye's, so we colored eggs with cumin, spinach, red onion skins, yellow onion skins, orange peels, red cabbage, beets, golden delicious apple skins, and cranberry juice.

It was a very interesting experience. The colors turned out different than expected. I believe the red cabbage turned out blue, and the yellow onion skins are orange.

We were able to go to the "wedding church" as Ella calls it, on Easter morning. That would be Peter's church in Grand Rapids where we got married, so Ella calls it the wedding church.

New York City

Peter and I enjoyed a few days in New York City following our wedding.
We saw all the tourist spots plus a few more fun events.

We went to the top of Rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building (at night). Saw the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, Ground Zero and Central Park. We also stopped by The Today Show and met Matt Lauer. It was quite cold and rainy that morning so we stopped at Macy's for a new pair of shoes. Rain Boots!! Peter mentioned that the rain boots were the first practical pair of shoes I own. I think he's right :)

We were able to enjoy a nice dinner and a show on Broadway as well.

Who could resist a Yankees game, especially since they were playing the Tigers that weekend!

March

March was an exciting month!
Ella and I were able to go see the "Princess Show" (aka Disney on Ice) with her cousins. Of course CinderElla was her favorite (shocking)

Oh yeah, Peter and I also got married! The day was beautiful and things went amazing!
We are so blessed!

February Fun!

Now those are some lips! (especially with a sucker on the inside)

Ella putting on a show and her "big finish"! Ta Da!

Valentines Day Cupcakes with cinderELLA! Peter did an excellent job as well!

2011

2011 has started out quite well! I wake up every morning and thank God for my many blessings!

In January, Peter, Ella and I were able to make a weekend trip to Minnesota to visit his friends. While there, Peter ran in a Frozen 10K while Ella and I watched at the finish line from a heated walkway above. He ran very well in such cold temperatures. It was a great weekend and Ella did amazing on the long drive!!

We also are getting married!! Thank you to our wonderful photographer, Emily from EmilyRae Photography. She did an amazing job!

Ice Skates

Holland has a trial ice skating rink downtown. Ella was able to use her ice skates along with Aunt Julie's sleigh, being pulled by Papa. Next time Papa needs to wear his skates too.

Christmas 2010

Ella helped decorate our Christmas Tree!

However, only the bottom branches had the pleasure of hanging ornaments and candy canes.

Ella recieved nice gifts from "Santa" this year.

The baseball glove was mommy's attempt to divert attention from more Disney Princesses.