halloween 2018

Evelyn as a little lady bug.

Dahlia as a grouchy Vampirina, the grass was too itchy!

Laila as a black unicorn.

Ava as Little Red Ridding Hood.

10 years old!

Laila is now double digits, or ten years old!  For her birthday she wanted to invite some friends from school and some cousins and have a pizza and movie party. Laila also wanted to include one if her favorite activities, making slime!  I think I underestimated how messy making slime with a bunch of kids would be!  Laila also wanted to include another one of her favorite things and picked out a unicorn piñata.  It's hard to believe our spunky girl is now ten!

scarecrow festival

pumpkin patch

It's finally starting to feel like fall around here and to celebrate we took a trip to the pumpkin patch.  This is one of my favorite fall traditions, it's such a fun place to take pictures.  The other day Evelyn saw a pumpkin at the store and said, "pumpkin pie, my favorite!" Ha, ha!

transplant party at the the zoo

On Saturday we went to the Houston Zoo to attend Texas Children's Hospital transplant party. It was such a fun event for all the children who received transplants from Texas Children's and their families. They served lunch as well as snow cones and had face painting and carousel rides.  Dahlia invited Lorelei to come with her and the were so cute holding hands as they walked around the zoo together.

seven!

Dahlia is now seven years old!  Time needs to slow down, the past seven years just flew by. We had a big party for her with all of the family and she loved having all of her cousins there.  Dahlia is doing so good right now health wise and is loving kindergarten.  I am hoping for a wonderful next year for our sweet seven year old.

two!

This little cutie turned two on the second of September.  Evelyn loves to tell us that she is a big girl now and not a baby.  She has such a funny little personality and is always making us laugh.  At two years old Evelyn loves watermelon, shoes, watching Paw Patrol and Peppa Pig, milk bottles and copying whatever his sisters are doing.

back to school

Dahlia started kindergarten this year!  It was really scary to send my fragile little girl off into the germ filled world of kindergarten, but so far she is loving school!  Before she started school we were able to sit down with her teacher and some of the school staff to come up with an individualized plan to accommodate her special needs. This helped ease my mind a lot!  Dahlia also rides the bus for children with special needs home and it drops her right off at the front door.

Laila is now in fourth grade and has the same teacher she had last year!

Ava is in sixth grade now.  Unfortunately her middle school still hasn't been rebuilt since the hurricane destroyed it!  She attends school in portable buildings which were placed at the jr. high campus

Aiden is now in high school with Dario.  They are even in some classes together!

I can't believe Dario is now in tenth grade!  He is happy to be back with all his basketball buddies again.

ellis family reunion

We just got back from the Ellis family reunion.  All most everyone was able to gather together in Surfside Beach, Texas.  We stayed in a beautiful beach house right on the water.  Two of my brothers live out of state and it was nice seeing them and their families again.  We spent most of the time relaxing on the beach, enjoying each others company.  At night, each family took a turn preparing a big delicious meal.  I loved seeing all the little cousins running around, playing together.  So many good memories were made and I was sad when the week came to an end.

Avery, Ava, Laila, and Kyla

Aiden and Evan

Baby Huey, we celebrated his second birthday on Friday night.

These two never left each others side all week.  I love that they are best friends!

Laila, Saige and Avery

The beautiful beach house we stayed in.

Grammy and Grandpa with all 19 of the grandkids!

We lucked out with beautiful, clear, blue water for two of the days we were there.