Counting to Ten

Ella has started counting a lot and so we finally got it on video. She made it all the way to ten. The ladies at daycare said she has started doing that a lot during the day counting things in the room.

Washing Pictures

She wanted to wash dishes again so I could not resist getting pictures. She even washed her plate and fork from supper.

Start them young

I don't have a picture for this one because we did not want Ella to stop. She came up to us and said she wanted to wash some dishes. So we filled the sink up with soapy water and let her have at it. We figure soon she will be saying no to the dishes so we better take advantage of it. I wish she would slow down on the growing up part. She needs to be my little girl longer.

New look

I went through and fixed some things and updated some of the page. I have not done that since I started and decided to change the look. Also, for those of you who have not been able to post a comment I have fixed that. I was wondering why nobody was leaving me messages. Thanks Jen for saying something. Sometimes I get click happy. :)

Random Stuff

As some of you know I work for a cable company in town and one of the perks is internet and tv services. Well the other day we were allowed as employees to get the 16meg internet speed. This is great for this blog because it takes like seconds to upload pictures. Now I know you are all saying that then he should be able to get more pictures up here. The problem now comes in what the camera takes. you have to have the thing out and taking pictures before you can load them onto your computer. I wish we could keep up more with that but we just have so much fun with Ella that we forget sometimes.

The other thing is that many of you know that I play drums. About a year ago or so I started playing drum set at our church for the contemporary service. I love it. It is a chance for me to just let loose. The power of music is great and being able to play music for God is even better. Come visit us sometime and come to our church and listen. I thought I would also attach this web link for a local (well sort of) radio station. It is called MY BRIDGE RADIO. It can be heard accross NE and now world wide becuase it is on the web. This is the type of music that we play and typically we try to keep the top ten in our groups. Some of the DJ's are here in Grand Island and we actually know them so that makes it even cooler. So if you ever need a message from God, give it a listen. It lifts me up. Thanks for your time and can't wait for Thanksgiving to see all our family.

http://www.missionnebraska.org/thebridge/

Butterfly Princess

The excitement for going out for Halloween was apparent.

Ella wanted to show off each part of her costume that she picked out.

Down to her special shoes.

She got to the top of the steps and stopped and said "look at my wings daddy." How can you not melt with that.

We have one of the best daycare places out there. They helped the kids make these Care Bear costumes for trick or treating at daycare. I came to pick Ella up and she was painting this so I know she did it. She loves to paint.

Special Daddy kisses from his little princess.

When we went to the store to get a costume we were not sure how it was going to go. As many of you know there are millions out there and trying to get a 2 and a 1/2 year old to make a decision that she will like in a couple of weeks we figured would be a challenge. Not for our little smart one. She looked at all sorts of costume and picked this one out. we showed her others and she was certain this was the one. And to see her light up when she put it on at Halloween was priceless. Running around the neighborhood she would go up to the door and say "trick or treat" which was the cutest and people loved giving her more candy then she needed. Thanks to all our friends that we saw this wonderful night. Ella also wants to say thank you to mommy for carrying her when she got cold. It was a beautiful fall night but I think she thought she could get mom. Trick!