April Flowers

The day after Auntie Deb's wedding we had a picnic of wedding cake and ice cream in The UW Arboretum. Then we headed north to the Mt. Vernon Tulip Festival. This is about a half hour from where we are going to be moving.










And one for the Bruins, who played a good series.

Auntie Deb and Uncle Cecil's Wedding

On April 12th Auntie Deb married Cecil making him Ella's new Uncle! She was very excited for Auntie Deb's wedding, as we all were.

The Wedding took place in the Chinese Room (top) of The Smith Tower in Seattle. This is the Smith Tower with the Olympic Mountains behind it.
The kids were so good!
Auntie Deb and Papa
Our fam
looking down 2nd ave to the Space Needle
It snowed 2 weeks before and rained the day after, but Deb and Cecil's wedding day was perfect! A crisp, clear, 78 degree day, it doesn't get any better than this in Seattle! Above: Elliot Bay and the Olympic mountains, bellow: Rainier was out!

Settle and the Cascade Mountains to the north.
After the ceremony everyone headed outside to enjoy the amazing sunset.

Nana, Ella and Hunter
Auntie Deb showing off her green shoes
Deb is anti-diamond. Here's a picture of her cool engagement and wedding ring.
Cecil designed Deb's Jade necklace and matching earrings

Visiting Seattle

While in Seattle for Auntie Deb and Cecil's wedding Ella got to have some fun with her cousins Hunter (4 1/2) and Chase (1) who were up from California for the big event. We all stayed in a condo near Green Lake together with Nana and Papa.
The cousins had fun together at the zoo
Ella chooses and animal to be everyday, on the day we visited the zoo she was pretending to be a baby anaconda, so she was very excited to meet a real anaconda
Ella got her first "real" haircut for Auntie Deb's wedding
Nana celebrated her Birthday with her 3 daughters and 3 grandchildren
One Happy Papa

A few Quotes

Today Ella was playing Pretty Ponies with Greg. Ella's pony said "Let's go to school" Greg's said "Okay, but I don't know where the school is." Ella's pony then said "That's okay I have my GPS." !!!
A few nights ago in bedtime prayers Ella said "Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross so that we can move to Bellingham." We couldn't help but start laughing. Is she insinuating that Bellingham is Heaven?! (And yes, we are moving again, mid Aug back to WA!)
The most important moment of the week was when Ella asked "Mommy pray that Jesus will come live in my heart." Greg and I were of course very happy to pray with her.

Here are a few pict of her playing at the Children's Discovery Museum