Princess Ella

Ella loves to dress up and her new thing is to find a dress that she can spin around in. So we found this great costume for Halloween and she spins and spins then falls down and giggles like crazy.


Ella also likes to wear dresses to Sunday School. She particularly likes this dress.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

We finally took a long family vacation at the end of September. When we rented the condo we thought that Myrtle Beach was only 6 hours away, we later found out it was 9 hours. Oh well, we have not had a good long drive for awhile:) It was a great vacation. We played in the pools and on the beach of course. We ate at many local restaurants and enjoyed exploring a new place. The kids always love travelling and we enjoy taking them places. The weather was actually cool and that was a nice break from the Florida heat. We decided next year we will go to Hilton Head Island it is 3 hours closer but still a new place.

Noel said, "Mom, take this picture of me and then send it to my Papa John and tell him I caught a big octopus!" He thought it was so funny.

We found this awesome candy store. It was huge. You could make your own candy bar. We walked all around the store and picked out any candy we wanted and then they put it together into this HUGE chocolate bar! They loved it, especially since we are not big candy eaters. But hey we were on vacation!

This was the first time our kids have ever played mini golf. We found this really cool place that was like a castle.

Hammocks at the resort

Yes, I did let my kids have soda on vacation! Not typical but hey we were on vacation!

Playing at the pool
Playing at the beach