Big Girl, Little Girl

This summer I have learned a lot about myself, my girls, my family and my God. I've realized the large age difference in the girls. Ella is a great big sister and we often talk about how cool it will be when Samantha is old enough to play doll house with, read with, play Wii with and son on.
Samantha adores Ella. Check out these pictures of Samantha yelling at Ella and banging on the door while Ella played with her friend Morgan in the front yard.

Is this sad or cute...or a little of both?

They both loves books. Ella loves to read to Sam and Samantha has started making sounds and noises as she flips through pages, just like her big sister.

Samantha loves the peek-a-boo books and anything that moves. This Animals book is one of her favorites because it has four sliding pictures on each page and we do lots of animals sounds while we read. Mommy's sounds are pretty funny and my elephant is just awful!

Kentucky Livin'

So we've made our way out to the "Blue Grass" state for a little Furnival fun. We've:

• celebrated Ella's 6th birthday
  
• seen Samantha start walking almost everywhere
  
• gone to a Hibachi dinner to celebrate Roger and Bev's 32nd wedding anniversary
  
• played in the little pool
• Rocked out to the Beatles on RockBand
  
• cooked a lot
  
• played a lot
  
• and had a ton of wild fun

We still have a week to go...Check out. Hailey and Kiana will be joining us today and I am sure nothing less than pure insanity will break out.

Ella, Sophia, Skler and Samantha in their tutus, all made my Grams. Hailey and Kiana will be getting theirs today.
Samantha and Skyler taking a bath. Samantha isn't a fan of a busy house, but when the numbers get smaller she laughs and smiles all the time.
The pool and slide out front have been a HUGE hit! All of the girls have gotten into it and Alex and I even tried to teach the girls how to slide on the slip and slide.
Skyler goofy and always making us laugh.
Uncle Al reading Samantha her favorite book.

MUCH more to come...that's why I wrote it in all cap locks, so you know I'm serious!