Here are some of my favorite photos of Ellaboo! God has blessed me with such an amazing sister... she makes me smile....:) Enjoy!!


Ella's famous 'serious' face...quite the inquisitive child....and very photogenic if you ask me...:)


I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture...it perfectly portrays her little personality..


Another one of my favorites...


awww...:)

Belated Fathers Day post...

My Daddy-
My daddy is such an amazing person... he loves biblical theology and inspires me to learn more about he Bible and about God... he works very hard at Crane Engineering to provide for our family... He loves us kids so much and is a great daddy...He and my mom are great parents and all of my friends just adore them...they do so much for us and have given up their lives and freedom just so we can have so many privileges that we dont deserve....I love my daddy so much and hope that every son and daughter in the world really appreciate all the things that their parents give up for them....
thanking God for all our blessings,
gigi and ella

Sad news...:'(

We went to my neighbors funeral today....
She died on Monday, at 79 years old... Dorothy will be terrribly missed....
The funeral was wonderful... very Christ-centered and God- glorifying....
After the funeral the family came over and cole and I hung out with Tanna, Becca, Andrew, Melissa, Jimmy, David, Deborah, and Hannah...Dorothy's grandkids and our really good friends...
They are all so sweet... they were really sad though....
We went swimming a lot with them this week... down at the lake and at our pool... Ella decided that she doesn't like the lake...haha...
Well...its been a long day and i think i'm gonna go watch a movie...
In Christ alone,
Gigi

Busy busy busy.....

wow...its been such a busy summer already!!!
But the highlight so far is that i went to Worldview academy leadership camp...it
was amazing...and i couldn't say enough about it...just ask my parents....i dont think i have stopped talking about it since i got back on Friday..haha...
The only downfall was that i missed My family teriibly...:(
Cole came to camp too...so Ellaboo was "siblingless" for close to a week...
But my parents kept her so busy...i dont think she even had time to think about us being gone...
When Ella and my Amazing mother came to pick Cole and i up from Camp, gave me a HUGE hug....it made my day for sure...i love her so much....
Worldview was so amazing, i am already signed up for next year...i made some great friends, learned a TON, and grew so much closer to Christ....
http://www.worldview.org/
I highly highly recommend this camp!!!

In Christ,
Hailey

Summer!!!!!!!

AWWWWW...Summer is here!!!! ( well almost) God is sooo good!
today was such an amazing day.... the weather was sooo beautiful.....sunny with a high of 75!!! it was just plain gorgeous out there! Ella had a great day just hanging outside...she was sooo happy...
we just went for a walk and it was so nice! except for the sad fact that someone was burning leaves and it didnt smell all that great...not to mention the extremely thick smoke....it was still great though...:)
well, school is almost over and summer is on its way.... remember to thank God every day, (every hour, every minute, every second!!!) for his amazing blessings....and his awesome creation... Praise him for every breath you take...because we so dont deserve it...

Only by His Grace,

Gigi

Pop it, Lock it, Polka dot it!!!!!

So I went to go see the Hannah Montana Movie a few weeks ago... I'm not a huge fan of her but it still was a fun movie...
Anywho, there is a pretty cool dance in the movie called the Hoedown Throwdown...(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_aRYNHjFr4)
So when i got home i looked it up on youtube... Ella heard it and has been OBSESSED ever since...:) I just happened to figure out how to do the whole dance...along with Ella, she now can sing and do the whole dance...(her dancing is a bit of a stretch but it is funny to see her do it)
It has been sooooooo nice out and i just love it....God is sooooooooooo good!
But i gotta get up early so i will post again soon...just not tonight...;)

In Jesus Christ alone,

Gigi

Birthdays!!!!!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okay so it really is no ones birthday right TODAY...(well at least no one i know..)
But we celebrated my wonderful friend, Aidan's birthday tonight and it was wonderful...she is turning 14 tomorrow and is such a sweet and beautiful girl!!!!!!
it seems that everybody's birthdays are in May...
my little buddy Katie's birthday was on May 6th...her golden bday because she turned six!
my friends rachel's (whom i love and just happen to have nicknamed her twinkie...) birthday was may 4th...she turned 15!!
my friend( actually my amazing totally awesome chum whom i adore) Lauren's birthday was may 10th.... and she turned 16!!!!! happy sweet sixteen girlie!!!!
my wonderful friend, Sarah, (who lives in North Carolina and i miss terribly) is tomorrow...may 13...when she turns 17!!!!!!!
my amazing brother's birthday is yet to come on may 29, when he will turn 17...:(

i pray that all of these kids have a great year a head of them and that they will grow closer to Jesus every day....

"May the Lord bless and keep you, may his face shine upon you, and be gracious and give you peace...."

God bless!!

hugs,

gigi and ella