Monday, June 30, 2008
Well we started out the day by waking up little Ella from a sound sleep to give her her birthday spankings from all of us so dad could go to work. As soon as that was over a smile came across that cute little face of hers and said, "It is my day today!" The first thing we did was go to the movies to see Wall-E. She really loved the movie and will even quote some of the lines from it to you. Then we made our way down to the Payless so she could buy herself some school shoes with her own birthday money. (Yes she loves shoes!) Then seeing that the Disney Store is right next door we had to make a stop where she picked up a few more toys and then so generously told her brothers that she would buy them these cool cups that were on sale. Our next stop on her list was to lunch. We stopped at Wentzels Pretzels where she chowed down on a cinnomon sugar pretzel. We finally stopped at the Walmart and she bought herself a My Melody doll and matching dress. (Melody is the friend to Hello Kitty) This picture shows how cute she looked with all of her purchases on this day.
The final destination of her birthday was at Grandma and Grandpa Mortensens where she had her birthday party with Grandma because they were born on the same day. The request for the desert was strawberry short cake so I waited to make the whipped cream till we were there. Well it got left outside and got ruined so I had to get some more up at the store. When I left all was good. The kids and the adults were out in the pool having a great time. Well to my amazement when I came back it was quiet and nobody was in the house but they weren't in the pool either. They were all gathered around something that I could not see so I just started to make the whipped cream. A minute later Bryan came in the house holding a little kid in his arms with this look on his face that I didn't like. He saw me and came right up. Next thing I knew I was looking at Ella and was very shocked. These pictures should explain it.
She had slipped on the rock waterfall in the pool and came out of the water all bloody. She now, a couple of hours later looks like Rocky after a fight with a very swollen eye. She also has scraps on her upper thigh and on her arm that you can see in the pictures. All in all it has been a very busy day. She is doing alright but is very tired and very sore. She is a very strong little girl. I lover her very much and am very proud of the person she is growing up to be. Happy Birthday to my precious girl.
(The swelling is a lot more than what this picture shows now)
We love you...miss you...and will see you soon. 23 days to be exact!! WOOHOO!!
Love Ya, Aunt JoLynn
I love that we can keep in touch like this!!
JoLynn