Birthdays & Bowling

I finally uploaded photos from my camera, so I decided it is time to update our blog. Summer is the time for birthdays in our family, and any excuse we have for a party we will use. My youngest sister, Lisa, turned 20.. Not a teenager any more, I guess that make my parents officially old. (Just kidding Mom & Dad)
We took Ellie bowling for her first time and she absolutely loved it. She even did the strike dance when she bowled a strike...no joke! I guess it was with the help of bumpers and a ramp. Her final score was only three less than mine. I don't know if that says she's really good, or I'm really bad. Both I guess.
The pool at our house opened and we went swimming for Michelle's birthday. Ellie is a swimming machine. She could spend hours in the pool. Especially if her cousins are around. She loves to play with her cousin Alysa.
Ellie loves babies, princesses and polly pockets. She comes up with hilarious names for all of her "kids". Her doll is named Sekah, her frog Nepal, her turtle Lauld, and her dog GingerHonkHonk. In fact, Michelle is pregnant and showed Ellie an ultrasound picture and told her it looks like a turtle. Ellie now calls Michelle's baby Lauld, and is convinced she is not having a baby, but a turtle.