We had our Packer family reunion up in Huntsville and spent a couple of days at Pineview Resevoir. It was great fun! Besides a bad case of the flu being passed around we all managed to enjoy ourselves. Here are Ellie, Alysa, and I getting ready to be pulled behind the boat. Alysa wanted slower and Ellie wanted faster, but neither of them like the big waves.As part of our reunion we got to go see my little sister, Lisa, in her ballroom concert. Ellie was the hit of the show. During the really quiet part of Lisa's foxtrot, she yelled "HI Lisa!" The entire audience started laughing. Now Ellie is determined to be a ballroom dancer. She has her partner picked out too. Whitney, better buy Rocco some self tanner and some dancin' shoes!

We took a relly fun trip to the zoo! It was the perfect weather, & Ellie had some of her favorite people with her! Here is Aunt Michelle with her namesake, Ellie Michelle, standing by the cute brown bear.Ellie & Rocco are using the unbrellas to guard themselves from the sprinkles we got. It was great, they cooled it off enough that we weren't toasting and the animals were pretty active.
Ellie got to play with cousin Dalton from Maryland. he was here for almost a month. They seem to have a love/hate relationship, or maybe like brother and sister. She is always excited to have him around!
All of Ellie's cousins were together, which doesn't happen very often. They were very good to act like birds when I asked them to. Caleb is some weird kind of bird!
We had a great time! We miss Ang, Matt, Kirsten, & Dalton now that they have returned home to Maryland. It is one of the highlights of our year when they get to come visit! We love you guys!

Ellie's friend, Aubrey got some new kittens (Cinderella & Belle). Ellie just loves to play with them. Thanks Beth...now we don't have to get Ellie a pet!Surpirse!!!! Adam & Jud are kitty lovers too!