Ella's Birthday

My precious little girl turned four on Friday. I can't believe it!! My mom recently discovered that Stop and Go has really good big soft serve ice cream. So Friday afternoon she, my grandma, Hannah, Emmett, Ella, Roc and I went there for a cone for Ella's birthday. They have a great shaded grassy area with picnic tables so it was fun for the kiddos to run around and eat and we could sit and enjoy our cone. Then when Kevin got home from work Ella opened her gifts from us. Today was her party and it was a great time. She invited her cousins and some friends (and mom's) from church. Auntie Rach and her fiancee and sister also came. There was also a special surprise visit from Strawberry Shortcake herself. A few years ago my friend Stella made a Strawberry Shortcake costume for Halloween so I thought it would be fun to borrow this and Hannah graciously said she would be honored to fill the role. She did a great job and all the girls got to have a picture with her. I am going to develop them and have Strawberry Shortcake autograph them so each girl will get their own picture. Now Ella is at her first sleepover ever. She went up to spend the night in Ellensburg with her cousins. She was thrilled about this. I am only slightly nervous, but she is in good hands I know. I just hope she sleeps ok. Tomorrow we are taking Ella to her birthday dinner at Red Robin (or as she sometimes calls it McRobins). We took her last year and the RR bird just happened to be there and Ella has talked about it ever since. So we are going on Tuesday as the bird is there Tuesdays and Thursdays. Plus she is signed up with them so she gets a free meal! Yeah! Here are a few pictures from her gift opening and party.