Summer vacation was at Lake Guntersville, AL this year. We missed the beach at Dauphin Island, AL but maybe next year there will be no oil spill. The lake was still fun, and Ellery did a little paddling in the boat and floating in the water. We went to Cathedral Caverns to view a cave with four world records. The following pics have captions...

outside of cave

posing during morning snack

Elan and Ellery outside caverns

looks like they are up to something

Tia Kate and Ellery at the state park beach

enjoying new sand toys

digging is serious stuff

enjoying smores

paddle boat with Noni

new chair from Lito and Noni

new sweater from Isabel--beautiful!

posing with Elan

Elan's birthday--it was Elan's party, but Ellery thought it was all fun for her too. Hailey (our babysitter) came, and we took the chance to take pictures with Dee and Pop too.

Saturday fun--last Saturday (July 24th) we went to a farmer's market at Berry College. Ellery touched the goats for a second but then was afraid. Then we had to stop at the workshop and Elan and Ellery posed for some pics. We did the zipline in our yard for the first time this summer but I didn't get a picture of Ellery since I was riding with her!

Second time at Rocky Mountain this summer--just wanted to post this picture of William (Elan's friend), Elan, and Ellery in the swing.

Fun at the creek-living in the country has its advantages such as this creek about 10 minutes from our house. Our friend let us use his property with the canoe and all. Mommy was grateful daddy wanted to swim with everyone because it was cold water. Ellery really enjoyed herself!

Tijuana mission trip 2010--Ellery didn't want anyone to touch her except mommy, so it was a long week in Tijuana. But we had some fun moments so check out these pictures.

Mission Beach in San Diego

touching only our feet in the Pacific Ocean b/c it was COLD

Ellery smiles at Brooks, another boy on the trip




our sponsored girls: Romina, Margarita, and Rebeca

Ellery swings at the pinata

Rebeca, Ellery, and Margarita

Ellery loved the rocks and dirt

climbing the lone tree

Ellery loves the babies and forgets she is barely old enough not to be one!

Blueberry fun--I made a slushie type dessert out of blueberries, and this messy face was too hard to resist!