Running through a quick summer downpour while at the park with playgroup friends.

June 26....celebrating 5 1/2 with a gourmet cupcake!

Icees and homemade ice cream at the Powell Festival.

 Brooke and I made a quick trip up to Michigan for the wedding reception of one of my college roommates, Stephanie.

 While I was gone, Ellie was extra daring and spent hours at the pool with Daddy jumping off both the low AND the high dive!

Ellie participated in a week of "Junie B. Jones Camp" with the Columbus Children's Theatre.

 Splash Pad fun with Moms Club friends.

 No more training wheels!!!

 Cutie on a scooter after dance class.

 Yo, ho, ho, we're at the library!

 Later that day...posing as Elsa and Olaf at the learning store!

 Happy Birthday, America!

 Boom, boom- fireworks!

Hitting some balls before fireworks.

  

 Waiting for the Red, White and Blue Ash firework show to begin.  We parked on our old street, which surprisingly sparked no recognition from Ellie.

Brooke woke up just in time to see her first fireworks show.

 ooh...aah!

 Cheering on the Reds with Daddy, Grandma & Grandpa Lash, their aunts and cousins.

Brooke spent several days fighting a high fever and a summer virus.  She wasn't her happy self, which Clara took personally, but the camera brought out a smile!

  The girls helped make strawberry creamsicles.  Yum!