Trip to Cincinnati

 Splash park at Sharon Woods

 Look at how happy Ellie was to have a lunch date with Georgia : )

Christmas in July at Entertrainment Junction with Stephanie, Austin and Preston

 They look so much older than last year!

 Cookies from Santa's elf.

 She still loves Santa!

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 The next generation : )

 Outlet shopping with Grandma and Andrea

 We had the best time at Rob and Nikki's all week!  Playing dress-up with Nikki's old dance costumes and dresses was a favorite daily activity.

 Ellie and I met up with some friends at Kings Island.

 Singin' in the Rain

 A little blurry, but all of the girls:  Emily, Lola, Leah, Georgia and Ellie

 Lots of swimming at Rob and Nikki's!

Ellie definitely left their house a better swimmer!  She made sure to get at least one of them out there to swim with her every chance she could.  She had an absolute blast!

 We met up with Justin and attended his family reunion before heading home.  Here is Great Grandma Lash and all of her granddaughters.  What a sweet picture : )

Loving on baby Grace!

Hangin Out

Playing on the deck in the water table.

Uh-oh, looks like Ellie has some singing and dancing competition : )

A fun weekend visit from Kristen and Chris.  Can't wait to meet baby Addison!

Just another Sunday at the Lash house.

Happy that we're headed to Burger Fest!

Weekend at the lake

 Ellie caught a bass on her first try!

Ellie didn't know what to expect and didn't like the water in her face on her first tube ride.

Add goggles and some confidence on the second day and she loved it.  She didn't want to stop and wanted to "fall off" the tube at the end of the ride!

 Excited to spend time with great grandma and grandpa too!

By the end of the weekend, Ellie was swimming underwater!  She watched her new friend go under and decided that she could do it too!

Happy 4th!

 Waiting for the Evanston fireworks.

 It was so hot on the 4th that Ellie went for a swim in her clothes at the 1st birthday/4th celebration that we went to during the day.

 Admiring the decorations.

 Admiring some more decorations at a bbq the night before.

I finally figured out how to eat a popsicle!

I fought the nap and the nap won.

Beatin the Heat

The girls cooled off on Saturday at Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.

 We spent some time at Foster Beach on Sunday, but were chased away by a summer storm.

Reds Game

Skyline has become our pre-game tradition.

It was Fireworks Friday and Clara loved it!