4th of July Fun!

We traveled 8 hours in the car to spend 4th of July at Papa and Gigi's house!!! By the way...Ella did GREAT in the car!! She never got real upset...she either slept or looked out of the window! We had such a wonderful time and enjoyed every minute of our stay!! We visited with friends, swam and ate A LOT of yummy food! Check a few of our pictures!

More pool time fun...this time Daddy got in on the action!


Ella did so good in the big pool...she is a born swimmer!




Mommy and Daddy got to go on a date while Papa and Gigi manned the baby back home!


This is how the men babysit...bones and prunes! HAHA!

Happy 4th of July! We are proud to be Americans!


She was having so much fun that she did NOT want to go to bed!

Ella's 1st Birthday Extravaganza!!

Ella's 1st birthday was filled with friends, family, sweet treats, lots of gifts, laughter, colorful decor and one worn out mommy and daddy! We had such a wonderful time and are trully blessed by the love and support from precious friends and family!! Ella did SOOO good...I was a little concerned that she would be overwhelmed with everyone in the house and all the excitment, but she just ate it up!! All the prep work and running around for weeks was well worth every minute!! She also LOVED eating her cake. We have found out that Ella is more like her mommy than we thought...she has quiet the taste for anything sweet! She has even started to not enjoy her veggies as much because she knows there is fruit at the end of the meal! Check out a few pictures from Ella's birthday party!



Her first car...it still counts! :)









After a long day of partying, Ella was just plum worn out!

Summer time adventures!!

Ella met Freckles the horse...who snorted and scared the teetee out of her! I did feel a little bad because as she was having an emotional breakdown Clay and I were laughing hysterically. She survived though...we will wait a little while before we visit Freckles again!




Dinner at Ruby Tequilas with Papa, Gigi and Grandma is always a treat!!






Ella LOVES the water now!



She also enjoys playing with her water table from Papa and Gigi!



We celebrated Father's Day with an evening at home waiting on Daddy!! She is such a Daddy's girl!

The easy life!

Oh goodness me, it has been too long since I have last updated my blog! The last entry was in February and boy has a lot changed for the Lehnen family!
We are now full on into the summer time...heated temperatures, daylight till 9pm, and Ella's 1st birthday in a few weeks! Clay, Ella and I have also moved (March 31) into a new home that we absolutely love!! Our new address is on the quietest street with great neighbors and lovely landscape (not like East TX, but stil nice). Actullay, keeping the landscape lovely has been a bit difficult due to the lack of rain we have gotten. It has not rained in Lubbock in almost 12 months...yes I said 12 months! CRAZY! We pray for rain daily....please join us! :)
I have posted a few pictures of our new abode! We were blessed with a quick sale of our previous home and yes it was a bit crazy finding a new one, packing and moving in about 2 weeks time, but the Lord did provide (as always!)




Ella finding some fun in Mommy's new closet! :)

We have also celebrated a few 1st holidays with Ella!! The most important one being the Resurrection of our Lord! Easter 2011 was filled with laughs (Ella seeing the Easter Bunny for the 1st time), family and good food and LOTS of pictures! Gigi, Papa and Great Grandma Jackie came to celebrate with us!! It was so wonderful to have everyone together and to celebrate Ella's 1st Easter!





A few other holidays have been Ella's 1st Memorial Day which we celebrated with a lot of old war movie watching and swimming in our new pool which we did not like AT ALL!! I am pretty sure it was the water temp though (she did look pretty cute in her bikini)! We did try it again this past weekend with warmer water and we had a lof of fun!!


We also celebrated Mother's Day and our 4th wedding anniersary!! These past few months have been such a blessing!! Wow, how time flies when you are having the best time of your life!! :)
Stay tuned for news and pics about Ella's 1st birthday bash, our trip to visit Papa and Gigi in East Texas in July and tons more summer fun!