Ellie's Three!!!

Last Friday, Ellie celebrated her third birthday! As we look forward to Baby Aubrey's arrival on Wednesday, it's hard to believe that three years ago, we were awaiting our first child's entrance into our lives. She has blessed us and challenged us tremendously over the past three years. The challenges have come in the way of God completely revealing to us our depravity and selfishness and some bad habits too! I guess those are also blessings. In more obvious ways, she has blessed us with her smile, laughter, imagination, sociability, and just her presence. As most parents say, we couldn't imagine our lives any differently now - although sometimes we try to imagine what life was like without her. I must say, it's really hard to remember and we are definitely two better people because of her.

So, we had fun celebrating with her by having a horse party at Happy Trails Ranch. The kids got to feed and ride the horses, watch a cat and a dog do tricks and go on a hayride. Everyone had a great time and fall decided to make it's debut with gorgeous skies, cool temperatures and a little reprieve from the love bugs - which are not at all lovely! There are two links to the pictures: one from Our Camera (these include at home birthday pics) and one from Stephanie's (thanks, Steph!).