Halloween 2010

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Home on the Range

This was recorded in August 13, 2010 in Indianapolis.

Purple Rainbow Land

Ella's improvisational dance and song. Great lyrics.

Flower America

Zoe made up this song and dance. Not sure where she got the idea about America, but it's funny.

Good times in San Francisco

We had a great vacation in San Francisco last week!
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Stars in her eyes

Take me out to the ballgames

Ella went to her first game back in April:

The whole family went in June:

Ella's first dance recital

Ella's dance school had a recital on Saturday. It was a marathon, with 31 different acts in under 2 hours. It was a packed high school auditorium, several hundred people there. Ella was great! This video is from the dress rehearsal because it was too difficult to video tape at the actual recital.

Our garden

Our family hobby this spring

Christmas Videos

Here are some videos of the girls this Christmas.

Interviews before and after Santa's visit:



Zoe singing Jingle Bells:



Testing the new trampoline:


Christmas Carol Duet:

Snow storm of 2009

Zoe climbing on Ella

This is a new game called "Zoe climb on Ella", or something like that.

Music Videos

Here are some new music videos by Ella and Zoe.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


Row, Row, Row Your Boat


Ring Around The Rosie

Zoe Monster

Zoe's impersonation of a monster. She does this every time someone says the word "monster".




She's not very scary, but extremely cute. Here's another one of Ella and Zoe having fun:

Colorado, August 2009

Visiting the Colorado Gardners

Here are some pictures from our trip to Colorado last month. We were there from August 9 - 14 visiting Uncle Jon, Aunt Meg and Cousin Solomon. We had a wonderful time hanging out with family and exploring the stunning scenery around Glenwood Springs!



Solomon made a number of attempts to score a kiss from Zoe, but this was about as close as he got all week!

Photos from Saudi Arabia

I was in Saudi Arabia for 8 days in June. I didn't bring my camera, but I spent most of the trip with Kevin Freiberger, who took some great pictures of our experiences.
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Ella's First Recital!

Ella's first recital, from Ballet Camp!

ACT I


ACT II

ACT II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOaI-l7G_A

Zoe Turns One! Plus Easter too

We had a fun-filled weekend. Ella had a great time making Zoe's cake with Nana and celebrating all things Easter: dying eggs, hunting for eggs, getting stuff from the Easter bunny. Zoe is doing great. She's walking like a champ these days, and she got her first real shoes just in time for her birthday.

Cherry Blossom Festival

New pictures of Zoe and Ella

Well it's been a few months, but we've had lots of excuses for not updating this blog. Here we go... great smiles from Ella and Zoe over the past 8 weeks or so.

Zoe has found some words lately! Her first word was probably "Bye bye" quickly followed by "Ella". Now she also says "Dada" and "Cat". It seems like a lot of other words are on the tip of her tongue. Meanwhile, Ella came out with "information" today and also called me a "silly old man." Fortunately she also likes to call me "a really warm guy" so that makes up for it.

Outside the American Indian museum

Sharing a good laugh

Bath time is fun for Zoe

Ella's birthday

Our backyard

Happy Valentines Day