many blessings...

Mother's day weekend brought the Shumate cousins over from Spokane... these guys sure love each other! When they are all together it makes for a very loud house... but they have so much fun together! From the left hand side...
Grandpa Shumate holding Gwyn, Reagan, Kelsey, Grandma Shumate holding Ella, Anson and Tanner. What a wild bunch!

Happy Birthday Gabriella!

Okay, so it's been almost a month since Ella's 1st birthday... yes, we did have a party for her on her birthday... I'm not that bad! But getting some cute pictures up on the blog... not really my top priority these days. She is as cute as ever these days! Even though she definitely doesn't talk as much as Anson did at this age (I swear he was born reading an encyclopedia sometimes) you know EXACTLY what she wants... she has such a personality! Plus it helps that she knows some signs... her 3 favorite being eat, more and please... which she is doing all 3 constantly. And I'm not even joking about that. I swear that girl eats her weight in food every day... yet still so petite... if only I could say it was hereditary from her mothers side... I don't have that luxury.

Well I sure love that girl! She is definitely a spit fire and always keeps us laughing... or running... or both. Hmmm, now that I think about it... I wonder what side of the family that comes from... hmm.