A Family for Ellie-Kate: August 2014

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Off to camp... July 5, 2014

Britti drove Chelsea back to her job at College of Wooster and Premier Tennis Camp.

Emmy and Maddie get ready for soccer camp at Rio Grande University

Emmy and Ellie-Kate hang out on the couch in her suite at soccer camp.

Farewell to Teagan party-- July 5, 2014

Emmy, Madison, Teagan, Patricia, Kali, and Haley make a "Frozen" inspired video.

One last picture... Madison, Patricia, Emmy, Teagan, Kali, and Haley

Teagan is moving to Colorado, and the girls had one last sleepover prior to her move. She has been in the GS troop ever since kindergarten... We're going to miss her terribly...

Ellie-Kate enjoys tennis, and she has such great hand-eye coordination. Christie was chatting with a former student (who is also now a professor at OU in another department and a former sports agent), and Christie was commenting about Ellie-Kate's skill with sports. The other person was kind of nodding, possibly thinking that Christie was just a generic parent who thinks a lot of her child. At that moment, Ellie-Kate threw a ball and nailed a target-- head on and square. The other person turned, smiled, and jokingly introduced himself as a potential future sport agent. At this point, though, I'm just hoping that she likes tennis and gets some good exercise :)

Happy Fourth of July!

Britti and Buddy show off their new bedroom in the new townhouse during the Fourth of July cook-out.

Buddy

Britti in her new kitchen

Ramon and Britti

Chelsea, Ellie-Kate, and Emmy

Christie, Ellie-Kate, Britti, Roger, Ramon, Emmy, and Chelsea

Stephanie, Jeff, Ramon, and Britti

Ellie-Kate lost her front tooth-- July 2, 2014

"All I want for the Fourth of July is my front tooth!"

Britti and Ramon's moving day-- June 30, 2014

Britti and Beeber

Britti and Ramon moved into their very first new place on Monday, June 30. It's a lovely townhouse, with a beautiful view of a farm. Their cats, Beeber and Buddy, love all of the space and windows :)

Christ Community Wesleyan Church VBS-- June 28, 2014

Ellie-Kate had an awesome time at the CCWC VBS, with the theme of "Wacky Animals."

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

June 27, 2014: Welcome home, Chelsea Meagan!

Chelsea got home from her study abroad in Germany! She had an awesome time, and she brought home goodies (hat for Roger, soccer jerseys for the little girls) for the family.

Britti and Chelsea

Chelsea developed quite the love for soccer during her time in Germany (all during the World Cup).

Ellie-Kate and Emmy

June 27, 2014

Lucky Fours 4-H Club car wash!

Once again, we had perfect weather for a car wash on Court Street at Cornwell Jewelers. After a minor tech glitch with the hose, we washed lots of cars and earned over $150, to be divided between our club and the Friends of the Animal Shelter.

June 26, 2014: Tar Hollow State Park

Ellie-Kate

Emmy

Ellie-Kate

Ellie-Kate, Roger, and Emmy

Shannon and Britti

For nearly 20 years, we have driven back and forth past a small mini-golf course in Tar Hollow State Park and right on the way to the 4-H camp. This year, we decided to pause on our way home and play a few rounds of mini-golf. What fun!! The weather was perfect, and the course was empty so we puttered (literally) around the cute, rustic holes. After mini-golf, we stopped in McArthur at McClure's for lunch and, of course, some yummy McClure shakes!