Monday, September 22, 2008

Toy Box built by GrandRon




About three weekends ago, Grant's parents brought up the toy box that GrandRon built for Ellie and Maggie. It is absolutely beautiful! I wanted to share some pictures of it. We are so grateful to him for putting in so much time working on this for the girls. We were in desperate need of something to put all Ellie's toys in and this is more than we expected. So we say a BIG THANK YOU to GrandRon for all of his hard work on this and it will be something that will be treasured for years and years to come.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Trip to the Nature Center in Asheville

On labor day we took Ellie to the Nature Center in Asheville. She loves animals and loved it here. They have lots of animals that are native to Western North Carolina such as wolves, black bears, and river otters. They also had lots of snakes and turtles. Ellie really liked the turtles and even got to pet one. They also had a petting area and we could not get Ellie to leave! One goat did decide to ram her a little and scared her, but she was fine. Her favorite was this one sheep that just let her stand there and pet it. She also stuck her finger in the turkey cage and a turkey pecked it. She screamed and then was fine. She just loves the animals and wants to touch and play with them all. It was a good time and wore her out! Next we will have to go to a zoo!