16th Hole, Family Shot

We stupidly forgot to do our standard Palm Springs family photo this year, but Ellie and mom darted out to the 16th tee box for this quick shot.



BTW, my drive was awesome.

The rest of the hole, less so.

Bike girl

Yoga girl

Just a little preview of Ellie's three-year old photos

Kite Hill at Gasworks Park

Not a ton of wind, but still lots of fun.

Minnesota Birthday

Last weekend Ellie celebrated round 3 of #3 with all our Minnesota family.

A great time was had by all. Especially miss Ells.

There was bowling, Mall-of-America-ing, ride riding, Lego Land-ing, cake decorating, present opening, Happy Birthday singing, hugging, smiling and lots of fun.











Oh and it snowed 18".

Birthday girl at school

Happy birthday, sweet Eleanor!

Our girl is three years old.



Hard for me and Mindy to fathom.

It's unbelievable that all this joy has been crammed into three short years. At the same time it's impossible to believe that it's already been three years.

Ellie is sweeter, smarter, funnier and more amazing every day. And that's an entirely objective judgment.

This weekend we celebrated with family and friends (head cold be damned) and today (the real bday) we'll have a snack party and school then probably hit Ellie's favorite haunt Tutta Bella. Then Mindy and Ellie are off to Minnesota for more celebrating.

Thank you to everyone who's helped make Ellie's year so great. She's a very loved little lady and we all feel extremely lucky.

Happy birthday, sweet girl.

Three years and ten hours ago...

Big kid bed. Big time hit.

Someone is turning three in a matter of days and as an early gift, we unveiled our new big kid bed/bedroom when Ellie got home from school today.

Suffice it to say it was a hit.

We've been "playing" go-to-sleep all evening.








That said, it's 9:20 and she hasn't gone to sleep yet...

The coolest part is that Ellie's new bed used to belong to her Grammy.

We're about to turn three here

Time for a new look.

Piggy-back ride

Yep, it's pun week.

Just hanging around

We had a great weekend down in San Fran

Don't believe me?

See for yourself.















Told you.

Ellie's favorites parts of the Aquarium?

Yep, still the gift shop and this thing...

Winter Break

Happy 2011, all!

Mountain Getaway 2

Back from the mountains

We had an awesome time in Suncadia*

Tons of fun swimming, sledding, snowshoeing, eating, playing.

Videos on the way...**















*Despite our loud/vomiting neighbors.
**Again

Best of both worlds

So as fun as Hanukkah was, Ellie was pretty fired up for Christmas too.

And for good reason, she had a very fun morning and got some super cool gifts from everyone in Minnesota.

We love the Cars Legos, cute clothes, great scarf and...







AWESOME DJ TABLE/KEYBOARD!








Thanks, everybody! Love you and Merry Christmas!

More pics and videos to follow...

Sleepy time