Sunday, March 28, 2010

Spring and ECC

The ECC semester is over for Mom and us girls.  Since it's Melissa's senior year, she won't be coming back to ECC as a student again!  It's sad, but also exciting to see what God does in her life in the future.  

But what is this picture of snow doing in a post about spring? Well, Texas has pretty crazy weather.  It snowed yet again on the second day of spring!  

The weather has been warming up though, with wind and sunshine.  It's nice to be outdoors again!

Ellie with her friends Jenny, Sharlena, and Emily after the ECC End of Semester program.

Mom with her craft class display table at the ECC End of Semester program.

Ellie and Clara and some other girls worked on weeding in the front and back yards of our house to raise money for the India mission trip they are planning to go on this summer.  (If you want to help Ellie and Clara go, contact us for more information.)

The weather has been warmer lately, and the sun staying up later, so Dad has been working outdoors more.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Ellie's 16th Birthday

This weekend Ellie celebrated her 16th birthday with some friends, Emily, Jenny, and Sharlena.

They explored Old Downtown Carrollton, browsing the antique store and the vintage dress store.

At Vintage Martini, the clothes store.

They made individual pizzas for dinner.

They had frozen custard at Shake's.

They watched The Scarlet Pimpernel, slept, went to church, and to a book sale. Then they had lunch, and cake and ice cream, and opened presents.