A little late

I have been meaning to post these pictures for awhile, but kept forgetting.

These are from our trip to the Columbus Zoo with the Smith Family a couple of weekends ago.

Ben LOVES Abbey. I am pretty sure he is already planning on marrying her someday.

Let's Go Fly a Kite...

Up to the highest hight
Let's go fly a kite
And send it soaring

The Justice

Matt is the County Coordinator for the Re-Election campaign of Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, Evelyn Stratton. Tonight he was in charge of a fund-raising event for her. I wasn't supposed to attend, but after a small catering emergency, I ended up going to help Matt.

I really enjoyed meeting Justice Stratton. She is a lovely woman..... incredibly personable and down-to-earth. And very funny!

Be sure to check out her website to learn more about her!

Ben vs the Coffee Table

The coffee table won....

Ella's Party

We did not throw a huge bash for Ella's first birthday. We decided just to have our family over for a low-key party on Saturday. It just so happens that Saturday was also the day of the West Liberty Antique Tractor parade, and Doug, my father-in-law had just finished restoring his 1959 Massey Ferguson. Now a tractor parade was not really what I had envisioned for my daughter's first birthday party, but we had the BEST TIME! There were over 350 entries in the parade and a TON of spectators. Doug attached his trailor to the back of the tractor and we had approximately 40 people on the trailor. The Shellhammer-Chamberlain-Weber clan was dressed in their OSU attire in honor of the first game.

























































McKenna and her awesome nanny, Brandie, made the most adorable signs for our "float"















After the parade, we headed back to our house to celebrate Ella's birthday. My mom had gotten her the most adorable dress to wear on her birthday. Since she was wearing her Buckeye clothes most of the day, she only had her dress on for about 20 minutes before she stripped her down to eat cake. But doesn't she look adorable in it?





















When it came time for the cake, Ella did not dive into it. She is the princess, the baby. No need to feed herself when she has her older brother and cousins to hand feed her















































After cake, ice cream, cookies and presents we headed over to our neighbor's, The Shick's, to play with their horses and new baby kittens





















And when the evening ends like this, you know it must have been a GOOD PARTY















Happy First Birthday, June Bug!

Hello, Coach

I found this shirt today and knew that I had to get it for Ben the second I saw it.

You can just start calling him Jim Tressel....



















If you haven't noticed before, my dad also looks amazingly like Coach Tressel (especially when my dad is wearing his glasses). The Tressel-look must run in the family...
This picture of Ben and my dad was taken almost exactly 2 years ago:

I am OBSESSED with the gift shop at the hospital. Everytime I go in there I seem to buy some sort of OSU apparel. Today - Ben's shirt. Last week I bought shirts for Ella and McKenna. The week before that I bought sweatshirts for Matt and I. But how can resist when I have my OSU discount!

GO BUCKS!

Ella's Big Day

Happy 1st Birthday, June Bug

You are more than we ever could have wished for

We Love You!

Mommy, Daddy and Ben