Billi fishing for kitty

Surprise home coming

Here are some cute pics of the girls talking with Elwood on the phone. Billi just babbles away at him. Of course Joshi and Elwood could go on for hours with their imaginary games they play over the phone. Good thing they both have great imaginations. But todays phone call was a surprise home coming. The lead singer of their tour fall off the stage. And injurded himself AGAIN. So they canceled they rest of the tour. It looks like Elwood will be home most of August. Great news, to have him home. Of course less money but they will probably reschedule all the dates later in the year.

Cafe Afria

Cafe Aria is a new coffee shop in Welches and they serve ice cream and choc. covered bannana's The owner has a little girl just a couple days older than Billi. Her name is Aria. Whats funny is the wife really wanted to call her Billi. We had a discussion , when she was pregnant, about how it was crazy we both picked the name Billi. Her husband vetoed it. Otherwise, there would be a Cafe Billi in Welches.

Heat Wave

Well the truly miserable heat wave is over. Its still too hot for my liking but about 20 degress cooler. Here are some pics of the girls trying to beat the heat. Water fights and ice cubes. I made colored ice cubes on a string one morning for them to play with in the afternoon. But it was so hot they last about 4 minutes. Although the ice cube necklace was especially "refreshing" We actually spend the 2 hottest nights at a hotel.

Thanks Joey

The girls got a package from Canada from my parents Florida neighbor. Thanks Joey! The girls love getting mail. The shirts are a little big but they are wearing them as night gowns.

camping out

We're having a major heat wave for these parts. Its been over 100 degrees for 2 days and going up. I'm definitely wishing we had a/c. We have been camping out on the back deck the past few night. (thanks for the tent Mikel) Last night was the first night Billi actually fell asleep in the tent. But not until about 9:30. Three hours past her bed time she was stumbling around, falling over Joshi who was trying to sleep, and standing up to dance every time a song started on the movie we were watching. Yes we had a tv/ dvd and a fan out there. With out elec. camping is no fun. Then she woke up at 4 am wanting to get going so I had to put her up in her room. She might not be invited to the camp out tonight. But the girls room is the hottest in the house.

Daddy's visit

Elwood went back to work on Friday. We had a great visit. We basically did nothing and it seemed to make the best of our few days. Here are some pics of our picnic at Wildwood. Elwood took Joshi on a hike in the woods one day And the next day he stayed with Billi while Joshi and I went to the movies. So he got daddy/ daughter time with both girls.