Life With Ella

So sorry for the space between blogs.  Re-entry was pretty busy!  Ella is back at school doing great, I’m back at work trying to motivate my students and Sunny is back at work… read the SF papers if you want info on what’s going on with the new sheriff.  Sunny continues to do her magic!  OK – so back to Anguilla (I wish we were really back there!), on Christmas day, we were invited to our friend Claudius’ family Christmas celebration.  It was really wonderful and those of us who made it (Michael was back at the house sick and grandma and papa stayed with a napping Milo) we were so grateful that we got to experience the Richardson family Christmas.  Amazing people, amazing food and an amazing bouncy house and kids for Ella to play with!  We literally pulled up to the house, Ella saw the bouncy house and the kids and said,  “A bouncy house, kids, can I unbuckle please?”  She was out of the car and into the bouncy house within 10 seconds.  Here are some shots from that day and then many others of the family and the beach.

 Ella made herself right at home!

 Ella, mommy and our beautiful friend Claudius.

 Claudius’ brother.  You can see the tent and all the people in the background.  Claudius – if you see this, thank you so much for including us with your family.  Sending lots of love.

 Back at the house, we just delivered some delicious food from the party to grandma, papa and Milo.

 These two love each other so much.

 Papa wasn’t relaxed at all!

 Dinner at Picante.

 Hanging around the house.

 What a beautiful shot!  Pure happiness.

 Dinner at Veya.  Ella and Milo were dancing a little to the live entertainment.

 Ella was acting goofy so grandma joined in.

 Checking out the koi pond at Veya.

 Papa sporting grandma’s stylish reading sunglasses.

The beautiful place where we stayed, Villa Gardenia.

 AJ got a hold of the camera.  This is just a beautiful morning by the pool.

 I took the camera back!

 Cannonball!

 Here are the beach shots.  Our favorite beach this time was the beach at the Great House.  The sand was perfect, the sea was calm, and it wasn’t crowded.  Ella and Milo did some serious digging and looking for shells and we loved swimming in the sea.

 Papa in paradise.

Almost got the shot right!  We had a lot of fun taking this.

 Lunch time!

 Milo making himself very comfortable with his mama.

 Best friends.

 Papa teaching Ella how to make music with a glass.

 Beach snuggles.

 Mommy and Ella paling around in the ocean.

 Beautiful grandma and papa.

 Our beautiful threesome.

 The most amazing aunt and uncle.

 The Leonhart’s new album cover?

 Ella and her AJ.

 More fun in the ocean with mommy.

 One of the sand castles that we built.

 Ella and Jesse played some great Kadima together.

 Last dip in the sea for 2011.  Look at the amazing clear water.

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