Ella's 4th Birthday

I guess I will take a big jump from Halloween to Ella's Birthday.  We did have a nice Thanksgiving holiday, feasting with the younger Bruschke's and Craig along with some friends from the ward, the Claytons.  Then on Friday we meant the Bruschke's on the east coast to enjoy Carl's Jr and some fun riding in a surrey and walking the dogs--in a Singapore thunderstorm.  We all got drenched, and then dried over the course of the meal.  It was great fun. No pictures though--so sad.


A few days later, we celebrated Ella's birthday.  She has talked about it for weeks and finally she got to celebrate with balloons, presents, cake a her brother and sisters.  There was only a major squall over the balloon with Juliet.  Telling her she would get one in a month on her birthday didn't work.  Nor did telling Ella to try and share it.  She had a "4" cake and as much pink as I could manage to make of her birthday, as she constantly reminds me that is her favorite color.