 Ella strides through the butterfly exhibit at the zoo. |  Ella has a taste of chocolate ice cream during our father's day outing to the zoo. |  Ella and Spencer sample pickles of all sorts (butternut squash pickles!) at the farmer's market. |  Ella is sporting a couple of sparkly butterfly hair clips (yes, an impulse buy by her mama). |
 Ella used her fake ID to buy her daddy some father's day scotch. |  Ella and her cousin Christopher beat the Texas heat by taking a dip in the pool. |  Ella's very first time in a swimming pool! |  Pop shows Ella how to bang on a drum. |
 Ella takes a dip (au natural) in the kiddie pool at Pop and Grandmother Linda's cabin in Wimberley. |  The Salt Lick in Driftwood, Texas is barbeque nirvana. Here we see Spencer and Ella in a Salt Lick-induced stupor. |  Pop, Ella, and Spencer walk hand-in-hand after church. |  I'M IN CHURCH! Ella looooves the organ music. |
 Lauren, her college roommate Stacy, and their curly, red-headed kiddos! (Nathan and Ella look like siblings.) |  Pop, Ella, and Grandmother Linda. |  Ella feasts on pea pods at the farmer's market. |  Pea pod or pear? Such a hard choice. |
 Ella watches with fascination (and a bit of concern) as kids dash in and out of the fountain in the park next to the farmer's market. |  Our smiley monkey. |  Ella does a little early morning work at her desk. |  Again Ella makes a fashion statement by converting plastic ring toys into bracelets. |