Elliott Family Happenings...The most exciting news this week is that my younger brother, Doug, got engaged! He and his girlfriend (now fiancee), Ashley, have been dating several years so we are happy to be adding her to the family and finding out all their plans.

On Wednesday, Julia got her first kiss from a boy. When it was time to leave school, her friend, Myles, just walked up and laid one on her. As affectionate as Julia is, she looked pretty surprised. Up until now there has only been a lot of hugging going on between them. Myles' mother was in a panic. I just thought it was pretty funny. I wouldn't want them kissing every day or anything but I didn't think it was that big of a deal at 5 yrs old. Ha!

John and Julia went on a picnic down at the playground on Thursday. She was so excited to go on a picnic with dad. She had me load them up with their own lunch sack and John grabbed a blanket and off they went! Sweet girl and happy memories for them both. Here is a picture of Julia at the picnic.