Wednesday, August 19, 2009

in Michigan and a SUrpRiSE!

We FINALLY made it here to Michigan! It's more muggy than I remember and already raining... but we have been with good company and have had a lot of fun! We are exhausted after our first day! 

Now that I have spent time with my mother...it's about time to FINALLY announce to the world that... 
I'M PREGNANT!!

Things have been great so far and I have enjoyed this pregnancy (even with the 24/7 nausea and kidney stone)! Brady's cousin, Tucker and his wife Amanda, gave me a great idea of starting another blog about the pregnancy and baby...so go to babyellis2.blogspot.com for more details! 

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Kasey is here!

My sister, Kasey, is here visiting for 2 weeks! I picked her up last Monday from the SLC Airport and spent the afternoon shopping in SLC. Unfortunately, that trip was cut short because of my kidney stone but we enjoyed ourselves. We haven't done too much since she's been here...there's only so much you can do in the town of Rexburg! But we've played lots of games and have watched many movies. This past weekend we took her to Yellowstone National Park. We reserved a campsite and camped on Friday night and drove around the park on Saturday. I have NEVER been so disappointed with our trips there. We saw: 1 buffalo, a few elk, 1 antelope, 1 grizzly bear, 1 black bear with 2 cubs. We were very upset and felt that Kasey didn't get the full excitement of Yellowstone.
Other than Yellowstone, we have gone shopping in Idaho Falls, went to the pool, tanned, read our books, and went to see The Proposal (which was awesome!).

Next on our list: Jackson Hole, possibly the hospital (Kayla is currently contracting consistently every 6 minutes), Rigby Lake, Teton National Park, and G's Dairy Delight!!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Yay!!

I NO LONGER HAVE A KIDNEY STONE!!!!