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!!!!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Yay for Friends!

On July 3rd, our friends Alisha and Travis came up for a visit! We haven't seen them since they moved to Washington and it was SO much fun to have them back in Rexburg! Our friends Chelsea and Nate came over for the day to spend time with them too! The day went by fast and as usual, tears were shed as they headed home :( We miss you guys!!

I didn't get very many pictures...sorry! But here are the few that I have of the kiddos playing together!

Broden (not the best sorry Chels!)

Makenna and her big eyes!

Makenna wanted to play but Broden didn't really know what was going on

I LOVE these kids!

4th of July!!

For the 4th of July, we went to Warm River with Brady's family. The weather was PERFECT! It was sunny but not crazy hot and there was a nice breeze. While there, we celebrate Spencer's birthday with a yummy cake that Laura made.

Spencer and Reed went fishing and kayaked down Warm River

Brady relaxed in the shade with Gabe and read a book

Gabe enjoyed playing in the sun with water guns

Kayla and Laura relaxed in the shade trying to stay cool

and I was kind of all over the place having fun!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Family Pictures

When Brice was here, we took family pictures. Here are some of my favorite

I LOVE this kid!!

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Everyone together is unusual!





Yellowstone 2009

Brady's brother, Brice, came into town from Hawaii in May and the men went to Yellowstone for the day. Here are a few pictures!

Curious Coyote

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Lunch
Hungry Bear

Rushing Waters