Halloween

We did a 'Lord of the Rings' theme this year. Pops was Gandalf, Dave was Eomer (the horse prince guy), Becca (Michael's sister) was Eowin (horse prince's sister), Simon (Becca's son) was an orc, Owen (Michael's nephew) was the Witch King, Mary (Michael's niece) was an Elf, Stewart (Michael's newphew) was Legolas, Mikey was Elrond, Michael was Aragorn, Ellie was Frodo (yes, she even had a ring!), and I was Arwen. We had a blast!

Pops helped everyone (Dave and Karly's kids were there, too, of course) stay together with his awesome staff. Michael made it out of wire, tape, pvc pipe and paint. He put a flashlight in the top so it glowed! People would be driving by and stop, roll down their windows and shout, "Look there's Gandalf!" Some of these people were not little. The kids kept saying, "Stay with Gandalf-Pops!" or "Gandalf-Pops! Wait up!"

Pops got into it and when we'd cross a street he'd stay in the middle and shout, "You shall not pass!" When we'd be done at a house, he'd raise his staff and say, "Thank you" to the host.

Loved the memories.

Baby Jack

Hello cutie!

Michael said I should

Michael saw that Joy put up pictures of her and said I needed to do the same. So, here's an update on what I look like.

Timmy's Influence

My brother, Tim, has been teaching Ellie new words. His latest is 'booger.' Here is a video of his teaching her the word 'why.'

Ellie at the Beach

This was in September. We went to San Diego for a financial conference for Michael. It was an unexpected and fun vacation. Ellie was adorable.

Great Times

Summer Portraits!

A September video (really of August and September) is almost done. Thanks for your patience!!!

Wow it's been a while!

So sorry to all of you who keep up with this blog. It's been a while! Here's an update.

Michael - Finished his masters in Financial Planning and is now looking for a job. Hopefully we'll stay in Utah, but it looks like we'll probably move out of state. He's been a wonderful husband and father.

Ellie - Talking more than ever. Our conversations are in depth - though still mostly baby talk. I am picking up more words from her every day. Yesterday she said, "Bye-bye bubbles!" when talking her bath. The cutest, though, is when she goes to bed and I kiss her and say, "I love you," she says, "eye wo you."

Jack - Growing and growing. I can tell he'll be fun because he lets me know he's there with all the kicking he's doing. We go in for his big 20th week appointment on the 8th (but I'll be 21 almost 22 weeks).

Me - Just trying to help everyone feel good and happy. I'm currently 'house sitting' for my mom while she is visiting Joy. I say 'house sitting' because we live there now but I am making dinners for my dad and bro while keeping things clean and the laundry going for my mom. I miss her.

Because of the move from Provo to South Jordan and all the crazy stuff that's happened since then (like a leak in the basement) we don't have a lot of pictures of Ellie for August. Sorry. I will post what we have of Ellie and Jack, though, when I get a minute.

A New Video!

Sorry we missed June. We took pictures as a family, so I'll make a video of that and it'll be the June video. We hope you enjoy the July one!!! Ellie is SO CUTE!!!