December

The month of December was fun and busy. We went sledding, celebrated Wayne's birthday and were visited by my parents and brother for Christmas. It was a very fun month. On Christmas Eve we went to the train museum by our house and even though we were blinded by the snow...that is why Mikey is wearing my sunglasses...it was a really cool place to visit. Christmas morning was great and we all were spoiled. Ella got a big girl bike from Santa but wasn't nearly as excited as I thought she should be. Avery slept through most of the opening of presents but was happy to get some new binkies. We hope you all had a great holiday season. FYI...Wayne and Mikey built a snow-lady if you look closely :)

Family Pictures & Thanksgiving

In November we had some family pictures taken by my cousin Ashton. Her family lives here in Aurora which we love and it has been so great to spend time with them. I was happy that both my kids were in good moods that day and it turned out pretty well. We were able to go to Utah for Thanksgiving to spend it with Waynes family and we had a great time. I didn't get my camera out hardly at all so I only have a couple of pictures. Ella had a great time playing with all her cousins and really enjoyed playing in Jetts crib with Salem. We were able to see all of the family except for Byron who was still in Iraq. It was really nice to catch up with everyone again. We also got to spend some time with Shelby and Kirk and the kids too. It was a great weekend.

Happenings...

At the end of September we blessed Avery and were very lucky to have so much of our family to be able to attend. It was a great hot hot day in St George. In October Wayne moved to Golden Colorado to start his new job. He is back working at Elite Diesel Engineering. He is a mechanic for them and is really enjoying his job. I brought the girls in the beginning of November after our month long vacation to Oregon. We are really liking being back in Colorado and life is good. Enjoy the pictures!

Visitors

Just a few visitors..and we were so happy to see everyone!! Thanks again for coming.

Still Here...

Im in the process of undating the blog...five months later. Avery was born June 28th, and we were very glad to welcome her. Wayne got a new job a week after she was born, driving a water truck for a pipeline company. He enjoyed it except for the fact he worked nights and had to drive about 2 hrs to get to work. He spent a lot of his day in a vehicle. More updates to come soon...but here is one more. We moved back to Colorado. Wayne got a new job and we live in Golden, which is about 30 min west of Denver. More on that later :))

Deployment

At the beginning of June Wayne's younger brother Byron left with the National Guard to go to Indiana and then on to Iraq. We were able to spend the weekend with family and see Byron off. Everyone had a good time and it was fun to see family that we haven't seen for a while. We love Byron so much and are grateful for the work he will be doing for our country. We were able to get a family picture minus a few people..it's hard when the family is getting so big.

Update

I decided that I should update the blog before I have the baby...since it might be a while before I do it again once she arrives. We are doing good here in St George. Ella and I went to Oregon for a couple of weeks in May to visit family which was a lot of fun. We were able to stop in Boise and see my sister's family and Ella loved to play with her cousins. In April Ella turned three and she is growing up way too fast. I can't believe that my baby is 3!! Her favorite thing to do is play dress up and help her dad in the garage. She will probably know more about cars than most boys her age and be able to change a tire or the oil faster too. I am 38 weeks and ready to be done being pregnant. It is not fun living in 100+ weather in this condition. I hope she decides to come early...Ella talks to her everyday and asks if she wants to come out and play and she informs me that Avery says yes. Ella is going to have a rude awakening when she realizes that she won't have an instant playmate. Enjoy the pictures.