Weekend in St. george

gas $40, Hotel $60, Burger $1.59.
Not being able to stay awake 1 minute to eat your In and Out
Burger....... Priceless

Happy!!

Just wanted to update everyone. After we lost all those pictures and important stuff. We shut the computer down until we decided what to do. Well a great friend Dave was able to help out lots and give us an idea of what might work and than a great friend michelle found a referral through her network. Well we took the whole computer to a guy in american fork who thought he might be able to help out. At 50 dollars an hour we thought it was way worth it. Well he finally got to it today. After a prank message that he had no luck. He called backed to let us know he had recovered ALL OUR PICTURES. Yeah!! After lots of stress and tears. We are back in business and saving all of our photos to CD. It took him about 4 hours and he gave us a great deal. I am one happy girl!

SAD

Yesterday something went wrong with our computer and all of my pictures I save from my digital were lost. I am extremely grateful for my blog this morning. I am grateful that some of my favorite pictures that otherwise would be lost, are saved. I am still heartbroken of the loss. Most of Ella's life is saved on computer. When brady was a baby I was still saving them to disks. I have some of my favorites on digital. Anyways my point is make sure you are saving your pictures in other ways than the computer, disk etc. Also if you find any pics of Ella when she was a baby please forward them to me it would it be so, so appreciated. Thank you

Sharing

Have you ever noticed toddlers are pretty similiar to the family dog. Anytime some one is eating, all the sudden they have a little one begging or a best friend. Either way its dang cute. I caught him sharing with her. I was trying to be sneaky anout the camera so the pics aren't the best.

Dont you worry she had the same cereal in her bowl, it just wasnt as appetizing as Brady's and he still got plenty!

Preschool

I am looking for a preschool for Brady. If I could I would like it be semi-close and affordable. Idf anyone has a great suggestion i would so appreciate it. Thank you

Oh yeah dont forget CHRISTMAS!!!

With all that has been going on I forgot my christmas post... SO here it is. This is one tired saint Nick, Mrs. claus gave him his cute new hat. FYI assemble dresser in advance so you are not up past 3. Check got it for next time.

Chayston got his long board. Although Santa was having a hard time finding his name on the good boy list. He trusts in a promise of a better year.

Brady helping Ella open her gifts, she was new to this. He was so kind he helped her open each of her gifts, before he opened his own. We didnt even ask him to do that. He was just watching out for his little sis. It was pretty precious!!

Charlee and her new dresser. Santa was very good to this good girl. Charlee recently read the detergent bottle and the lid of the washer and learned how to do wash. She does laundry, I LOVE THIS KID!!! WhenI was in texas, the day I came home she wanted to surprise me and did all there laundry for the week. SHe washed, dryed, folded and put away. I came home to an empty laundry basket. That was the best gift the holidays could bring!

Cute little picture of daddy and the littles not wanting to get up christmas morning even though presents were waiting.. This mommy is ready for along winters nap. I am grateful for the holidays and all they remind me of. I am grateful for memories made in 2008. I am most grateful to have made it home from my trip safely. 2009 is going to be a great year I think. I am going to slow down a little and enjoy, SERIOUSLY. I know you dont believe me, if you really know me, but I am going to try!

A quick trip to Texas!!

My brother Jesse that is a soldier in the army got married in Texas on January 31st. It was a beautiful quiet ceremony, with only close family. Her name is Atir and she is very sweet we are happy to have her in our family. She has an amazing voice, she sang her vows it was beautiful..

These are my new nieces, they are so sweet, they are the ages 2 and 4. they are adorable!! Ella loved playing with them. we wish we lived closer so we could play with them more often.

Your looking at four generations here. This was our traveling party. Me, Ella, my mom, my grandmas and my sister Amy. We had a good time together.

It was a lot of fun to spend some time with Ella. But the problem is when you are a fourth child, you are quiet, independant and patient. When you spend four days with your mom all to yourself you are loud, needy and you want it NOW!!! We are adjusting to being home and getting back in the routine of being easy going.. Her newest thing is she yells her own name at the top of her lungs when she wants something, the problem is ELLA, ELLA, Ella does not always translate to I am hungry, tired, thirsty or want to play with that toy very quickly..

She really is a sweet heart. She was an angel while we flew and she did really good considering how much time she had to sit still. You can tell that all that travel wore her out!