Updates on Ellery

It's a little hard to see with all the tubes, but she was giving us some great grins.

It was a great night to see Ellery. She was all smiles for a while!

The sisters HAD to do an all-nighter with Shelley and Ellery. It was so much fun! I miss my sisters!!!!


While we were there, we had a huge scare with Ellery. It was touch and go for a while, but everything worked out. She had to have surgery on her stomach. Now she is on the road to recovery. It is wonderful to see. Okay, I think I'm done! And I'm sure I missed half of the vacation and fun because I didn't take all the photos I should have!!!

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So much family!

Here's all the cousins. I'll post the "good" photos later!

They were all so cute!

Just try to get them to all sit still!

Tonya and Vaughn's family came in to complete the bunch. Then the REAL partying started. We didn't get any sleep. The boys were gaming on the computers all night. We went to Castles and Costers, Jungle Jims, 4-wheeling, bouncy housing, New's Year's Eve party, Bahama Bucks, filming for Todd's birthday, and then the whole birthday bash.

Here we are out to lunch...just the girls!

Christmas!

These dolls are SO reminicent of my childhood. My grandma made them. It just brought back so many great memories.
Christmas PJs!

Are you trying to tell me my kids are unattractive?

Rachel won almond in the pudding!

We had such a great time with friends, Christmas seemed a little anti-climatic. Plus, it was just stocking gifts, but it was wonderful to wake up in my parents house and be with family. All my siblings came over later, so it was fun to be with all the cousins.

More Photos

Such sweeties!
Someday we are hoping for a couple of weddings from this bunch!

I couldn't decide which photo was more attractive, so I posted them both! (I dream of the Golden Spoon...thanks a lot!)

I'm kicking myself for not getting more photos of everyone, so if any of you have some to share, I would LOVE them.

More Fun Times with Friends

Ah la, Hotel Wellman...we'll make a reservation there every year!
Two great boys that I wish could grow up together.

You could see the steam coming off the top of the water...92 degrees!

I get a little teary when I see this picture. I love my friends!!!!

First we had a great night at the Mills house with great food and fun games. We did a little caroling in the rain, which made it a much more memorable experience. It was so much fun to spend some time with our good friends. Then a huge highlight of the trip....swimming in December. My kids were so estatic to go swimming in the Wellmans pool. I don't think I could get tired of all my friends there. I could have stayed MUCH longer. Thank you to all that we crashed in on. We really had a wonderful time!!!!

First few Days

Here are our great friends, Chris and Kristen. They were great hosts and we had a lot of laughs! We went to dinner with them and Lance and Bryn, which was so much fun.
Jane couldn't be removed from the swing.

First off, the weather was a little chilly for AZ, but we took every advantage to head for the park. My brother, Mark, graduated from ASU, so that was really fun to be there to celebrate. It was so wonderful to see my grandparents. I really missed them.

It started with a Plane Ride

We were so blessed to be able to head for Arizona for the holidays. We couldn't wait to see all our friends and family that we have been missing. We hadn't met many nieces, nephew, and cousins, so that was very exciting. The plane ride wasn't too bad. Jane didn't take much of a nap, so it was a little long, but luckily it wasn't full, so we could move around a bit.

Right after we landed, we headed to see Baby Ellery. She wasn't doing too well. Her bowels were bothering her and she still had her breathing tube in, so she was pretty uncomfortable. But it was great to be with her.