Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek of a photo shoot of Ellie this past week, done by my friend Rachel Sandberg she's seriously awesome! I love her photography! More pictures to come!

Note: Rachel has posted more pictures on her blog! I know most of you have already seen them I just thought I would post an update!

www.rachelsandbergphotography.blogspot.com

Thanks Rachel

Sneak Peek

Here's a sneak peek of a photo shoot of Ellie this past week, done by my friend Rachel Sandberg she's seriously awesome! I love her photography! More pictures to come!

Note: Rachel has posted more pictures on her blog! I know most of you have already seen them I just thought I would post an update!

www.rachelsandbergphotography.blogspot.com

Thanks Rachel

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYNO DEAR...!!!

Somone is the big 30 and it's not me!!! thank goodness!

Happy Birthday to Ryan, he's 30 today and I can't believe 8 years ago we celebrated his birthday together for the first time!! Wow how time flys! He's my "old fart" but I still love him and appreciate all his hard work!! He's such a good dad, even though Ellers hasn't caught on to how much fun he can be!!! :) We hope you have a fun day!

So today in SLC the heavens must have known it was Ryan's birthday cause they are having the first annual Rock 'N' Ribs BBQ competition!! Ryan said, "There must be a God in Heaven!!"So we are going up to that in a few hours and will definitely be posting pictures of Ryans best birthday present ever!

NOTE: Yeah BBQ "Competition" SUCKED!!! Utah has a long way to go before they can even come close to the ones you see on Food Network!! Like everyone says we're food snobs, but it was really a sad attempt at a cool BBQ shin-dig in Utah!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYNO DEAR...!!!

Somone is the big 30 and it's not me!!! thank goodness!

Happy Birthday to Ryan, he's 30 today and I can't believe 8 years ago we celebrated his birthday together for the first time!! Wow how time flys! He's my "old fart" but I still love him and appreciate all his hard work!! He's such a good dad, even though Ellers hasn't caught on to how much fun he can be!!! :) We hope you have a fun day!

So today in SLC the heavens must have known it was Ryan's birthday cause they are having the first annual Rock 'N' Ribs BBQ competition!! Ryan said, "There must be a God in Heaven!!"So we are going up to that in a few hours and will definitely be posting pictures of Ryans best birthday present ever!

NOTE: Yeah BBQ "Competition" SUCKED!!! Utah has a long way to go before they can even come close to the ones you see on Food Network!! Like everyone says we're food snobs, but it was really a sad attempt at a cool BBQ shin-dig in Utah!

"My Daddy & Me!", etc.

Ellie is kind of a Momma's girl, well actually she's really a momma's girl and is hardly ever with Ryan. But Ryan really is a big help with her and is always willing to feed her for me if I need him to. Here they are doing some "bonding"!

(Ellers with her cool pillow!)

REESE STARTED SCHOOL!!!!

I was very nervous for his first day, but of course he wasn't! He was very excited to go back to school and has been waiting for this day all summer long. On the last day of Kindergarten he thought the next day he was starting 1st grade, poor kid!! :) He ate lunch in the cafeteria and actually ate his food, whoooo!!! When I picked him up at 1:15 he was out at the curb waiting and was as happy as can be!! We're so proud of him, he's such a great little man!

"My Daddy & Me!", etc.

Ellie is kind of a Momma's girl, well actually she's really a momma's girl and is hardly ever with Ryan. But Ryan really is a big help with her and is always willing to feed her for me if I need him to. Here they are doing some "bonding"!

(Ellers with her cool pillow!)

REESE STARTED SCHOOL!!!!

I was very nervous for his first day, but of course he wasn't! He was very excited to go back to school and has been waiting for this day all summer long. On the last day of Kindergarten he thought the next day he was starting 1st grade, poor kid!! :) He ate lunch in the cafeteria and actually ate his food, whoooo!!! When I picked him up at 1:15 he was out at the curb waiting and was as happy as can be!! We're so proud of him, he's such a great little man!

"Were we good Mommy!"

On Monday for Family Home Evening Ryan suggested we take the kids to a new put-put golf place by our house called Liberty Land. Actually it isn't just mini golf it has "cool" rides for kids to go on. So Ryan told the kids they had to be good all day long on Monday, not fight and be extra helpful and nice otherwise their trip to Liberty Land would not happen! So ALL day long they would come up to me and ask if they were being good, good enough to go to Liberty Land. It got a little annoying when they would ask every hour but they were actually really well behaved on Monday!! Note I said Monday, JUST on Monday!!! Anyway the kids had a blast I wish we could afford to use Liberty Land as a way to keep them from fighting! Oh well!

"Were we good Mommy!"

On Monday for Family Home Evening Ryan suggested we take the kids to a new put-put golf place by our house called Liberty Land. Actually it isn't just mini golf it has "cool" rides for kids to go on. So Ryan told the kids they had to be good all day long on Monday, not fight and be extra helpful and nice otherwise their trip to Liberty Land would not happen! So ALL day long they would come up to me and ask if they were being good, good enough to go to Liberty Land. It got a little annoying when they would ask every hour but they were actually really well behaved on Monday!! Note I said Monday, JUST on Monday!!! Anyway the kids had a blast I wish we could afford to use Liberty Land as a way to keep them from fighting! Oh well!

Ellie's Blessing

Yeah she didn't really like the bonnet idea!

picture caption deleted One of her namesakes!! Auntie Lacey!

On Sunday August 3 we, or Ryan blessed Ellie. So the day started out in true "Latecomer" fashion, many of you already know how extremely late Ellie and I were to sacrament meeting! Like 10 or 15 minutes late!! I know I know, oh well the world didn't end! Other than Ryan completely freaking out about how late I was the blessing was really beautiful and she did well of course. Cute side note, when Ryan was walking past the pulpit to come sit down at the exact moment he was in clear view of the congregation Ellie put up her left had and did a full on wave to everyone. It was hilarious! Here are some pictures of her in her blessing dress. And because I was running so late I don't have any pictures of us with her but who wants to see us anyway!

Ellie's Blessing

Yeah she didn't really like the bonnet idea!

picture caption deleted One of her namesakes!! Auntie Lacey!

On Sunday August 3 we, or Ryan blessed Ellie. So the day started out in true "Latecomer" fashion, many of you already know how extremely late Ellie and I were to sacrament meeting! Like 10 or 15 minutes late!! I know I know, oh well the world didn't end! Other than Ryan completely freaking out about how late I was the blessing was really beautiful and she did well of course. Cute side note, when Ryan was walking past the pulpit to come sit down at the exact moment he was in clear view of the congregation Ellie put up her left had and did a full on wave to everyone. It was hilarious! Here are some pictures of her in her blessing dress. And because I was running so late I don't have any pictures of us with her but who wants to see us anyway!

Nothing too exciting!

So not too much has been going on! I wanted to do a quick blog about the kids and their new sister Ellie. They have been excited to have a new sibling since the moment we told them we were pregnant. When the time got closer to Ellie being born we were a little worried about our princess Lauren. If any of you have been around Lo she is quite the drama queen or silent drama queen. It's hard to explain but we were worried about how she would react to having Ellie around and her stealing her glory. But needless to say Lo has done really well, they both have. Better than we thought. Reese is a really big helper and runs upstairs or wherever to get things for me. Lauren got to hold Ellie's bottle yesterday and you would have thought I gave the girl a million bucks, she was so elated! Reese is now allowed to pick up Ellie and does such a good job, he's so gentle and loving to his baby sister it makes my heart melt. Anyway here are some pictures of the kids with tiny Ellers. Oh and Ellers is a cute nickname Lo gave Ellie the first few days she was home. Loli was saying good morning to Ellie one morning and said, "Good morning Ellers the Bellers!" hilarious, she makes us laugh!

THANK YOU CHERRY!!
This is a sweet pillow I got from a good friend Cherry Rush. I have gotten a lot of really great gifts from friends and family and I have loved everyone of them. But this gift for some reason just really made me tear up, maybe because I'm a hormone mess right now, who knows! It's the sweetest and one of the most thoughtful gifts someone has given me and I appreciated it so much! Thanks again Cherry you're awesome!

Nothing too exciting!

So not too much has been going on! I wanted to do a quick blog about the kids and their new sister Ellie. They have been excited to have a new sibling since the moment we told them we were pregnant. When the time got closer to Ellie being born we were a little worried about our princess Lauren. If any of you have been around Lo she is quite the drama queen or silent drama queen. It's hard to explain but we were worried about how she would react to having Ellie around and her stealing her glory. But needless to say Lo has done really well, they both have. Better than we thought. Reese is a really big helper and runs upstairs or wherever to get things for me. Lauren got to hold Ellie's bottle yesterday and you would have thought I gave the girl a million bucks, she was so elated! Reese is now allowed to pick up Ellie and does such a good job, he's so gentle and loving to his baby sister it makes my heart melt. Anyway here are some pictures of the kids with tiny Ellers. Oh and Ellers is a cute nickname Lo gave Ellie the first few days she was home. Loli was saying good morning to Ellie one morning and said, "Good morning Ellers the Bellers!" hilarious, she makes us laugh!

THANK YOU CHERRY!!
This is a sweet pillow I got from a good friend Cherry Rush. I have gotten a lot of really great gifts from friends and family and I have loved everyone of them. But this gift for some reason just really made me tear up, maybe because I'm a hormone mess right now, who knows! It's the sweetest and one of the most thoughtful gifts someone has given me and I appreciated it so much! Thanks again Cherry you're awesome!