Friday, December 10, 2010

Christmas Card Photo's

It's always been a struggle to get a nice family picture for our Christmas card. I always try to do it myself, by setting the timer on the camera and the photos never turn out nice. This year I decided to make a deal with my sister, who is pretty handy with the camera, that if she takes ours, I'll take hers. So we found a spot and spent an hour taking pictures. She did a fantastic job as always. Braxton, Hailey and Logan
The Family.....

Me and my sweet pea!

She looks so innocent....

This is my favorite picture of Braxton, he's getting so old.

Logan's Blessing

Thanksgiving weekend, turned out to be a busy time....along with hosting family for the holiday, we also decided to bless Logan that Sunday. And to top that off, the bishopric had asked me to speak in church that Sunday. (yuck!) I hate to speak in church. It's always so stressful for me to prepare the talk and I'm just not a very good speaker period. The interesting thing is, prior to being asked, I'd been thinking about how blessed I am, and just feel very grateful for all the blessings I have, especially having this new little one in our home, and the topic of my talk was to be based on the message given by President Monson titled "Joy in the Journey". Finding joy in our lives and being grateful for what we have, here and now.
It was almost like the whole experience of trying to become pregnant coming full circle.
The blessing went very well and I got through my talk, very emotionally I have to say, but I got through it.

I do feel very grateful for all that I have....I come from a wonderful family, I married into a wonderful family and I have a wonderful family, and it doesn't get much better than that!
Logan Porter Ellsworth
He is now just about 2 months old and doing great. When we first brought him home we really struggled with the sleeping at night, as he was up just about every hour and a half to eat. I felt like a zombie all day and tried to sleep when I could, but when you lose sleep there is no catching up. After the 5th week, he started to do better and would sleep for 3 hours at a time, which was much better.
He now does almost 4 hours at a time and sometimes even 5. He still eats like crazy! and is huge! But he is sweet and we are all so happy he's here.


Thanksgiving 2010

We had a great thanksgiving this year. My parents and brother along with his wife and daughter came out to spend it with us (my sister and I). This is the first time my parents have come out for any holiday, so it was fun to have them. We had a great time eating, playing games and just spending time together. We had Thanksgiving dinner on Friday instead of Thursday, so we could have it with my brother and family. We had so much food, it was a day full of eating! I was even glad to see my parents try a piece of every pie....:) Watching the football game...
Braxton Playing Rock Band with Uncle Jarom and Aunt Liina

Of course the BYU vs Utah game, Mike was the only Ute fan and was pleased when they won.

It wouldn't be Thanksgiving weekend if we didn't do our Christmas graham cracker houses. Growing up we did these every year, and every year my mom would spend the night making the frosting for everyone. I have taken over that job, so I think my mom secretly found pleasure in watching me do it....:)

The kids making their houses. Braxton's, Kira's and Noah's all bit the dust at least one time before they finished.