Utah in July

Makenna, Hollis and I went up to Utah over the 24th of July for a week and a half. Dustin was at Lake Powell with his family and I didn't want to even try to attempt that with the kids so Julie came and picked us up in Page.....thanks Julie! Probably one of my favorite things when I was up there was just having some adult conversation through the day and Julie would watch the kids for me everyday so I could take a nap.....loved it! Mom also got a little kiddie pool for the kids to play in and they really enjoyed that. While we were up there we got to see Ryan and Meagan and their kids. Makenna really loved getting to know her cousins better. We watched Julie and Meagan run in a race....props to them! We were also able to go to Spencer's birthday party and baptism. Crazy that he is already that old! I was also able to go see Ange Durbin and she so graciously cut and colored my hair for a spoken deal.....thanks Ange! We also went to the Berezay Ranch and saw Dacia (and the new babe, Brooklyn), Don, and Janice and had dinner with them. Makenna loved the chickens, ducks, dogs, slide, swing, trampolene, and kiddie pool they had out there. She just loved being outside since she never gets outside here. Janice went and showed all the kiddos the chic's that they had there and Makenna thought that was great also. And last but not least, we got to go to the Mecham's and catch up with all of them. It was so great to see Heather. Her little girl, Liv, is so cute and looks just like Heather. While we were there Makenna got to go out and see the little pony they had there. We just had so much fun.....thanks to everyone who made it fun for us!

HOLLIS IS FINALLY HERE!

Can't take the time to write about this blog because Hollis is crying and I need to go and take care of him.

Bowling Fun!

I was very lucky to have a very supportive family to be there for the birth of Hollis......well, atleast they thought they would be there. Janie was there for about 3 weeks waiting for Hollis, Julie was visiting me for the summer, Russ and Coe came down for the weekend, and my parents were there for a whole week, and no baby! I felt so bad that Hollis hadn't come when everyone was there. He decided to come 5 days late and came on the 23rd of June. Anyway, while everyone was here we were all able to go bowling together and had a very good time.

Makenna getting ready for a night out on the town!

We were at Josh and Becca's house and Makenna came running out into the living room with something on her face. No one knew what is was, but then Makenna took us to where she had all of her fun. She found Grandma Elliott's make-up and was attempting to put Mascara on. Atleast she knew where to put it.....I think she did pretty good!

Makenna & Her Boyfriend, Keegan

Well, what can I say......I think the pictures say it all. I think we can expect to hear wedding bells in the future!

Falling Asleep on the Toilet

Sorry, not sure how to turn video

I forgot I had this little video on my camera to share with everyone. Perhaps I didn't put it on because it shows just how bad of a mother I really am. This was when we were trying the potty training thing and Makenna was getting very sleepy sitting on the toilet so I hurried and grabbed the camera. I didn't expect her or I was thinking at the time that she may crack her head on the counter and fall off. Luckily, she didn't and woke herself up when she was falling. I will say it freaked me out when I was recording and there is no way that I could have caught her. I know, everyone is thinking........what a bad mom!

Makenna Turns 2!

Makenna had Keegan and Mason (she only has boy friends) over for her birthday. They played outside together in this kiddie pool......and no, it is not the one I am using for my delivery! It was about 95 degrees that day but then when they went out there to get in it, the wind started blowing a little so the kids weren't to sure about being in the water. I think they had fun for the most part though. Makenna's cake was a cowgirl theme so we made a little coral out of toy farm animals and then wrote everything with "Twizzlers." It was fun to watch Makenna have her own little day!