4th of July

We went to provo for the 4th of julyHere are a few pictures we had a good time. Elisa and I went to the parade with aunt tami we did a little swimming and spent good quality time with lots of family!

Farwell to the Big Yellow Blob!

Brody and I have been living in the Big Yellow house now for a little over 4 months and we have decided that is long enough this week we close on are house! Don't get me wrong I am very grateful for a roof over are heads and place to live but it doesn't have the best of features the water stinks like a sulfer pot there is no air conditioning and to top it off no dishwasher. Now for a older home it is nice but it is akward as you can tell from the outside pictures not mention the drug dealers that live behind us. Thus the reason to baricade are doors at night! We were grateful for a good place to stay but are very happy to settle into something that we can call home!

SPLISH SPLASH

We went for a walk this morning with holly and the boys and Ethan always wants to come to our house to play so I told him that after his nap he could come and go swim! So this afternoon he left a message on my phone asking if they could come swim with Elisa! She loves the boys and would sit and watchand play with them all day if she could. Ethan and kamden are fun and she loves them! It is also nice to sit and visit with holly and have adult conversation!
The all seemto be having Fun! Elisa was stilling Kamdens popsicle I don't think he wanted to share it!

Retreat

This weekend had been a fun and relaxing one! On friday evening my friend Holly and I headed up to the stake relief society retreat. We had so much fun although I felt like I was at girls camp again I know we didn't go to sleep until about 4 or after in the morning. We had wonderful classes that we got to participate in we learned alot. I am was greatful that Brody would take Elisa for the night so I could go have a good time when I got home all I wanted to do was sleep but that didn't happen. Brody and Elisa were both still in one piece when I got home the house might have been a differnt story and I probably won't have the energy to clean until tomorrow. If you want to see lots of fun pictures I am sure my friend holly will be posting those on her blog!

Trouble

Elisa is starting to Crawl she hasn't got the whole thing down yet but lets just say she can get anywhere she needs to go and she can get there pretty quick while I am not looking. The other day she thought she would help me fold the laundry. Her favorite thing to do is get to her toy bin and pull everything out one by one and when there are no more toys to pull out she is mad!I got these sun glasses on sale for a dollor at the childrens place I think she looks pretty stylin.
Look at that chin.

Friendship Dinner

When Brody and I moved to Emmett We got called to be in charge of the friendship dinner. What is this you may ask? Well all the churches in Emmett take turns cooking for about 200 needy families. Yesterday was our first time to do it are ward in paired with the Presbitarian church (I don't know how to spell that). This was a very good experiance for me brody wasn't able to help because he is at work during the preperation and most of the serving. It was a good experiance to work with other religions and also to help people that really need it. I can't say I had the best attitude about cooking for 200 people in the begining but the ladys in are ward helped out. When people would come through the line they would tell us that it was the only meal that they would eat all week and there children would actually be full afterwards. It made me feel so blessed to have what I have life definatly isn't perfect but I have what I need and am well taken care of. I was a little bit sad to know that brody and i are moving to a different ward and I won't get the chance to do it again. Then again it a relief it was a very big undertaking and if it wasn't for a great friend taking Elisa all afternoon there is no way I would have been able to do it.

Happy Fathers day Brody

Brody is such a great dad to Elisa I could not ask for a better Husband and Father Elisa adores Him. I think if she could choose it would definatly be him. The other day he came home from work, we were sitting on the floor he walked in the door and she flipped to her tummy and started kicking so fast to get to him. I told brody i wish she got that excited when I came in the room. Brody is always willing to help change feed get up with her and most of all he is always willing to get down on the floor and play with her. Which includes wrapping her in a blanket like a burrito, teaching her how to crawl, playing with toys and much much more. (Today I caught him playing with her doll with her.)
I love brody he is always treats Elisa and I with love and respect he has such a big heart and would do anything for anybody. Brody loves to hug and I don't know what I would do with out my big morning hug before he is off to work. We are very thankful to have him!

we love you brody