Showing posts with label Jacob. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacob. Show all posts

Saturday, June 21, 2014

dance recital 2014

This little darling had her third recital today and she was fabulous.  The theme was "Mary Poppins" and she danced to "Jolly Holiday" (which was super cute). She just eats this stuff up and we couldn't be more proud that she has found something she loves and works hard at it!  Daddy always brings her flowers after her performance, but this year she asked for something "potted, so it would last longer"!  Practical, talented, sweet & beautiful, she has a killer combination i'll tell ya!

great job baby girl!

Monday, March 3, 2014

birthday boy...

We celebrated this one turning 35 today.  Man I love this guy!  Happy Birthday baby!

Saturday, February 15, 2014

twelve.


                              We were together.  I forget the rest

                                                          -walt whitman

happy anniversary baby!

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Merry Christmas 2013


Wishing you all the best this Christmas season! love, the Ellis Family

Monday, December 2, 2013

tucking dad in...

Dad was taking a nap on the couch.  Gwen wanted him to be more comfortable.  She even gave him her favourite bear.  She is rarely ever 5 feet away from that bear.  It was a sacrifice, but she thought dad would love it...he did!

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Monster Trucks 2013...

another year under their belt.  the boys look forward to this day all summer.  junk food, car racing, car crashes, monster trucks, and staying out late.  what is not to love? man I love these boys!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Happy Birthday Brown Eyes

Birthday boy...man he is cute!
Uncle Jacob and "Dad" getting some birthday love


Lucy asserting her own voice among the crowd!
Fabulous cake from Auntie Emily



Dad opening the kids homemade gifts with a lot of little hands to help
An example of his haul...priceless really (this one is from Ava, she is a card making machine)!


Ending the night reading to the kids (our nightly routine). We are reading the "Little Britches" series and LOVE it!
We celebrated this guy today.  He turned 34.   He is kind of a big deal around here.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Happy Holidays


Wishing you and yours the best this holiday season... with love from the Ellis Family.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Jackson's BIG day

Our more than willing greeters!

Treats for those who came to help celebrate!

Gwen waiting for the program to start!




Grandma and Grandpa Ellis
Dad and Jackson right before the baptism!
Jackson made the decision to be baptized a long time ago and this morning we made it official!  Jackson is the newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  It was so nice to have  family and friend there to support him.  Everything went well and the spirit was felt.  It was a great morning, one we will never forget!

Jackson's birthday bash...

The spread...
These two just hanging out before lunch was served
Oliver and cousin Silas never too far apart when we get together




Grandma and Grandpa Holt, flew in for the special occasion!


momma and lucy
Cousins all watching some poor man walking along a trial just beyond our backyard...exciting stuff I'll tell ya!
mom and the birthday boy
Cake c/o Auntie Emily!


No birthday ever complete without a box of these...





Jackson getting his first set of scriptures c/o Grandma and Grandpa Holt!

After Jackson's baptism, all the family gathered at our house for lunch and his birthday celebration.  We had such a great afternoon spent eating good food and celebrating this special guy.  Jackson we couldn't be more proud of the person you are and are becoming.  Thank you for bringing so much happiness to our family and for being such a great example to all of us.  We love you buddy!

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Flawless...

Our view off the dock





Our bucket of creatures

Our main catcher



It is mornings like these that make me fall in love with this place all over again.  September is beautiful here!

Friday, September 7, 2012

33

Morning walk after a rainstorm.  A. MAZ. ING.

I seriously love it when they do this!


Stopping to watch the neighbors cows

Another one of our stops, the canal, which the kids decided looks just like chocolate milk river would from the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".

Gwen with "white bear" (a constant companion) wearing half jammies, half outfit for the day.  LOVE it!



The boys doing "doughnuts" in the mud


Mud bogging at it's best...bummer of a shoe choice though!

One satisfied participant

Lucy and the smaller kids hung out with me in the Yukon while we waited our turn to ride, listening to the local country radio station.  Awesome.


Blowing out my candles (shhh, don't count the candles, we just used what we had hanging around the house).  
I had a fantastic birthday, and getting to spend it in Arizona made it even better.  The day started off early with our morning walk, but this morning in particular was gorgeous because it had just rained the night before (and Arizona is breathtaking after it rains)!  While walking we realized that it would be a great morning for 4-wheeling because of the mud the rain would create so we headed home and drove to the dugg-outs! Later,  I went to brunch with my sister Becca and my mom and then relaxed until that night when Jacob took me to my favorite local Mexican restaurant.  The kids would have been sorely disappointed if we didn't have cake and ice cream, so we had it before Jacob took me out, so we got to have dessert first and believe me, I had plenty of room for mexican food afterwards! We ended the night with a drive around the town via the back roads while playing country music on the radio (of course) which included driving by the Gila Valley temple which ended my day quite nicely!