A Trip to Cabela's & More

The middle of last week Ellie and I traveled up to Utah County for my nieces hair show. My parents, Kellie, Ryker, and my sister Kim flew into town for the event. It was also Ryker's birthday so we were planning on visiting the Hoogle Zoo, but due to the snow storm that rolled in we were unable to go and decided to visit Cabela's instead. My Dad needed some things and Ellie and Ryker were in heaven there. First we visited the fishes and then all the animals around the store, we even got to feed the fish. The kids even got spoiled my their Grandpa with their own Cabela's camping chairs for the cabin and fishing tackle boxes. Ellie's is already full of lots of little toys and blocks. It was almost as good as the Zoo and a lot warmer!!The rest of the week was spent eating at all our fave spots, a playdate with Carrie & Tricia, a drive past the Draper temple, The Sandy Living Aquarium, the first part of the fashion show (Ellie and Ryker didn't appreciate it so we had to leave early), a visit to Grandma and Grampa Flygare's, Ryker's & Hailey's birthday celebrations, and lots of playing!! We had so much fun and can't wait to go on another trip with the family:)While we were gone Holly & Hailey came down for the Julianne Hough concert. They took Brady along with them and they even got to meet her and take pictures. They all agreed she was wonderful and gorgeous.

Weekend Project

So Saturday afternoon Brady got this great idea to restain our front door. It hasn't really looked that great and has had a problem with the old stain flaking off. I figured we might as well try and see what happens, if it didn't work at least I could justify getting a brand new door. So Brady set off for Lowes to buy the supplies and got started staining at about 3 o'clock. After 3 coats it was the right color and looked pretty good. We had the door open so that it could dry, well 8 o'clock that night the door is still pretty wet, so we set up a portable heater by the door so that it would dry a little faster. At 10 o'clock the door was still super wet so we shut the door as much as we could and Brady decided to sleep on the couch, just in case we had visitors in the middle of the night.Sunday morning I figured it would be dry and we could head to church, well, wrong again. I went to YW by myself while Ellie had a nap and Brady hung out. It finally dried about 6 that night and we could finally shut the door and put the hardware back on . However, despite the inconvenience, the door looks fantastic and I wish we had done it years ago!!!

Growing a Garden

This year we decided to try again and plant a garden. We haven't had to much luck in the past due to a chipmunk problem and not really knowing what the heck we were doing. After getting a little advice from my Dad we went for our 3rd attempt.Monday night for FHE we went out and planted our seeds. We have watermelons, peas, cucumbers, and carrots. Ellie was a great help running around the edge and trying to steal the seeds. She even wore her straw hat like her Grandpa would have. (thanks Toni, she now loves wearing it) Hopefully in 2 weeks we should have some growth and in 60-75 days I will have some fresh veggies to show off!! After we finished planting Ellie and Brady watered the garden and then Ellie had a blast running around while Brady chased her with the hose! She is such a water gal!

Jo & Lo - The New Additions to our Family

Last Tuesday night I went scrapbooking with my friend Brook. While I was gone Brady decided to take Ellie out on a date. Well, I thought that meant the park or maybe McDonalds. NOPE, I was totally wrong and when I got home I had a BIG surprise waiting. 2 little parakeets in a huge cage. We had been discussing getting Ellie some sort of pet and birds were an option along with a bunny. So I was pretty shocked, but happy about the situation. We decided to name them Jo & Lo so that Ellie would be able to say their names.
Since then the birds have gotten a little more noisy, but Ellie just loves them. She says bye to them when we leave the house and good morning to them everyday. They are near the table and she talks to them as she eats. If you notice the locks in the picture, we had to put them on because she easily learned how to open the doors and we didn't want any birds escaping! However, I think she still scares them a bit. We love our new additions and hopefully now we can put off getting a dog for at least a year:)

Spring is in the AIR!

Yesterday morning Ellie and I headed to the water park in downtown St. George. If you haven't been there yet, I highly recommend it. Ellie climbed right into the water, despite it being freezing cold and started wondering around. Ellie's friend Halle and Lauryn joined us a few minutes later and they had so much fun exploring. We also enjoyed one of Ellie's favorite snacks POPCORN!Ellie's highlights were climbing up and down the stairs in the river and running around like a crazy person through the fountain that squirts out of the ground. We can't wait to take our Dad there this weekend for some more wet fun.
Here she is with her other favorite PEANUTS and wearing Mom's shoes.

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 4th wedding anniversary! While we were in NY we decided to celebrate a little early and go see Phantom of the Opera for our gift to each other. We had so much fun and I loved the play.Although tonight I am excited to go out to dinner without Ellie, thanks Brook again for watching her! Love ya Brady!!!

NuRSerY BLuEs & BYU

I don't know what happened to my sweet little nursery lover, but she disappeared at church yesterday! Ellie just started sobbing the minute we went through the doors and after multiple attempts to leave her, I ended up walking the halls. Well after snack we went back in for music. She sat on my lap and sang then got up to sit next to me, but wouldn't let go of my hands. Once the toys came out she went over to play and I quickly escaped. THe rest of the time she did okay, until people started leaving, but that always happens.

Then after church I was heading down the hall to pick up Ellie, when I see Brady talking with someone. The guy looks kinda familiar, but I really don't have a clue. Well, I stop to say HI and Brady introduces me to JOHN BECK, former BYU quarterback. I guess he has family around our neighborhood and he was just hanging out in the hall with his little boy who is the same age as Ellie. Well, when Ellie met her future husband a minute later she didnt give a very good first impression, hopefully when they met again in 25 years things will go better:) Brady was bummed we were at church and couldn't take a picture, so I had to pull one off the internet and also a cute one of our little fan:)
Anyway it sure made Brady's day, well maybe YEAR!