Thursday, February 18, 2016

December

December started off with a trip to Indianapolis to visit Anthony's parents.  They live in UT, but Ant's Dad works in Indiana.  So it was fun to see his stomping grounds.  One of the highlights was the Children's Museum, which is probably the biggest, coolest children's museum I've ever been to.  The kids were in heaven. 









Temple Date Night





 Indie 500 Museum and Speedway



Back home in Michigan


Family Home Nativity
The boys insisted on Esther being Mary


 Party with the Williams and Sonntags



Graham Cracker Houses with Savurs, Binghams, and Evelands






 Right around the beginning of Christmas break is when a two month wave (at least that's what it is by the time I'm writing it) of sickness began.  This adventure has included colds, flues, pinkeye, 4 weeks of laryngitis, and three waves of stomach flues.  We did have moments where we were all relatively healthy.  But most of the time, at least some of us felt like this.


Christmas!

Anthony's code name for sleeping under the tree.

This was one of my favorite presents.  Ira made me a coupon for Salvation Army, funded by Anthony. Ha!  My son knows me too well.  

And Eliot gave me an envelope filled with coins he stole from our junk drawer 
with a twisted paper clip. Three year olds are awesome.

 Scrapple!

 The boys testing out one of their new presents.

 New Years Eve
For 2016, we decided to celebrate with Greece's time zone.







Collaborative tape murals 


 In other news... 

Esther started solids,

and Ira got glasses.  This is exactly how thrilled he was about it.  But at least now he can read without squinting.
Life is good!

Sunday, January 17, 2016

November


November
in 
Michigan




Ira trying to eat his Halloween candy in secret.

Had to pull these suckers out before Winter got too serious.

I'm posting this for you True Stories fans out there.  
This reminded me of the "I am the King of the World" scene.

Anthony's Birthday request: Mississippi Mud Pie


Cheese Bomb

Baby Fat



Eliot's preschool class

Thanksgiving party at the school


Thanksgiving Roadtrip
Georgia or Bust!  We experimented with driving through the night.  It took about 14 hours, and the boys were troopers.  After 3 stops in the first 3 hours, Esther did great as well.

Entering the South with a cultural experience.



Made it to Peach Tree City, where we stayed with the Romeros 
and were also able to visited with the Applebees and my parents.

Hot tub time!

Found the nieces getting to know their new cousin. 
Eden, Lauren, Celeste, Zion, and Esther



Thanksgiving!

Nephew game time

Eliot kept calling Isaac "Dad."

Esther with Grandma and Grandpa Ellsworth

S'mores

Enoch and Eliot

Esther and Eden: the eldest and youngest Ellsworth granddaughters. 

Sisters


Hiking High Falls State Park





Isaac, Enoch, Lauren, Jonah, Zion, Ira and Eliot

The trip made for happy memories, worth every minute of the drive.

Before we headed back to Michigan, we were able to visit with the Hostetlers.  If I have the timeline right in my head, we've been able to see them in 3 states in the past 4 months!

My gentlemen back home again.