Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Sleep Over at Pampa's

All the six older grandchildren stayed at our house for a sleep over. We played and had fun and then settled down to watch the movie "Meet the Robinson's". The kids loved it. Maesi was the only one to fall asleep before it was over. Tryston snuggled so close to Kell that he snuggled her out of her spot. Kell woke up crying cause she couldn't figure out where to sleep. Tryston was oblivous as he now was snuggled up next to Maesi. What a joy they are and how we will miss them all.

Neighborhood "M.O.B." Harley Ride to Tombstone Az

One of the guys that we went with, Kent Black, his great grandfather helped build this bridge across the grand canyon near Lee's Ferry. He was called by the LDS church to run the ferry for 20 years.
We traveled all the way down to the south east corner to a border town called Douglas. It is where the first International Airport was in the US We stayed in a hundred year old motel that Poncho Villa rode his horse up the marble stair case.
Our "Mormons on Bikes" group went for one last ride with us before our mission. We traveled across the state of Arizona. Area in which we have never been. Much of Arizona is desert, but there are some beautiful mountains, especially in the eastern side of the state. We stopped at the petrified forest, stayed at the hotel in Douglas where Poncho Via rode his horse up the marble stair case. We went to Tombstone and walked the streets there and saw then"OK" corral. Some of the group went down into Mexico. We didn't have the extra day they did so we traveled up to the mountain town of Payson. Beautiful place. We passed thru some cotton fields that were in full bloom, never seen that before. It took 2 hours to go 40 miles on some hairpin switch backs in the eastern mountains. Talk about TB. It was great fun and we will miss the rikes. Maybe some of our friends will come see us in New York and we can rent Harleys and go see the country side with them. Oh yea!

Dinner and Fun at Gr. Grandma Ellett's home

Last Monday we had family home evening at Doug's parents. All his siblings and their families came and enjoyed a great Bar-b-Q. Everyone had a great time. ReVon shared a moment of his gratitude for his posterity. It was a wonderful evening.

Brax always is a barrel of fun for the little ones. He was the life of their party. He loves them and they love him.

Friday, October 19, 2007

Happy Birthday to Tryston & Congrats!!

Happy Birthday to Tryston, you are now 2 years old. He holds up index fingers on both hands to show you how old he is. So cute Make sure you turn your head just right so you can see the pictures up-right - oops! not sure what happened this time, I tuned them when I copied them.
Little Mataylee's first family outing, she is three weeks old.
McKell is showing off her new cheer clinic shirt. She performs at half time at next Dixie game.
Out of now where Tryston appears with this shirt on advertising his new family news. Congrats you three, or should I say four. They are due June 3rd.

Tryston is 2 years old. Cari and Dusty had a B-day party over at the park for Tryston. All the family was there. Pizza was enjoyed, then a ward showed up that had reserved the park so we went over to the house and finished up with cake and Ice cream in the court-yard and opening presents. The big hit of course was Trystons new battery operated 4-wheeler, and a little motorized "BIKE", motorcycle with a guy on it that goes by it's self. The kids had a ball and the adults visited and caught up with the latest events.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

All the girls, except little Taylee, went to see Cinderella at the Tuacahn outdoor amphi-Theatre. We had so much fun. Maesi was so excited to be there but was the only one who fell asleep towards the end. McKell got tired, but Allee was wide eyed and a busy bee. The wind picked up and it got really chilli. We cuddled, drank hot chocolate and enjoyed the show. Thanks for a fun night girls, I love you.

Computer dummy, that's ME!

Brandon, you're a life savor for us, Thanks bud, love ya!
Maesi stayed with daddy and helped keep grandma company while daddy worked on the computer.

Brandon spent half the day over to our house last saturday helping us get our new lap top ready with all our programs, so we will be prepared and ready when we head out on our mission. Thank heavens for kids with technology smarts. Brandon, you are the greatest, you'll never know how we appreciate your time and talents. What would we have done with out you. Love you bud.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Mission update - yahoo now we know!!!

We finally found out what kind of mission we will be serving in New York City. We will be living in and directing the Bishops store house in Bronx. The small house has been converted into the Bishop's storehouse. Main floor - store house and small kitchen in the back, upstairs - bedroom, bathroom, small office-sitting area. The couple we are replacing, the Shaffers from Bountiful, are currently home teaching 30 families. They have enjoyed great success. When they first got there, 70 people were coming to church, now there is an average of 150 people every week. Our address there is: Elder & Sister Ellett
2055 Ellis Avenue
Bronx, New York 10462
We have been told that we have about 50 baptisms every month, hence the need to home teach so many families, there are at least 6 different languages in our mission. More information about our fairwell will follow. Malea is helping with invitations. The date is November 11, 2007.