Okay I guess I will post. sorry it has been so long. Here are some pictures of Taylor He looks so good. he he he. He comes home September 9th!!

K this is our house and I need to get a better picture, but I wanted to show how far along it has come. Its really exciting. I have to put in 30 hours a week because Taylor is gone and I have to pick up his slack. ha ha ha. I told him that when we sale the house I get all the sweat equity since im the one building. I think he has it a lot harder than I do though.

Good Bye Papi

Taylor's Good Bye Lunch
We stopped at the temple on the way to the Air port


we stopped at my Parents house to say bye to them

Taylor is at Fort Benning, Georgia now. He says its tuff but its a good experience. Im so proud of him for wanting to serve the country especially at a time like this. Thanks Taylor.

Deacon Sit-ups

K. so this was the cutest thing. Taylor and I have been doing sit-ups in the "Man cave" and one day Deacon came over and started doing them, it was very funny. I didnt get the best pictures of it, but you can kind of see him doing them.

I had asked Taylor to change Deacon out of his PJ's and this is what happened.

He looks like a Tellie Tubbie

If you are wondering what this is your like me. but, then I found out all the teenage boys here think that our front yard hill is a bike ramp. I dont mind though because, sometimes you need to let kids be kids.

Here is the bike ramp from top view. I was going to get pictures with the kids doing tricks but I didnt want to scare them by having them think I was a creepy nieghbor who likes to take pictures.

So this is all Deacon did while I packed all day long. He was such a big help. and he loves the blanket Keri.

I told Becky that I would put these up for her. I cant believe how little Deacon was when I started watching Talon. We had a lot of fun and we miss you Talon.

okay so it has been awhile. sorry.

This is Deacon trying to get some cookies from the cookie jar. nice try buddy.

These are just some pictures of our lot and the view for our new home. We should beable to start building, hopefully, in Feb.

Stratego!

I had the best find ever. We went shopping at Target for Deacon's christmas presents and we walked by the games and found a must have. We found Stratego! All I need now is Hotels and I will be a happy boy.

Deacons Party Pictures

Nice.

Singing happy birthday

Love the smile.

Thank you all for coming it was a fun day.

IT'S DEACON'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Im just reminding everyone that Deacon is going to have a birthday party at grandma Paula's house on Saturday Nov. 1st at Noon. we will have cupcakes, icecream and a pinata. please come and have fun.

Well I was tagged by two people, Kendra and Nicki, so here we go.

8 shows I love to watch.

• What Not to Wear
• Jon and Kate
• Bringing Home Baby
• Ceasar Millan (the dog whisperer)
• any animal show on National Geographic
• Little People Big World
• the Classic Movie channel
• any movie from Jane Austen

8 favorite restaurants.

• Texas Road House
• Outback
• Albertos
• Panda Express
• Cafe Rio
• Applebees
• Chilis
• My Mom's

8 things that happened yesterday

• I got up and gave Deacon a bottle
• I got up again for good and dressed Deacon and myself
• I ate breakfast and gave Deacon another bottle
• I sat on the couch and looked out the window for like 15 minutes
• I watched a movie and then gave Deacon another bottle
• I did the dishes and cleaned up the house a little then sat on the couch and looked out the window for another 15-20 minutes.
• I went for a walk with Deacon, but gave him another bottle before we left.
• I made dinner and waited for Taylor to come home from work so that I could finally talk to someone. and then I went to bed so that I could repeat the same thing over again. I think I need to find a hobby or something.

8 things I look forward to

• getting into our home
• getting out of debt
• having more kids
• paying off the car
• church
• going on a walk
• my family visiting or visiting my family
• Taylor coming home from work

8 things I love about fall

• the leaves changing
• holidays
• the feeling of the Christmas season coming
• cool weather
• treats
• Halloween movies
• the snow on the red rocks
• winter clothes

8 things on my wish list

• That I can teach my children to be strong in the gospel and make good choices
• that I can be more patient and understanding
• to be more outgoing
• to go to Hawaii some day
• to serve a mission with Taylor
• to be out of debt
• to have a year supply of food( well all I really need to do is just go over to Keri's. If there is a disaster she has plenty of food. okay well, maybe your my insperation to get my food supply.)
• to laugh more and enjoy life more.

Thanks.

I forgot about this picture. my aunt and uncle took Deacon and I boating. the life jacket was so big that he couldnt turn his head.

Deacon's blessing day. If your wondering why I dont post more pictures of Taylor, its because he doesnt let me take any. so this will have to do until we get one of him in his national gaurd stuff. He looks really good in it!

I was just checking on Deacon one morning and he looked so comfortable in this position that I started using this technique for sleeping.

this is my new hair cut. Im just starting to get used it. I was supposed to be growing it out but I just needed something different. So much for Taylors wish of having a girl with long hair.

About Ellie

Okay so I always look drunk or stoned in my pictures. Anyway I thought I would write something about me so that people can get to know me. well, I love horses and I rode them for 11 yrs. It was a lot of fun. I miss it. I have always been a big animal lover and wanted to be a veterinarian.
I palyed soccer for 4 yrs. in highschool and that was the only time I had toned legs. I am really hoping they make a girls city league (i dont know how to spell that). Just like Kendra I hate it when my food touches other food on my plate and when things dont get done when I ask them to be done.
I love to Hike, run, read, Paint, and draw. I think im going to sign up for painting classes here in st. george! Im sure some of you didnt know those things about me so there you go now you do.

I really liked this picture of Grandma and Deacon. this was taken around christmas last year.

This is Deacon in his sunday best and showing you his classic point the finger at everything. all I did for the tie is cut the skiny end of one of taylors ties. just so you know, I got Taylor that tie and he didnt like it, just like the last time I got him a tie.

NG? Does it stand for No Go or something else?

Well today I signed the final paper that officially makes me part of the National Guard. It has been a decision that I have been thinking about for a while. It definitely was hard to decide but I think the benefits far outweigh the cons. So as an update, I will be leaving May 12th to do my basic training at Fort Benning Georgia and I will end up at Fort Sills to do my job training. I won't be back until September 27th. I will be training as Fire Support Specialist and my job will be to scope out the targets for the field artillery. Eventually when I graduate with my bachelors I will become an Army Nurse. Pretty sweet huh. I am actually excited. Anyways enough about that. We also found out on Friday that we got that house that we applied for. We picked out the style and lot on Monday. We are way excited about that. There's the quick update on the fam. I still can't believe that I am the one writing this. I guess anything is possible. Peace!