BYU vs. Arizona- Pioneer Bowl. Let me tell you it was freezing. We sat right by the drunken Arizona side which was pretty funny.
BYU took a beating and we left a little early when it was clear they were not going to catch up an win.... bummer.
Christmas Sunday: It was impossible to get a good picture of Ella in her new dress. Such a pill. Don't mind our half- dead tree in the back ground. It might have been almost dead but it still smelled wonderful. Next year we might venture out and cut our own down.
Christmas Eve: We had a blast at my Mom and
Trent's. We had a delicious dinner made by my Mom. It was everything you could ever want and more. It was so good. Then we played some games and opened presents. We were all spoiled this year. Ella got tuns of cute things. Thanks for everything Mom and Trent. You guys are the best:)
Licking the beaters. Yummy. She enjoyed them, can you tell:)
Grammy and Ella
Ella LOVED Santa this year. She couldn't get enough of him.
Christmas Day: We spent the night at Stewart's parents house on Christmas Eve. All of the married couples were there along with the little boys. It is so fun to all be under one roof, it seems to just make it seem that much more exciting. We woke up, opened presents ( we were spoiled once again) and then had a wonderful breakfast. Ella got a bike from Santa which she had been asking for for a while. After she saw it she wouldn't open any other presents. Then when I finally got her away from it she would just look at it with a big smile. Christmas Eve and day when Ella would open any present she would say, " Oh my goodness." It was really funny. We are still learning how to pedal and steer her bike, it is coming along though. We had a little football game at the park Christmas day, until it started
raining on us..... bummer. I will stop rambling now:)
Christmas was wonderful and we are so grateful for all of our family. We love all of you and are happy we could spend Christmas with you.
Kentucky: The Tuesday before New Years Eve we flew to see my Dad. I worried about the long flight with Ella but she did so great. I am always
surprised by how good she is. She loved the plane so it was a great flight. We haven't seen my Dad, Beth and the boys in a while so it was great to go spend some time with them. Ella loved the Ethan and Connor and was pretty entertained the whole time. I forgot my
camera so these were taken on my phone so they are not great quality. You should check out
Ethan's hair, it is crazy. So curly and red. If you brush it out he has one serious
fro. We went to the movies and an awesome aquarium, it was great fun. We had a blast and Ella got to spend time with everyone she hardly sees. I also found Ella has a love for cats. Which for anyone who knows me knows I was like, " oh crap," but Sparkle is a cute cat. I think Sparkle was happy to see us go, Ella would not leave her alone. It was a great trip and we all had a wonderful time.
Stewart was pretty tired from the whole trip and fell asleep on the way to the airport. And the second picture is Ella asleep on the airport floor. We had a heck of a time getting home. We were supposed to leave Saturday night but when we made it to the airport our flight was really delayed and then canceled. My Dad lives over an hour away so we stayed at the airport hotel that night and had to be at the airport Sunday morning at four AM. Getting Ella up so early was crazy. Our first flight to Atlanta was over an hour then we had a three hour lay over and Ella passed out she was so tired so we put her on the floor under the chairs. Probably not very clean but what are you going to do. We finally made it back to Vegas and were all worn out. With the time difference Ella got up at one am Vegas time, so that night she was sound asleep by 5:30 and didn't make a sound until 7:30 the next morning. Poor girl.
