To Grandmother's House We Go

We took advantage of Glen's weekend off to visit our Ramsey Grandparents.  It had been far too long since our last visit.  

 Grandma Wisa we so very excited to see Eloise, aka Baby Wisa.

 

 Eloise and Hunter always have fun playing together.  He is so sweet bringing her toys and as you see popsicles.

 Loving the golf cart.

We were so close to Bonifay we had to go see the Bowen's.

 Glen went to play basketball.

 It was sweet seeing her chase after him.  With her own ball no less.

Eloise, Kaylee and Liam had a goldfish party while we were there too.  It was a fun filled weekend!

Easter

Easter Sunday has always been a special day I look forward to.  When I was a little girl the Easter bunny would come in the night and hide all the eggs we left out in our baskets and leave us goodies.  We'd hunt the eggs and eat as much candy as we could before breakfast.  Then we'd get ready for church in our pretty new outfits.  My parents made this day so special.  Even though it was lots of fun they never let us forget the real reason for this day being so special.  Our Savior suffered, died and rose from the dead, all for us.  At church every song, ever talk and lesson helped me feel the love of my Savior.  I hope to give these same memories to my family.

 Eloise and Glen looked so nice!  Sadly this is the only picture I got of any of us dressed up.  I wanted to get picture after Eloise's nap but it just never happened.

 Before I could get her down for a nap she tore into her chocolate bunny!

 Two of her favorite things.  Chocolate and her belly button.

 She wouldn't nap in her crib for anything!  As you can see, I didn't mind too much she wanted to nap with me.

 Besides bring her candy the Easter Bunny brought her this bunny cup.  It's now her favorite and kinda made her lazy with her other cups.  She doesn't want to lift them up any more. 

 After she hunted her eggs she had fun making a mess of them.  Then she discovered they had candy in them!

It's kinda sad, she's so good at unwrapping chocolates.  She hands me the wrapping as she goes.  She's such a good girl!

We had a wonderful Easter with our sweet little family.  We are so grateful for the atonement of our Savior and this special day we got to celebrate it!

Visitors

We love having people come visit!  A few weeks ago we have two families come to town!  The Bowen's came first for a fun St. Patrick's Day weekend.

The water was too cold for Eloise but Kaylee had so much fun in the pool!

Eloise was loving her "Uncle" Bobby!

Kaylee is always so sweet to Eloise.  My crazy kid was afraid to walk on the wood planks, so Kaylee blew her bubbles at the door. 

The next week the Brock's came for part of their spring break.  I hate that I didn't take ANY pictures of them together while they were here!  I love seeing Eloise play with her cousins.

This was the only picture I got of them.  Eloise isn't looking and Anna isn't even in it!  They had fun playing at the pool, play ground, in Eloise's room and we went to the Infantry Museum.  Aunt Liz even watched Eloise so Glen and I could have a date night!  

We're having a BOY!

It seemed like it took so long to get pregnant this time.  We decided to try for baby #2 in May, it didn't happen until December.  It was a great Christmas present! 

Like Eloise, I only had a touch of morning sickness, nothing too bad.  I was so sure we were having another girl.  All I could think about were girl names.  I was so sure of a girl, I even talked to Eloise about her having a baby sister coming.  All the while Glen would get on to me because we didn't know if we were having a girl or boy. (He thought we were having a boy all along.)

 

When the technician went to see the gender - there was no doubt, this baby's a boy!  I about came off the table in shock.  I should have know I was wrong, I thought Eloise was a boy.  So much for my motherly instincts!  

We are so very excited for August to get here so we can meet our little Ezra!

Graceland

When my brother Paul heard we were going to Memphis he said we HAD to go to Graceland.  He's been there a few times and said it was well worth the trip.  We hadn't planned on going but he was so convincing we decided to go.  It was a long day but he was right - we had a great time.

The house was of course super 70's but awesome just the same.

 

 

 Fabric on the ceiling!  I felt a bit claustrophobic.

 There were signs saying stay off the lawn but Eloise had to get to that squirrel!

 Eloise got to pose with Elvis!

 

 She wanted to go for a swim too!

 

 Making a wish in the meditation garden.

 She loves "talking" to animals.  To her they all growl or bark.

 Bryn's "cool" pose.  He had some impressive cars!

 His famous pink Cadillac.

We got to tour his two planes too.

 

 

 At the end of the day everyone was a bit worn out! 

On the way up to Tennessee we mainly listened to Jerry Lee Lewis and the Village People.  On the way down it was Elvis, Elvis, Elvis.  Thanks Paul for getting us to go!

Tennessee Trip

A couple weeks ago Eloise and I got to hitch a ride with my parents to visit the Olsen family.  We weren't the only tag a longs, Bryn talked her way into the trip too!  Before we left Columbus, Bryn had to get in the pool.  She didn't bring a bathing suit so we just told her to jump in with her clothes on!

 She had a blast!

Eloise had to get in too!

Eloise was set to go on the way up.  She never really liked a sassy till recently.  She doesn't even suck on it just holds it in her mouth.  She kept stealing Davis' passes while we were there!

I was so excited to see sweet Davis. We last saw him at Christmas when he was one month old.  

 Like all babies he has changed so much!  He's such a big  boy!

While we were there Myriam took us to a few places around Memphis.  We went to see the old trains in Collierville.

 

 

 Here we all are on the caboose!

 Gary came and met us for lunch.  We ate at a sweet little restaurant that had miniature trains going along the ceiling.  The grilled ham and cheese was really good too!

We planned on going to the zoo later that day but the weather got so bad we decided to make Easter sugar cookies instead.

The girls had fun mixing the colors for the icing.

 Eloise enjoyed cutting out shapes.  Then she tasted the dough and that's all she wanted to do. 

Every time I looked at her she was stuffing more in her mouth!

 Even Davis got to make some cookies!

 

 Bryn was proud of her cookies!  She worked hard too, look at the flour on her face!

In the mornings the girls had fun playing with Davis and his toys.

I love Eloise's face in this picture.  It's blurry but you can almost see her moving her head from side to side.

We went to the Peabody Hotel to see the ducks retire for the night.  We got there just in time to see the elevator doors close behind them.  Oh well we rode the trolley instead.

 

 

We also had fun going to the park and just hanging out at the house.  We did tour Graceland too - I'll blog about that on it's own.  It was an amazing trip.  Myriam and Gary are the best for putting up with us for a week.  It was sad to leave.

We miss you!