60 is the new 40!

My darling mom turned sixty in April so we decided we better have a PARTY!! My dad reserved the banquet room downstairs at the Market Street Grill and we had all of our family and close friends come celebrate. We had the cutest little rakes that Andrea and Rachael had gotten at each seat as a party favor since my mom loves to garden and Andrea of course did cute flower centerpieces for each table. We had a fun program where Rachael, Tyson, and my mom's best friend Sandra talked about funny moments with my mom, and then we all took a survey on how well we knew her. It was so much fun to get together and celebrate such an awesome lady! We love you mom!

Two New Additions: Mark Ellis and Claire

In January I got a new neice and a new nephew! They were born almost exactly twelve hours apart. Rachael finally got a boy and Andrea finally got a girl! They have been so much fun to have around. Claire is very calm and so so cute with bright blue eyes and tons of dark hair. Mark is much more intense and keeps his mom up all night but thank goodness his little face can melt your heart so you can't get too mad! In April both of them were given their blessings and I have the funniest story I just have to tell about Claire's blessing..... So the whole family is there and it is time for everyone to go up for the blessing and Ty stands up and starts making his way across the row of people. All of a sudden my mom grabs his arm and pulls him down. Well unbenounced to me their Stake President had just sent out an email asking for just the fathers and the grandfathers to be in the circle. I have never seen Ty's face that red in my life! He was so mad at me but I had no idea! I was laughing so hard I couldn't even pay attention to the blessing!

This is the only picture I have of Mark on his blessing day!

The Rest Of April.....

5 guys and a girl
So Ty's friend Firmage got married in LA and made Ty one of his groomsmen so we figured we'd better go :) even though we had planned on going to New York that week. Well Ty's four other friends came; Ryan Jensen, Josh Ison, Cam Castleton, and Quinn Kimball and of course Quinn and Cam's wives at the last minute weren't able to come. That left me with the five boys. But wait it gets better........ Ty and I thought sure why not let's share a hotel room with Jensen to save money. It won't be that bad. It's only fours nights and we won't be in our room that much. Well then when we met Cam at the airport and his wife wasn't able to come we thought sure just bunk up with us on one of the hotel room's rollaway beds. We already have Jensen in our room and boys don't take too long to get ready so it won't be a big deal. Well then lovely Josh and Quinn come rolling into town in Josh's beater civic and you guessed it! They didn't want to spend the money for a hotel room so they slept on the floor of our room. WOW! New York was really looking good at this moment! HA HA! But I made the best of it and we had a good time. Here are a few pictures of our weekend.
We spent the whole first day doing all the touristy stuff..........

This elvis guy was so nasty!
Ty and I on Rodeo drive!Dinner with the groom before the big day!
L.A. Temple....... so pretty! It is crazy how it is planted right in the middle of the city on a really busy street!The lovely groomsmen. They had to wear no tie and flip flops with their suits which really threw Ty for a loop since he hates wearing flip flops let alone with a suit!The last night we drove down to Anaheim and saw an Angels game. It was so fun! We had awesome seats and the Angels played great!

I know I am finishing this post without one picture of the bride and groom but during the reception the whole time I was worrying about videoing everything since Ty was in charge of the video otherwise I would like to think I would have done better at taking pictures. But congratulations to the new Firmages! We wish you the best! (I also apologize for the amount of pictures. I don't know how to do slide shows yet. I am just happy to get a post on here!)

Where did April go?

Well I doubt anyone even checks our blog anymore cause we never update it but we have been crazy busy! I have so much to talk about but I am really tired so I am going to start at the beginning and see how far I get tonight:

Ty and I decided we needed to get away at the beginning of April so when our niece Hadley had a dance competition in St. George we jumped all over it. The two of us left on Wednesday night which was really fun cause we got to drive down there just the two of us and stay at Megan's mom's house for the night. It was so fun to just drive and chat like we used to do on our drives to Idaho Falls that I miss so much. Our lives are so crazy now with conflicting schedules and tight knit families that we don't get the opportunity to hang out with each other just the two of us as much as we'd like so it was fun catching up. Then Ty's family came and spent the rest of the weekend with us. We had so much fun swimming, playing tennis, watching Hadley dance, and most of all just relaxing.

The whole Perry clan at the Pizza Factory!
Ty's cousin Al's cute wife Jane and her adorable baby were in St. George nannying her cousins and met up with us for the dance competition. Is he not the cutest baby you've ever seen?

Ty's nieces Hadley and Maggie enjoying the sun. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of Had in her dance costume.... but she sure looked cute!