Utah

i headed to utah with my family and my girls (i LOVE saying that!) after thanksgiving, and for having so many women, babies, and suitcases, on one of the busiest days of the year for flying, it was pretty uneventful. thank goodness! it was hard being in cedar to visit, with everything being so different but i am so glad i was able to be up there for those 3 weeks! it was girl power at the ellsworth house, with porter being the only testosterone until dan drove up the next week.

we played games, watched movies, ate good food, and lots of junk. the future holds a lot of change for us so it was great to be able to talk and talk and talk - about memories, heartache, and anxiousness and anticipation for whats ahead. i wish i lived closer so we could do that more often.

this was kind of funny: i tried to help my mom pick out some cattle. yes, cattle - to breed, and eventually she will have a little herd. :) tried is the key word. and my mom wanted to choose based on their looks. she likes pretty cows. so we ended leaving it up to pres. whittier. he knows what he's doing. what were we thinking?

dan and i took the girls up to provo because dan had an interview a U of U. (plus we had to show them where they will go to college one day. go BYU!!) we were able to see college roommates and remember the good ol' days. very nostalgic. it was great. of course we stopped at brick oven as well. a trip to provo would not be complete without one. i think about what i am going to order, for days before we go. i am serious, it is embarrassing. i worked there for too long apparently. thanks go out to kate and jordan and milo and mandee for hosting us.



we got together with a few high school friends and their spouses in cedar city as well. very last minute, but so fun - sorry to those of you we didn't see. i found out mario cart is just as fun on the wii as it used to be on an N64. and dan got to hear about some of the crazy stories from our high school days. good times, good food, good friends. thanks dallin and mckell!

what else? trip to st george, the cabin, pioneer pizza (the cow patties and cow pies are amazing), storybook festival parade, 5 buck pizza burning to the ground, and crazy amounts of snow... it was so fun!! i was sad to leave, but ready to get home after three weeks of living in a suitcase with a toddler and an infant. thank you mom, hannah and kamber for letting us interrupt your busy lives for that long.

this ended up much longer than a summary but oh well, it's part of our family history.







*we went on a walk and the neighbor's cat followed us the whole way. we could be in Homeward Bound #6 or whatever number they are on these days.
*hannah was getting ready for a date and tried on a beanie and madison wanted to wear the beanie from that moment on - see the top picture
*putting poinsettas on the graves after digging to find the markers
*one of the few pics of all four of us
*madison and the babies(can't get it to flip around for some reason)