Yikes!

Alright, so the Bed and Breakfast that we stayed in was BIZARRE! Our family stayed in the "Bridal Room" where as you can see, had a manikin right by the bed of.....well a scary corpse bride....can anyone sing, "Last dance with Mary Jane...." :) We seriously asked my parents to switch rooms with us, they thought we were joking. I am laughing out loud thinking about the conversation. Also, notice all of the little white dresses with he dead roses hanging down on them....weird.
However, Ella loved it! She cried in the morning when she woke up because we had put she and Paisley in the trundle bed on the other side of the room....unfortunately we didn't know that SHE was dying to sleep next to the bride! We have a sweet video of Ella making the bed that morning...precious. I will have to learn how to upload videos.
Thanks Mom and Dad for the fun detour on our way to Niagara Falls!

First Visitors! You all are invited anytime too!

We had our very first visitors come visit us here in New York! (Besides Uncle Chris and Paka and Mimi when we moved!) My parents,
my sister and her family came for a whole week and we had a blast! We
were basically on vacation for nearly a month and I just have to give my girls
some praise for how great they were with all of the changes in time, sleeping
and all of the driving...they made this month so enjoyable just by watching
them participate in all that was going on around us. They
adore ALL of their family members. So some of the great events that
took place while our family visited were....

Yankees Games- I was so glad Scott got to see Yankees Stadium, thanks!
Little Mermaid on Broadway- As we expected, Ella (and I) was struck the entire show, she was just in a trance, loved it! And as of tonight, 3 weeks later, Paisley is still singing Under the Sea. (I will have to ask Jason to send the pictures from both the Yankee game and the Musical.)

Here are a few pictures from a road trip we took to Niagara Falls, with a stop in Palmyra for the Hill Cumorah Pageant (amazing), an ice cream shop and local blueberries (Ella has a love for bugs, notice the worm on her blueberry), raspberries and cherries (yum) and Church History Sites (I can't believe we were there!) Oh...let's not forget the scary Bed and Breakfast we stayed in...there will be pictures of that place to come...

The 4th

I had no memory left on my SD card to take pictures on the 4th of July, so here's a mixture of past 4th Holiday pictures...look at Mona-Kay's blog to see the cuties in their matching outfits that Grandma Sue gave to them. We did miss Scott, he was back home, but had a great time relaxing while the girls played in the pool and spa and of course we all enjoyed the sparklers and poppers. Scott looked into the TOP 10 places to view fireworks in NYC and settled for the TOP 3rd place...HOME!

The Allreds were in town, so we had a fun cousin weekend including 4th of July at the Fabbi's, Wall-e, Macayos (we had to get our fix) and of course digging up yummy potatoes at Grandpa Don's and Grandma Barbara's, which my dad fixed up the next night for dinner!
Our families always make get-togethers so special and memorable, down to every last detail. Thank you!
MWA.

FYI: the last picture is of Ella 2 years ago, dancing to a very loud "You're a Grand Old Flag"

There's a new carousel in town...

Papa Kent took us to a NEW Carousel in Vegas at the District. I, I mean WE were so excited. It is beautiful, so magical at night! We had fun riding with Uncle Joe and Grandma Sue!

We headed back to Vegas on the 2nd of July, our girls really miss our car and their carseats so they did not mind the 6 hour drive! We spent a week there. We had a great time with Grandma Thelma at her new home where the girls ate the little ice cubes out of her little freezer, snacked on her crackers, rested on her bed and played silly games with her...she's still got it, at 88! We love her very much and miss our daily walks over to visit her.

We Heart Cousin Time!

After the Family Reunion at Zion, we headed north to the Cottage (Springville, UT) where the girls indulged in some much needed cousin time! We don't get to see each other often enough!

Here are some shots of a very successful game of duck-duck-goose (they played for probably half an hour!) Others include Big Red Barn pics, Lobster fun, (the worker at Red Lobster took a lobster out, put it to sleep by rubbing it's back, let the girls touch it and then woke it up again! I was amazed!) Paisley skating in her Etnies and Kalyn the arborist(sp?) giving the tree guys a worthwhile lesson on how to perform their own job better ;) You crack me up Kalyn.

Ella made friends with the boy that lives next door, Sam, where they walked around the yards as he informed her of different poisonous plants, animals, bugs and safety tips. She is a girly-girl and buggy-boy all in one. She was truly interested and involved. It was nice for me to know that she listens to someone about safety precautions, cause it ain't me most of the time!

Lovin' Summer!

We have been up to a whole lot of fun this past summer month! What's been best is we have been with Family non-stop! The Ream reunion at Zion's Ponderosa was first, from May 26-29. Here are a few pics from that weekend... The cabin we stayed in, cute cousins, Elena and I, Mimi (she planned it all!), Singing the Family History song, Ella wearing Scott's hat and playing her sippy cup guitar, The 3 bros...Sean, Bryan and Scott, Ella laying out, Scott feeding our nephew a cupcake....Scott and I LOVE being with our family! And if ya can't tell, Ella and Paisley are pretty fond of their cousins too. Thank you for such a great weekend! We know how much time and planning this took and it was a hit!

My goal is to try and post once a day until I catch up on this past month!