ELIJAHS BLESSING and ADDISONS 2nd BIRTHDAY PARTY

This year we decided to combine Elijahs blessing with Addison's second birthday, since we were going to have all of our family in town. The weather was snowy on Saturday, and I was worried about how Sunday would turn out, but we lucked out and had tempatures close to 60.

Elijahs blessing went wonderfully...Adam did such a great job, and Addison (armed with marshmellows) was even quiet through the blessing.

After sacrament, we all headed back to the house (about 50 people..which is ALOT in our little home) and had pizza and salad for lunch. It was great that we were able to send the kids outside to play....it freed up the chairs for us adults! After lunch the Addison opened his presents! He was so excited over everything he got! It was so great to see everyone. We truly are blessed with great family and friends, who care enough to travel to come and see us.

Thanks to everyone for making it a great weekend.

ELIJAH BYRAN LONGMORE

Elijah Byran Longmore was born Monday January 24, 2011 at 4:35 PM. He was 20 inches tall, and weighed 7.1 lbs.

We were happy to FINALLY bring him into the world after what seemed to be a VERY long nine months, of throwing up every day and lots of aches and pains.

The Labor and delivery was pretty intense. We had 15 hours of labor, and more then half of that was without progression. Like in Addison's case, the cord was wrapped around Elijah...so it took a little longer then usual to get him out..with the decision of a c-section looming overhead, Adam gave me a blessing, and about 5 minutes later, Elijah literally came flying out....the doctor was running through the door while Elijah was coming out. No one was quite ready for him to come, after waiting all day for him.

He is healthy and happy! We are so blessed to have him a part of our family.

CHRISTMAS 2010

We had a great Christmas at home. We spent the day opening presents, and making dinner and watching movies. The kids were spoiled and so were the parents.

Halloween 2010

This year included two days of playing....
Last night found us at Odessa's school dressing up and having fun at the carnival...and tongight will find us trick or treating with one of Odessa's friends then off to a volleyball game!

September update-

Its crazy to believe that September is over and that we are now in October! Time has really flown by.
We have had a busy month, with lots of school, volleyball and family.

We found out at the beginning of the month that we are going to have another boy...and I think we are planning on naming him Elijah Byran. He is growing just fine, and we are excited for January to come and he will finally be here!

We have had family come out almost every weekend this month...and they are still coming! We love having family in our home, and spending lots of time together...I can never get enough of our family.

We bought a new van last week too....I am now officially a van mom...I think that I will enjoy it despite my oppopsition to it at first.

Volleyball is going well for Adam. SUU is currently 8-8, which is great for them, and they are second in the Summit leauge confrence. We have had lots of fun going to the games and supporting the team.

Odessa is really enjoying school...its great to see her learn and have fun.....

Addison is doing great also...getting bigger every day~

Update

Odessa's first day of Kindergarter August 31, 2010

Keven and Sandy's wedding

It has been a few months since I have updated my blog.

We had a fairly busy summer. Adam worked most of the summer doing volleyball camps...the kids and I were able to go on a few with him. We visited family in Idaho Falls, and Salt Lake. We were able to see Keven and Sandy get married a "shot gun" wedding which was a bunch of fun.

Adam and I were also able to get away for our anniversary. We went to Bainbridge Island, WA....and enjoyed a great cottage, midnight kayaking and some amazing gardens.

Pregnancy is going well.....we find out on Tuesday what we are having! We are excited!

Odessa started school, and is loving kindergarten...her favorite part is riding the bus.

Addison is doing well, and is getting smarter and smarter every day. His vocabulary is pretty big, and he can say one of my favorite words...CHEESE!

Adam is busy with coaching the SUU volleyball team, with many days on the road! I wish we could go with him, because we miss him so much when he is gone! ...such is life though!

Goblin Valley

This weekend we went to Goblin Valley this last weekend, and enjoyed a short road trip.
Goblin Valley is in central Utah between Green River and Hanksville. Odessa loved running through the park and climbing on all the Goblins!!!