Since I'm so new at blogging, and most of you out there haven't seen all these pics, I thought I'd do a quick "Year in Review" of 2008.
In the beginning of the year, We hit the beaches of Hawaii. Dylan learned to surf with Joey and Natalie. He also turned 11 (in fact he turns 12 just next week! Whoa! They grow up too fast!!!)
Spring arrived and We got to have our First Big Family Holiday celebration at MY HOUSE! It was Easter, of coarse! But it really was fun to have everyone here at my place AND have the room to entertain them all! The kids, in order from top to bottom (Natalie, Dylan,
Mallori, Allyson, Amanda, Trent and Camille) All Mine and Michelle's put together!
As all sports fans know, with Spring Comes BASEBALL Season!
Woohoo! Trent got his "Baseball" hat, some Glove (Joey's motorcycle glove) and a ball and declared the Season's Start!
Brain was an assistant coach for Dylan's team, the Cougars! Where did they ever get that color scheme from? Yeah, Brian had our head coach, one of our Great Friends, change the team colors from Green and Gray to Blue and White with a touch of Gold in it. Anything to be closer to his
alma mater
BYU!
LOL Our boys didn't do so well. They only won One game the whole season, but it was the Last game, so they went out with a BANG!
Brian turned 36 and all of sudden he needed more sleep!
Mallori started to "Fall Apart" and lost 4 teeth! She carries it off very well, doesn't she?
We then took the kids to the Sierra Pine Railroad and rode the old Steam
Locamotive. It was a Great Day! Trent especially loved the whole day. What little 2 year old boy do you know of who wouldn't like to spend a whole day on a train?
As we turned the corner into Summer, things got real busy.
Mallori had her Dance Recital.
She did a cute little
HipHop number, and it fit her so well!
Then She got to meet her Birth Mom Tammy, and her two half sisters for the first time! She also got to meet her uncle, and her birth Grandparents.
That was a wonderful day! Words can't describe it! How many kids are lucky enough to have two mothers who love them SO MUCH!?!
As if that weren't excitement enough for our Little Miss
Mallori Moo, she turned 7 too!
Dylan got to go Salmon Fishing in Alaska with his Uncle Joey, His Grandpa Boyd and His Great Grandpa Boyd, who BTW is 91 years old!
I guess Uncle Joey was
Takin' the pics!
LOL
As all good things come to an end, the summer Break was ending for my two oldest kids. School Started again! Dylan entered the 6th Grade and Mallori the 2nd. Trent, was in for another round of "Let's Play with Mom at Home" although he really thought he was going to ride that skateboard back to school with his brother!
Alas, knowing our family, we couldn't just END the fun- We HAD to take another little trip. We went to Modesto with My parents and Michelle's family to see the Hot Air Baloon Show and celebrate, my Mom, Grandma's Birthday! Now that was a FUN time for an end of summer party!
So summer was over, (at least in the days of the year, but not the temperature. I'm still thinking we skipped over autumn completely and went straight into winter!) But I Digress-- Cyndi turned 36 and we decided to take the kids out of school for a few days and go to Disneyland. We like it there at Halloween time. Trent (who's nickname is Goofy) got to take a stroll down the ToonTown Lane with Goofy himself! What a Treat! He really was cute! But he acted like this was just a normal thing to do. Why wouldn't Goofy know him and take a walk with him?
And of coarse, in this Halloween Season,
BatMan (our Trent Batman) Was Born!!! He wore his costume so much I had to make a new one. This is a pic of him in the new one.
So our little BatMan had a birthday as Autumn came to a close and he turned 3! What a cute kid! Of coarse, he had a Batman Cake (Chocolate) with Batman Plates, and Batman Presents! It's a good thing Batman is my favorite comic book Hero, or I could be getting a bit tired. LOL
Winter has arrived and I attempted to take some decent Christmas Card Pictures. We succeeded in getting at least one, (check out our Blog Title Bar) but I thought I'd add one more in just for fun!
Yeah, Mallori wasn't quite ready for that take, but look how cute Trent is with Bosco! We LOVE our Dog! (Had to let y'all know that!)
So the Christmas Decorations are all put away, the toys and presents have new homes in their prospective closets and All is WELL in the Ellsworth Home!
We are Blessed, We are Happy and We LOVE all of you! We hope your 2008 was as wonderful as ours and that your 2009 will be even better! Happy New Year!!!
