1st Dinner on Leave

My wife and I switched camera cards while I was home on leave so she couldn't post this picture of my first night home at Milts. It was so nice to be eating American food again especially with my ever so beautiful bride. Man I am lucky!!!!!!

Finally, some nice weather

I had to take advantage of the nice weather today, who knows when the next time we get some sun will be. Tay wasn't sure what to think of the swing or grass.

Mya was just playing in the yard and I was swinging with Tay when I heard this scream for me to go help her, when I got to her, Mya's shoe had gotten stuck in the mud.

We had a good time and got to take Mya's jeep outside for a spin.... Lets just say she needs some practice steering. My camera battery died or I would have taken a picture of her driving for you Micah sorry.

The Ballet

The other night, Kari Ann and I decided to go on a little date since we are both husbandless and take Mya and her cousin McKenna to dinner and the junior ballet. It was fun to see Mya's reaction to all of the pretty costumes and dancing. I didn't think she would sit through the whole thing, but she did. The ballet was Sleeping Beauty and you would think Mya would like the pretty faries or Aurora the best, but no, her favorite character was the witch. Everytime she would go off the stage, Mya would get mad and want to see her again.

silly putty

The other day I was at Walmart trying to find a new toy for Mya that would keep her entertained and quiet at church. After a while of walking up and down the isles, looking at all of the toys, which were all over priced, I found a winner. Silly putty, the cheapest toy around. Which is much better than play dough, not as messy but just as fun, and you can take it anywhere. I would highly recommend it to all mothers. Mya and her cousins have played with it for hours. Its was the best two dollars I've ever spent.

High school bball

Having had a lot of free time with Micah being gone, one of my favorite things to do is watch my twin brothers play basketball. The whole team was really sad when they heard Micah wasn't going to be here for their bball season cause he would always cheer really loud and get them pumped up. At least he will be there for Lance and Tyce's senior year.




My brothers Lance #1, Tyce #2, and Porter Ellett #20 (notice Porter only has one arm)




It is fun to watch Porter play ball. When he was 4 years old he fell out of the back of a pickup and damaged the nerves in his arm. The crazy thing is that he is just as good as the rest of them. He also played baseball, its amazing. He is going to be in the New Era in Feb.

Sledding

Mya had fun playing in the snow with her cousin TJ and her Uncle Ted. She reminded me of the boy on the Christmas story. She was so bundled up she could barely even walk or put her arms down. I don't like the cold or snow or sledding and I think it's because I was always freezing the whole time I was outside so I just wanted to make sure Mya was warm enough so that she would enjoy it.

Small town sledding is the best, the roads don't get plowed and there are hardly any cars so you can just walk out the front door and you are good to go.

Mya liked just sitting on the four wheeler more than sledding. She was so excited to see a four wheeler that looked like her daddy's "yellow"

I want pink Truck

Every time Mya talks on the phone to her dad, she for some reason asks him to bring her home a pink truck when he comes. When he came for Christmas she got her wish. It is the closest he could find and she loves it. She is not a very good driver though, and with it being so cold outside she just drives it back and forth in the house. She doesn't watch where she is going, just pushes on the gas and drives until she rams into the wall and almost gets whiplash, then puts it in reverse and doesn't turn around to see where she is going or anything and does the same until she hits the other wall. oh, what fun! It is really cute it has a real radio and little seat belts, and doors that open. It's kind of embarrassing to admit but me inheriting my mothers genes, I am able to get in and drive her around it's quite fun. She can't wait to take it outside and take her cousins Harper and Nathan, and our neighbor Dre for a ride.

California Trip

While Micah was on leave, we had a chance to go on a little vacation to California. It was my first time ever flying which was fun but the plane we were on was so small, that I felt a little claustrophobic. Other than that it wasn't to bad.

When we got there Micah's grandpa spoiled us. He got us the Presidential suite which was so much fun. It was so big it even had a full dining table and kitchen.

We decided to go to the posh area so we went to Beverly Hills to Rodeo drive. It was fun watching all of the rich people and seeing all of the cars that cost more than our house. That life is definitely not for me though. I almost got tackled by security in the Louis Vuitton store. I picked up a hand bag and I guess you are not suppose to touch them. They have to do it for you, my bad.

After we had walked through all of the stores, we went to a restaurant where one steak without any sides or drink cost $50 It was fun but definitely not my style. All I wanted was a simple salad with ranch and some bbq sauce for my steak, and the server looked at me like I was crazy. They didn't serve that there. I will stick to the small town food thank you very much.

Micah's grandpa gets season tickets to the Lakers so he took us to a game. It was so much fun sitting in the vip section. Thanks Grandpa for spoiling us!!! We had a blast!

My new babysitter

After a long day of Tay being a stinker and not letting me put him down or get anything done, I decided to give in and give him his first taste of sugar. Lets just say it was a great babysitter. He sat there for a half hour until he had eaten a whole piece of licorice. It was very sticky and messy to clean up but definitely worth all the mess. He was in heaven!

Where are you Micah??

Well, I guess my countdown for Micah to come home is not right. I really don't know when he will be here. I just need to vent so don't mind my negativeness. Last I heard he was going to be leaving today some time but I am not getting my hopes up. In the last three days the army, which I love soo much, has changed his leaving day five times. first is was Thursday, then Wed, then Friday then Thursday, then Friday ohh how annoying. I feel bad for him because he just has to be ready whenever they tell him too. On Thursday they woke him up and told him to be ready in an hour, well seven hours later of sitting around, they said it wasn't happening. I am soo bugged because the army is always such a mess with no order ahh! Like when he got deployed and didn't even had his military orders until AFTER he left (anyway, that is a whole other story) I hope he is safe and on his way here! I guess I will just have my phone by me and hope I get a phone call. It's hard not being able to pick up the phone and say where are you? Man I will be glad when he is done with this ((rubish) as he would say)

Santa Land

The other day I took Mya to Santa land and she had a blast. It was so fun seeing her reaction to all of the pretty trees and fun decorations they had.

While we were there, we met up with her cousin McKenna. They had a blast. If was fun seeing them holding hands and get so excited at every new display they saw. They loved the princess's and had to have a picture with them

Oh the joys of Sundays :)

Before Micah was gone my favorite day of the week was Sunday. Relaxing, Micah is home all day, and the day goes by slow and is so peaceful, well, that has all changed. Sunday is officially my least favorite day of the week. Now all of the things I loved have turned into the things I wish would go away. Sundays are full of too much time and quietness now.
We had a great time in church today. I take an extra pair of Mya's underwear in my bag just in case she has an accident and today I should have left them home. Mya put her little hand in the bag and I was just waiting to see what toy she was going to pull out but no, she needed her underwear. I tried to grab it but it was too late. Mya and I were having a tug-a-war with a pair of pink underwear. After all of the " No these are my underwear" that Mya was yelling over and over, she won the fight How embarrassing! the people behind us got a good show though, they were laughing and everyone was looking at us. My face was bright red. But it didn't stop there. After she won the war, she preceded to put them on her face saying "I love my underwear" and every time I would try and grab them she would run away. Keep in mind I was holding Tay while all of this was going on. Lets just say church was extra long today. Did I mention how much I love Sundays?