Merry Christmas

Wow, what an amazing year it has been! We have been so richly blessed. We have enjoyed spending so much time with family and friends. A few fun trips and many many days and evenings were spent with the Stewart's and Anderson's. We couldn't be happier.

Steven and I were able to feel like young kids again in January as we flew west to California and enjoyed a few days at Disneyland! We rode the rides and ate some delicious food! We had so much fun with our host family, the Gray's! California really does have great weather!

In the Spring, we welcomed another sweet little girl to our family, Ellen Jessica. She is sweet and happy and absolutely loves her older sister. The two of them play all day and are so happy. Ellen in crawling everywhere and her latest achievement, clapping! We sure love her!

Kate is growing right on schedule. She is smart as a whip and lets you know it. She is learning new things all day and some of her favorite things to do are: play with Ellen, play-doh, reading books, coloring, and loading up her 'bag' to the hilt. She loves Ellen and is such a joy!

September was a big month for us also; Steven got a new job and we moved into a townhouse. Steven works for Crystal Water, a water softener company, and is so happy. No more weekends and more time with our family! Yay! We love our little townhouse, it's quite a bit bigger than our small apartment and fits us perfectly. The girls share a room and love it!

Steven is also going to be finishing up school at BYU-Idaho this Spring and we are excited to be done with school soon. He has taken up shooting and golfing this year; which he is able to enjoy with family. I have become a little crafty and enjoy sewing car seat covers and minkee blankets. Cooking is also becoming a regular hobby of mine.

We love you all so much and wish you a Merry Christmas and such a Happy New Year! Lots of love,
Steven, Becca, Kate, & Ellen

Halloween...a little late!

So I'm a little late in posting about Halloween, but we had a great night and then a very busy week followed so here is our cute little 'kitty-cat' Kate for Halloween, and Ellen was just a cute festive baby!

Guess What???

Ellen is sitting! She is so sweet! We love this little girl. She is so smiley and happy. These 2 really love each other...sometimes a little too much! They are great!

Play-Doh

Kate got some Play-Doh for her birthday and we have been playing with it the last few days! She really likes the colors and spends most of the time making the same things in all the different colors. It's really cute!

Annual Pumpkin Carving...

A few years ago my family decided to carve pumpkins and it was so much fun, that we have continued to do it and made it a tradition. We eat yummy food, chat and catch up, and carve the pumpkins! We had a BLAST last night. Thanks mom and dad!

Pumpkins, Party, and Soccer

Some days are spent at home, all day. And others days we home for just a few minutes! Yesterday was one of those days! We picked a pumpkin from great grandpa Ottley's patch, had a birthday party for cousin Brigham, and watched cousins Ethan, Emily, and Dallin play soccer! It was a fun day!

A few summer pics

So our 'new' computer was having issues uploading our pictures and Steven just fixed it, so these pics are from some of our summer adventures! We went camping and played lots with cousins. We jumped on the trampoline, and played in the pool! We had a great summer and can hardly wait until next summer, with 2 toddling girls! Enjoy!

Conference

I just wanted to make a quit little post about this past conference. I love hearing from our current prophet and apostles. I felt a strong desire to be more faithful in my personal scripture study and there seemed to be this overwhelming feeling of "it's okay, just try and do better". I'm grateful for personal revelation and the true gospel in my life.

My girls!

I just love these two little girls!

Sunday Afternoon...

This last Sunday afternoon was filled with bottle feeding and bike riding. I asked Kate to 'talk' to her sister as it was getting near feeding time and I was finishing up dinner, so Kate dutifully went over to Ellen, and the fussing quit. I looked up and to my amazement and surprise, Kate had gotten the bottle off of the counter and stuck it in Ellen's mouth! Ha Ha! It was so cute, and she only wanted to continue feeding her sister! How sweet these two are! 

Then we went on a family walk, and Kate got to practice riding her bike! She is doing so well and is mastering balance! It's fun to see her learn and grow! Good job little girl!

Birthdays, Showers, and Peach Cobbler!

I'm a little behind, but I really wanted to get these pics up! Summer is a busy time, even if you don't have big plans! We were able to enjoy some yummy cake and ice cream with grandma wood for her 91st birthday. We sure love you Grandma! We also had Auntie Julie's birthday and had some pretty good cheesecake!

 My best friend is getting married in August! Hooray! (We love you Brian) It was so fun to see so many friends at her bridal shower! He's one lucky guy! Love you Belva!

 We were also able to use our dutch oven and cook up some yummy peach cobbler with Julie and Travis! It was lots of fun and we are SO excited they live so close now! Love you guys! p.s. Don't I have such a handsome husband?! :)

2 months and Too cute!

These two are so cute! They seem to love each other already! It's so much fun!

Ellen is 2 months already! She's doing great and growing just like she should. Her stats:
Weight: 10 lbs 12 oz
Height: 21 3/4 in
Head: 39 cm
Way to go baby we love you!

Ellen's Blessing

We had a wonderful weekend with all of out family here. Ellen was blessed on Sunday and it couldn't have been more perfect. The weather was great! We started out with a 5k/10k Saturday morning and it was some good exercising! Then Steven and I were able to spend a few hours with my best friend and her fiance! It was great! Then Sunday morning came and everyone showed up and Ellen was blessed. She was sweet and peaceful and we are so grateful for the gospel. Thanks everyone for coming and making it so great! We love you!

Memorial Weekend!

We had such a great weekend! We headed to Island Park, to Bill's Island, to a fun cabin that my family has been to a few times these past few years. This was the first real outing with our new camera and it was awesome! Friday night we hung out and dipped in the hot tub. Saturday was filled with fun, we went to Mesa Falls, the Bear and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, and got the famous Ice Cream Cone! Sunday was relaxing and snowy and we managed to watch Harry Potter! Then Monday was pack up and head home day, but not before Steven and I were able to go on a little adventure to shoot his handgun! It was so fun! Kate loved spending time with her aunts and uncles! Thanks a TON mom and dad! We love you!

We saw 3 moose on the way to the cabin in the parking loop!

 Beautiful Mesa Falls

 Mr. Wolf stalking his prey...

 Success!

 Mr. Bear: "I really want that bird feeder..."

 "Maybe if I chew the tree down..."

 Kate looking through the spyglass at the bear. (Notice one eye is closed!)

 "Man this is a lot harder than I thought..."

 "Oh if I could only reach it!"

 Grandma and Ellen

 Everyone getting food ready

 Kate LOVED these stairs and she is just so cute!

 What a sweet girl! Love you baby!