Playing Dead

Last night Tyler didn't want to go to bed...so he played dead. He kept saying, "I'm dead" but wouldn't stop laughing. "I'm just teasing", he would say. It was pretty funny, and it was a nice transtition into the 'where do we go when we die' speech. I've had this with him before, but I really want him to understand what happens. I didn't go into too much detail. Just that when we get old and really sick, we die and go live with Heavenly Father and Jesus. He already knows this from our previous conversations. Last night was especially cute though because he asked how we get there. I explained that when we die, our bodies are buried and our spirits go up to heaven. I don't think he understood that, which is fine. For now, I'll let him believe that we get there by an airplane. :) But one of the best things he said is that one day him, me, Josh, and daddy will GET to go there. I told him it will be a while though....when he's 100. :)

It's A ........

Todd and I are very excited to announce that we are adding a THIRD BOY to our family! WOW! I was so sure going in to the ultrasound that it was going to be a girl, so when she said it was a boy, I was sort of thrown for a loop! I guess it just goes to show that it doesn't matter how different your pregnancies are! But you know what? I would be happy to have all boys. Mine, so far, have been soooooo good! We are so excited!!

And there you have it. It's a boy!

These pretty much all look the same, but isn't he so cute?!?

More San Fran

After our visit to Alcatraz we stopped for lunch near Pier 39. Look at what we found! Pretty cool huh? They were all so funny to watch. There are some huuuuge ones out there!

Clang, clang, clang goes the Cable Car!

Todd's friend Zach joined us on our tripThe view of Alcatraz from the cable car

This is Lombard St. It's the most winding road in the world. Pretty crazy!

Todd and I both thought this house looked so neat.

There were parrots on the loose!

At the bottom of Lombard St.

The Golden Gate Bridge. Too bad it was a foggy day. :(

The whole gang. Kaitlyn is Zach's friend.

Me and Todd on the Golden Gate Bridge

Goodbye bridge....

Alcatraz!!

The first day of our trip was pretty crazy. We left Phoenix around 9:45pm-ish and drove allllll night. We had tickets to board the ferry to Alcatraz at 8:50am. Let me tell you.....we were a little stressed that we wouldn't make it. We pulled up to the ferry at 8:50am!! Can you say close or what?! We had no time to relax before hopping on the boat. We got out of the car and ran to get in line. It was so worth it though. Here are some pictures from our adventure at Alcatraz!

On our way!
The Island

This is the booth that the prisoners would speak with their visitors through. Visitors were very rare however because parents of prisoners often told their loved ones that they were dead. They'd rather have them believe that then know that they had been sent to Alcatraz.....not a fun place to be.

This most infamous inmates of Alcatraz

The rooms are so tiny! The bed is missing in this cell but it's supposed to be right in front of the toilet.

The view of San Francisco from Alcatraz

P.S. I forgot to mention that we took an audio tour of the prison. It was so neat.

Our Trip....Little by Little

Last week we took a trip to San Francisco and Yosemite. Here's the first of many posts. I don't really feel like blogging about it all at once because that would take forever, so I'm doing it in several different posts. I may do more today, so keep an eye out!

These are the "Painted Ladies". You may know them from the long running sitcom Full House. They're shown in the opening credits and we all assume that the Tanner family lives in one of them. So go ahead and sing along!!!......
"Whatever happened to predictability, the milk man, the paper boy, evening tv...

You miss your old familiar friends...waiting just around the beennnd.

Everywhere you look, (everywhere), there's a heart (there's a heart) a hand to hold on to. Everywhere you look, (everywhere), there's a face of somebody who needs you.

When you're lost out there and your all alone
A light is waiting to carry you home
Everywhere you look."

China Town

We saw how fortune cookies were made at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory....pretty cool. But the weird thing is....they didn't taste very good. Bummer!

Alright guys. This isn't even half of what we did in San Fran, so please stay tuned for more!

Baby Ellery Benefit

This is a message from babyellerybenefit.blogspot.com. For those of you who don't know, my sister in law had a baby prematurely and she was born with severe heart problems. She is now 8 months old and just had her 2nd heart surgery. Shortly after, she developed a staph infection and things got pretty scary. She is now home and doing okay. There will be a benefit for her this Saturday the 6th to help raise money for her hospital bills. 100% of the money goes to her.

WE ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE FUNDRAISER... this Saturday June 6th from 9am-5pm! Get your CASH ready because we have LOTS of awesome things going on!! Please help get the word out, we only have this week left. So resend all the emails and repost to your blogs:) If you need an email to forward, just let me know. So this is what we have going on.......

The girls from HABIT SALON will be donating their Saturday (which is huge), doing haircuts all day from 9am-5pm, for $35!!! ALL of the money earned will go to Ellery:) NO APPOINTMENTS!!!! FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, GET YOUR NAME ON THE LIST EARLY!

We will have an esthetician (CHELSEA BRANDON- for those of you who know her, she is ridiculously good) be doing $5 eyebrow, lip, etc. waxing and again ALL of the money earned will go to Ellery.

FREE CHAIR MASSAGES!!!!!! 5 whole minutes of heaven:) you can't beat free

ITSA GIRL THING BOUTIQUE will be setting up shop in the front room of our salon, selling anything from home decor, to women's clothes, to baby items!!!

There will also be a JEWELRY vendor (sorry don't know the name) selling really cute jewelry!

Also, CUPCAKES IN A JAR, will be selling just that... cupcakes in a jar!! They are ready to eat, layered with gooey goodness.. so yummy. Be early because supplies on these are limited and they sell out FAST!!!

Um hello! And we also will be having LIVE MUSIC by Sarah Vanell, she sings and plays the guitar... she is seriously amazing!!!!!! She will be at the salon from 12-3 come hear her play, you won't regret it!

AND OF COURSE THE RAFFLES:

*A MICRODERMABRASION FACIAL
*ONE HOUR OF MASSAGE (from Kara Jones who's amazing)
*ONE HOUR OF PRIVATE MACHINE PILATES INSTRUCTION
*A FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION (with Annie Randall, link top left pics PLUS a $50 credit towards prints!)
*ONE HOUR OF INTERIOR DESIGN
*SWAROVSKI BABY BRACELETS (lots!)
*CUTEST CUSTOM MAGNET BOARDS
*TWO $25 GIFT CARDS FROM GECKO GRILL... YUM!
*CUTE CUSTOM APRONS
*TONS OF BABY ITEMS
*TWO GIFT CARDS FOR CUSTOM BLOG LAYOUTS
*HUGE GIFT BASKET OF RUBS AND MARINADES
*HAIR PRODUCT GIFT BASKET
AND I'M SURE MORE TO COME........

ALTHOUGH HABIT SALON WILL TAKE CASH, CHECK AND CARD FOR HAIRCUTS AND HAIR PRODUCT; THE OTHER VENDORS AND THE RAFFLE WILL NEED CASH!!! SO PLEASE BRING PLENTY OF CASH, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF CUTE THINGS!!!!

ALSO, IT WILL BE A HOT DAY, SO WE WILL HAVE PLENTY TO DRINK (AND SNACKS TO SNACK ON) SO DON'T WORRY COME THIRSTY:)