Home Again

Addie, Heidi and I got home from Utah on Sunday evening. The good news is that our new house has all of its flooring! Now we just need to finish the trim, get our countertops (let's hear it for Crazy Mountain Cabinetry for being our slowest subs!) and finish plumbing (faucets and toilets), fix up the yard, and pour a driveway! The OTHER good news came yesterday...Matt and Amie are expecting their second baby in February! How fun! Jakers will be a big brother. We are so excited for them because they are a super-cool family.

I am pretty busy, so I will post our pictures and stories from our trip later. Here's a closing laugh courtesy of Addie:

Rich: Why are you so grumpy tonight? (after a fit and some pouting during our Family Home Evening Ice Cream Outing last night)

Addie: [shouting] Because I am SICK of you guys!

Rich: That's too bad...[both of us supressing our laughter] we were having fun with you.

The rest of the way home Addie was talking to herself looking out the window, saying, "I'm not sick of clouds, I'm not sick of babies, I'm not sick of turtles, I'm not sick of sprinklers..." on and on and ON! I pulled my shirt over my face and laughed myself silly. She was still mad and still "sick of us," but not sick of anything else.

When Dave Got Married

We are in Utah to witness the union of these two lovely people (among other things). My Cousin Dave (approximately the same age as my sister, Jill) married the lovely Lacy Arnett of Orem, Utah. They have been together on and off since 2001--Lacy went on a mission in 2002 and Dave served in Afghanistan with the army in 2003-2005. They were finally reunited this spring and finally tied the knot this weekend. We are very happy for them and so proud of Dave--even though he thought he was marrying a Utah girl, he managed to intermarry another huge Arizona family. We are all so inbred--does it show????

Cousin Dave, Addie, Lacy, Melanie, and Liam after the wedding at Mount Timpanogos Temple on Friday, June 3rd. 

These are my Mayberry cousins--Aunt Marti (4th from right) is my mom's only sister. Left to right: Katie wife of Kev with Baby Ben, Cousin Kevin and daughter Ryley, Scott, Matt and Cousin Maren Allred, Uncle Ralph, Lacy the Bride of Cousin Dave, Auntie M, Steven, Cousin Brent and his fiancee of about 10 hours, Amanda (they are getting married in August).

Heidi plays it cool at the wedding.

Guess what the kids' favorite part of the wedding festivities was? Look at this table loaded with CANDY! It was like crack for the kids and they did everything they could to get to the table and stash little bags of candy for "later." I found FOUR bags in my diaper bag after the reception--the work of stealthy Adeline and her cohort, Cousin Liam.

One of the best things about Elrey family events is we get to see Nana!! Addie and Nana and Melanie relax on Sunday afternoon, reading a story at Uncle Willy's house.

Cousin Play

Heidi was so excited to have her cousin Jake over to play. He loves to give her hugs and kisses! He runs up to her and strokes her face and then goes in for the hug. Heidi got a little weary of the hugs, though, because they turned into tackles (she's still a little wobbly). They had lots of fun playing in the girls' room on Saturday.

Heidi watches Jake boogie to silly songs. 

Addie egging them on. 

To Helena Handbasket

There's cute Amie in her kitchen making us some dinner on Sunday. After they spent Saturday helping us on the house, we followed them home for a day in Helena. We wanted to see their new house--out on a ranch!