Dancing Queen

Here's a little something for my mom on her birthday:

We went on a tour of a bagel bakery a few weeks ago. We LOVED eating bagels and pitas fresh from the bakery. Here are my girls sporting the trendy hats.



Next came Allison's dance recital. Here are a few shots before the recital--note the super slick hair.







The recital was pretty hilarious. I was watching the poorly shot video the other day with Allison, and she asked me why everyone was laughing. I told her she was just so cute we just had to giggle.



Our video turned out horrible. Rachel and Jesse took some video too. I'll try to add it later this week.

Steve was so proud of his little girl. It's a good thing he had fun. I imagine it will get a little old after 3 girls.



Coming soon:

Rock stars at the beach.

Help!!!

Hey guys,

I NEED YOUR HELP! In an effort to marry off my last single sister, I entered her into a dating contest. (I know, I'm an evil sister.) The Mormon satire blog Seriously So Blessed is sponsoring the contest and my sister Tricia was chosen out of hundreds of single Mormon women to be a finalist. If she is chosen, she will go out with a guy who sounds really fantastic.

All you need to do help her win the contest is go to the link below and vote for Tricia. Voting closes on Monday, so vote as soon as possible. Please feel free to forward this to anyone else who might know Tricia.

http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/2009/05/mo-matchelor-steve.html

or

go to www. seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com and vote for Tricia to go out with Mo-Matchelor Steve.

It's okay if you feel a need to yawn.

Hello, is there anyone still out there? Hello?

I've had a case of the blog blahs lately. I have stuff to write, just no desire to sit down and share. (It doesn't help that within 3 minutes of me sitting down at the computer, Lindsay wants to sit on my lap.) Anyway, in the last month and a half we've been to my sister's wedding, had visitors at our house, we've played outside, and just been pretty happy. So that pretty much sums it up.

Here are a few pictures:



Allison loved her beautiful fancy dress for Aunt Paige's wedding:



Lindsay was out of control at the wedding reception:



Allison quickly found a friend to play with. We enjoyed watching the wrestling match later in the evening:

Here we go again!

I've got to keep this short. Lindsay is "helping" me write this post. We took a family trip yesterday to the doctor's office. And the doctor gave us the news. . .



IT'S A GIRL!

A Recap

I've had a case of computer-itis lately. Every time I sit down at the computer for more than 15 minutes at a time, I start getting a pounding headache and I feel the need to hurl. I know it is related to the parasite growing in my belly, but it limits me to blog-checking, email, and an occasional episode of Chuck online.

So I'll be snappy.

Here is Christmas:


Good times. Here we try to invite the spiritual into our Christmas holiday by dressing up in my fabric scraps, a few tablecloths, and Steve's ties:



I'm not sure what this is a picture of, but any chance I have to publicly humiliate my husband . . .

(I'm just kidding, honey. You know I love you!)

This is how we plan to fatten up Lindsay:

I know, we are great parents. And to prove it, here is how we teach our kids to pray:

Lindsay hasn't quite figured out the "on your knees" part.

Allison has become quite the little pack rat. Here is her "den" that I found behind the couch. In case you can't quite tell, there is an old apple, a pen, some twisty ties, paper, clean diapers, a comb, a package of old nasty lunch meat, a bowl of dry cereal, the container of honey, and some dress up clothes. Surprise!!!


And here is how we feel about winter:


Goodbye!

G-36 and E-12!

Clarification from Jamie: This was blogged by Steve. G-36 and E-12 refer to the idea that this baby will be the 36th Gammon and the 12th member of the Ellison family. Jamie does not really like the idea of having a floating otter on our blog, but she is trying to be supportive.

Random again?

Okay, so I'm too lazy to find our camera to download pictures from the last month. But here are a few random glimpses into our little world.

1. The above picture is probably the most expensive stuffed animal that we own. I estimate his value with all of his stamps at least fifty dollars. I've noticed several blogs that have "giveaways" lately and I thought about hosting a giveaway for this guy. At least I wouldn't have to worry about shipping.

Nah, I'm too lazy.

2. Allison started Sunbeams today. I sat with her class to help some little youngsters stay "super glued" to their seats (seriously, you should try it). It was so fun to watch her with all the big kids. And I'll admit it, I got a little choked up.

3. Lindsay can't run. She's 19 months and been walking for 7 months, but she can't run. Should I worry or just be very grateful?

4. Steve just had a paper accepted to a European orthopaedic journal. They are doing poster presentations in April. Lisbon, anyone?

**I was just informed that he won't be able to travel to Portugal for the presentation. He's too low on the totem pole.

5. We enjoyed spending the holidays at our house. It was nice and kind of laid back.

6. Lindsay's vocabulary is expanding rapidly. Her new favorite word is "nasty." It is pronounced "na-hee."

7. I'm tired and it is only 8:00pm. Goodnight!