Beach Time!

There were a few things we really missed while we were gone.

The beach and our amazing friends were two of the most missed things!

A couple days after we got home, we decided to head on down to the beach.  There was really only day that Scott was able to go, so we decided that rain or shine, we were gonna give it a shot.

Well, it decided to pour rain.

On the way down we were listening to weather reports and the announcer specifically said that today was not a beach day.  Ha!  We'll just see about that.

As we pulled onto the shore is was pouring!!!

We thought, "Oh crap.  We're nuts!"

I should have taken a picture but I was too busy trying to keep my two kids dry while Scott went for a dip in the crazy rain.

10 minutes after pulling up, the rain stopped, the clouds parted and we had a gorgeous day at the beach!

We were so glad that we had decided to brave the weather.

Bennett just chilled out, like usual!

Addie had a blast chasing around one of her best buddies.

And playing in the sand.

She was a huge mess!

We were parked right by a can blasting island jams.
I caught these two busting out some moves.

This is her "Smile!" face

Our Saturday Morning

Saturday's without Dad around can get really long...

To remedy that, we like to have dance parties!

Boating

A favorite activity for the Ellsworths is boating!

The kids and I were lucky enough to get to go on the boat a lot.  Scott wasn't as lucky, but we were able to squeeze in a couple trips with his crazy schedule!

Get ready for a million boating pics!  We went so many times that I have no idea which pics go with which trips:)

Stephen was AMAZING at wakeboarding!

Addie took over the wheel any chance she could.

Grandma was sooooo helpful with the kids.
Bennett loved her lap.

It was fun watching these guys get whipped all over the place!

Laura was amazing with my kids!
The really love her.

I even got to tube with my hubby.

Addie did not want to go on the tube.
But we're really nice parents and we forced her.

She got major loves afterwards.

Bennett chillin' on the shore.

"Aunt Rorla and Aunt Derrick"
Addie called the boys and the girls aunts.

Bennett got passed around quite often.
With Aunt Jamie.

Aunt Martha's turn.

Aunt Rorla (Laura) was Addie's go-to for food.
Laura was always bringing special snacks for Addie, and Addie loves her food!

I had Addie convinced momentarily that she was having a blast.
It only last a few minutes, but at least she did have a little fun!

Thanks Ellsworths for taking us boating!

My Sweet Grandpa

While I was in Utah, my sweet Grandpa Clark passed away.

My Grandpa Clark is an amazing man and one of my heroes.  He has lived an amazing life and left quite the legacy behind him.  He will be greatly missed.  I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have that I will get to see him again.  So instead of this being a 'good-bye,' it's more of a 'see you later!'

He was a HUGE BYU fan!

I would go to all sorts of sporting events with my friends and more often than not, I would run into Grandma and Grandpa at all types of BYU events, from volleyball to basketball!

He served in World War II.

The graveside service was very touching. 

Addie forcing some love on my cousin's little boy.

There was a 21 gun salute

Placing flowers on the casket

Love you Grandpa!

Mountains

One of the things I miss the most about Utah (other than family) is the mountains!

We love skiing and hiking, so being in a place with no mountains is a little tough.

I wanted to make sure Addie knew what mountains are.

For Family Home Evening we went up the canyon and had a picnic.

All Addie wanted for dinner was "spicy juice"
spice juice= soda, she thinks the carbonation is spicy

Bennett stuck to his forte, sleeping.

Addie loved walking Gracie

There was lot's of 'snoring'
snoring=exploring

We found a little amphitheater and Addie insisted on playing "Beauty and the Beast"
Addie was Belle and Grandpa was the Beast.

Singing about her provincial life!

I tried to convince her it was fun to play in the creek.
She didn't really go for that idea.  The water was too cold.

Brandma and Brandpa Clark's House

We just got back from an awesome couple of months in Utah.

We got to spend so much time with both of our families...

Well, the kids and I got to spend a lot of time with family while Scott was hard at work doing some away rotations at a couple different hospitals.

He went to the University of Colorado for July and the kids and I went to "Brandma and Brandpa" Clark's house. We were busy having too much fun, that I hardly blogged.  I'll be playing catch-up over the next few weeks.

While there we made s'mores.

 Addie took her mommy responsibilities seriously and took care of her baby just like I took care of mine.

Grandpa Clark loves his dessert, as does Addie.

It wasn't uncommon the find the two of them eating bowls of ice-cream or cookies.

 She takes her dessert very seriously.

What a ham!

2 Months

Our little man is now 2 months old!

Though, the other day someone asked me if he was 6 months old...

Because we are lucky enough to be in Utah for the first few months of his life, we're missing his 2 month checkup, and will do it when we get back to Texas.  So for now I don't have any stats on him, but trust us when we say, he's big!

Poor Scott missed 4 weeks of Bennett's 8 weeks of life.

Bennett really missed him.  Really.

As soon as Scott got back and looked at him, Bennett was all smiles!

Until that point he had been very reserved in giving out smiles, but he didn't hold anything back for his Daddy!

At 2 months Bennett:

LOVES watching ceiling fans!

He also loves bath time and is sure to be an amazing swimmer!

Is very easy to put to bed.  Thank you Bennett!

Is super easy-going, except when you're slow to put him down for his nap.

He loves to lay in the Boppy pillow and watch everyone, mostly Addie, run around him.

He loves noise around him.  He gets a little nervous when it gets too quiet.

The nicknames his sister calls him are Bud, Buddy, and Mister Bennett.

Addie's favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast, so we call Bennett our "strapping boy," like Gaston because of his size!

We're still working on getting him to sleep through the night.  His first chunk of the night is usually 6-7 hours.  With how often we make him change beds and houses, it's amazing how well he sleeps!

I feel really bad because I haven't taken very many pics of him.

Yesterday he woke up from his nap super smiley, so I grabbed the closest thing with a camera to take a couple of pics of his gummy grin.  The quality's not the best because it was the ipad, but you can see our studly boy's smile!