Ellie's first photo shoot.................................

The hospital always takes pictures of your newborn.....After she left we decided to snap a few with our camera....They turned out so cute.....

Introducing....................Ellie LeAnn Ferrin

Our sweet baby girl Arrived Tuesday December 15th at 3:39 p.m. Many of you know how hard it was for us to come up with a name for this baby......I wanted to do Kennedy all along, but as it got closer and closer it just didn't seem to fit with my other kids names. About an hour before having her we were online looking at 2 syllable girl names.....Ellie had always been a favorite of ours and it just seemed to really fit. So went with it. I wanted to spell it Ellee but after spelling Anney's different, I didn't want to do it again. Anney has her name spelled wrong all the time. The funny thing is we knew from the day we found out we were pregnant that if it was a girl we were going to have her middle name be LeAnn after my Aunt LeAnn. Both Randy and I look up to admire her for so many reasons we both felt we wanted to name our baby girl after her. We are so lucky to have LeAnn in our life and we feel so honored to name our sweet baby after her. We couldn't be more happier and feel more blessed at this time. Both randy and I couldn't ask for a more special Christmas Gift. The Kids are truly in love with her....their favorite thing to do is just sit and stare at her as she is in the swing or laying on the couch. Everything went perfect for the delivery and recovery and we are all home trying to adjust to having a newborn again.....here are a few pictures from the first couple hours of her life.


We had the best nurse ever...her name was Tara and she was so cute and sweet. She really made Ellie some cute "girlie girl" things and she was so great taking care of me also. In this picture she is getting Ellie's footprints....So sweet!

First pictures of those sweet feet.

Tara took the original Baby hat they give you in the hospital and added a cute bow....Both Rand and I LOVED it!

On my way up to my room........

Ferrin Family Christmas Party

Every Year Randy's extended side of the family has a Christmas party. This party is at his Aunt and Uncle's home...(the Phelps). Everyone loves it and looks forward to it every year. We have goodies, a talent show, and everyone just hangs out and plays and visits.


Megan and Anney love the swing and even love it more when Randy pushes them.

This little train was a huge hit....Kyle pulled the kids around the backyard the whole time. Anney LOVED it!

One of Randy's cousins husband ties balloons....The kids LOVED him. Taylor is sporting her new hat!

Aunt carolei giving everyone directions and announcing the program...

A butterfly!

A balloon inside of a balloon....

Anney amazed.....

Ashlee's sweet sixteenth birthday was this day...Of course we had to embarrass her by singing to her......She was not happy with us!

Megan with another hat creation!

Chloe and Anney....best of friends!

breakfast with Santa......

This morning we had our ward breakfast with Santa. The kids each got a turn sitting on his lap and telling him what they wanted....I love to listen to there requests cause they always end up being something I've NEVER heard them talk about or something that is completely impossible or totally unrealistic!

Taylor said she wanted Jewelry....Easy!!!!

I love this picture.....Megan told him she wanted a baby swing( after all she is obsessed with all baby products and actually PICKED out our baby swing...(more on that story later!) When we got in the car to leave she said....mom I told Santa I wanted a baby swing but he thought I just meant baby...can you run back in and tell him I want a baby swing or maybe just tell him a cash register, that would be way easier! She is so cute!

Anney did NOT want to sit on his lap until she saw the big bag of candy canes and then she was TOTALLY all about sitting on his lap...She made it very clear that she wants a baby!

According to Travis is is WAY TOO old to sit on Santa's lap! He told him he wanted a football.....totally something I've never heard him say he wanted!

Megan's First LOST tooth!

About two weeks ago Megan was SO excited that finally she had a loose tooth! Thanksgiving it was really wobbly.....We stopped at Randy's brothers home that night and she was upstairs playing and she came down stairs and said mom I LOST my tooth and I LOST it and can't find it! We all cracked up! She was so excited to come right home and write the tooth fairy a letter and put it under her pillow...thanks goodness the tooth fairy came through that night and brought her two dollars! She was so excited when she woke up!

Thanksgiving....warning picture OVERLOAD!

Happy Thanksgiving! Randy started the morning off with the Turkey TROT! This year he ran the 10k in 55 minutes....5minutes faster then last year! Great JOb BABE! This year like EVERY year we have our 2 Turkey dinners! We go to Randy's aunts house at 1 and then my parents around 3.....The kids LOVE it......and Randy and I eat SO dang much that we are stuffed! It was great to see everyone and we both are so lucky to have such incredible families and extended families. We truly are blessed!


The Phelps have this old slide that is really high and my kids LOVE it....Here is MEGAN

Taylor....

Oh great.....looked who climbed all the way to the top before Randy got up there to push her down! Crazy KID!

Travis STILL isn't too big for this slide....

Cousins playing on the swings

Emmee and taylor.....I swear they could be identical twins..such good friends!

Megan and kaybree

I laugh everytime I look at this picture....Sara LOVES whip cream and Megan NOT SO MUCH! Megan DOES love Pumpkin Pie...I think she told me she ate 4 pieces that day!

Sean and randy....I love sean's smile...he is hilarious

Now on to my parent's church with my mom's side of the family....Here are my 2 sisters and 2 sisters in law.....Katie, Shelby, Reagan and Olivia and Bethany!

Megan, Laynie and Whitney. Nice pose girls!

Randy and Anney

All the boys LOVE to play basketball

My dad borrowed this box hockey game and everyone LOVED it....Anney loved it so much she played everyone and wanted to play all day!

Randy gets to watch her now so she doesn't hit anyone with that stick

randy and my dad......Pretty competitive

Anney LOVES reagan......She always wants Reagan to come over and make her macaroni.

travis shooting....he's really gotten pretty good!

Of course Taylor had to practice her skills...doesn't want her brother to show her up!

Go Travis!

Taylor made "YOU TUBE!"

This is Taylor's "On Broadway" performance last night....She is the one on the right in the white shirt. She did such a great job and more importantly she LOVED doing it! Way to go Taylor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xM5y_ZyPEw

In other news....Today was the kids primary program and they all did so great. Each one of them had their parts memorized and knew all the songs they were supposed to sing. One funny thing that happened that I want to document though....As we are pulling into the church this morning Megan says OUCH! my stomach hurts! I asked her if she felt sick and she said I feel like I'm going to throw up. 2 seconds later my hands and her dress were covered in Cocoa Puffs from her breakfast she had just eaten. I dropped all the kids off to set up the nursery and I took Megan home to change her. She kept saying I'm not sick and I want to do my part in the primary program. Long story short she has been perfectly fine all day, did a great job in the program and seems perfectly fine! CRAZY! Thanks to all of our family who came to watch our kids. Anney sat on Aunt Shari's lap the whole time and when we came home from church she said...I want Aunt Shari to sit with us at church ALL THE TIME! She loved it and of course I loved it also!

"ON BROADWAY"

Tonight our Stake put on a show called "On Broadway" There were about 12 different numbers all from a Broadway show.....Taylor was asked to be in the musical number "Hard Knock Life" from the musical Annie. It was amazing.....she was so dang cute. I actually cried watching her do this....she was so cute and smiled through the whole thing and sang so loud. It was neat to see her come out of her shy comfort zone and really "get into" the song. Good Job Taylor, mom and dad are really proud of you.

She had a solo with one other girl here singing the part...."Santa-claus we NEVER see"

This is my favorite picture! You can see how happy she is and how much she loved it! This one might have to get blown up!

5 years ago...........Happy Halloween

I've been cleaning out old emails lately and I found this picture.....This was taken 5 years ago.....Travis was 6, Taylor was 4 and Megan was 5 months! It's amazing how fast they grow up.......Such cute kids!

What A Random DAY!!!!!!

I PROMISE I don't' dress my kids like this daily! Today was NERD day at school...taylor LOVED getting dressed up for today. She spent an hour last night perfecting her outfit....She was SHOCKED we didn't have any suspenders....(I laughed so hard) So she came up with BELTS as her suspenders! I was proud of her for coming up with her outfit all on her own....As a side note Megan had NO desire to dress up.....She thought that was such a dumb idea! Two different kids..that's for sure!


Travis left for Science Camp this morning....he was so excited to go! I'm sure they are having a great time and hopefully they aren't freezing!

We got to watch baby Jaxon today.....Anney was in heaven! She loves him and always says......."baby Jaxon is SOOOOO cute!" She wanted to hold him so bad, when I let her she said..."mom, take a picture!" I've trained my kids well!

We had our ward trunk or treat tonight....it has been really cold today so we had to revamp our Halloween costumes...our little ballerina ended up with tights, socks, tennis shoes, long sleeve shirt and a warm sweater! She doesn't look much like a ballerina. She is so proud of this Superman bucket, it cracks me up!

Some People are Happy to be Student Of The MONTH!

So Megan came home from School today ACTING like she was excited because she won Student of The Month in her classroom.....She was so proud holding her certificate, her "my child was student of the month" bumper sticker and her coupon for a free kids meal at Chick-Fil-A. Megan was the most excited about the bumper sticker and couldn't WAIT until she could put it on the suburban.......well I had to intervene and say...HECK NO...that is NOT going on my CAR! She looked at me like she was the first kid EVER to have a bumper sticker like this and wouldn't I be SO proud to have it on my car...UM NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I told her to feel free to put it on any folder, binder, etc. Well a few hours later I find it STUCK to my HUTCH in my dining ROOM....Luckily I got it off..and the poor thing went to the trash!

Anyways...fast forward a 1/2 hour later when Travis comes home and he's like...Megan what the heck was your problem today? I guess he saw her in the hallway crying hysterically cause she DID NOT want her picture taken with the other students in the school who were also student of the month....but more so SHE DID NOT want her picture taken with the principal!!!!!!!! So sorry Mrs. Edman, I guess my kindergartner isn't a huge fan of yours YET!

Family Halloween Party!

Happy Halloween EVERYONE! Tonight was our big "Ferrin Halloween Party" at Grandpa and Grandma Ferrin's home. This is the party that the kids look forward to EVERY year! THEY LOVE IT! We eat dinner (we have HALLOWIENERS....hotdogs and brats) We decorate Pumpkins, Aunt Shari and Cousin Ashlee make a yummy witches brew and then we let the kids trick or treat through grandma's house. All the adults go in a room, close the door and we let the kids trick or treat.....THEY LOVE IT!


I was in charge of bringing some appetizers so we brought Spiders and Fangy TEETH!

Cousin Chloe and Anney.....They are 6 months apart and so cute!

Becca, Chloe and Anney!

Timmy, Travis and Blake eating dinner

Hannah, Emmee, Taylor, Sara and Spencer

Witches Brew...the kids are fascinated!

Travis was showing off his delicious drink...he loves this stuff

Shari and Anney

Yummy bugs in their drink!

Anney was NOT happy about the bug in her drink!

The kids all have to see who can end up with the biggest bug or rodent in their drink....YUCK TRAVIS

I love this picture...I wanted a picture of my kids with our "witches" and Megan was scared and didn't want anything to do with them....

I told them this needs to be their new facebook Profile pictures....attractive ladies aren't they?

Megan decorating her pumpkin....so cute!

Taylor decorating her "side" of the pumpkin..

These kids are hilarious with their facial expressions.....They all look so cute in their costumes

Trick or Treating at the Bathroom Door!

Uncle Bill was in the pantry handing out dog treats, canned food, v8 juice, all kinds of gross stuff....he was SUPPOSED to be handing out candy! You can see Travis to matters into his own hands!

This was Uncle Rob's room...he made the kids knock on the table and then would give them candy!

taylor's doggie treat from Uncle Bill

Lake Powell Triathlon

Yesterday randy competed in the Lake Powell triathlon....This was his first triathlon doing the olympic distance. Olympic Distance means a 1 mile swim, 25 mile bike ride and 6.2 mile run. He really wanted to swim in a lake for a triathlon so he figured this is a great opportunity and he loved LAKE POWELL. His time was 3 hours and 9 minutes. If you remember he just ran a marathon 2 weeks ago and he said he still felt some of the effects of his legs as he was biking and running, but overall he was happy with his time. It was beautiful scenery and the weather was awesome. I'm glad I got to come along and watch him....Good Job Babe!


Just starting the bike ride...I actually got to volunteer in this spot telling the bikers to turn and stay in the left lane....I said it a MILLION times, but it really was fun. Look at the scenery also....breathtaking!

Getting ready to start the second loop of the bike ride.

Coming in from the bike ride....Time to ditch the bike and helmet, change shoes, and start the run!

Just finishing the run.....

F.H.E. at the Park!

For F.H.E. we met at the park with my family. We had so much fun. We ate sub sandwiches, played basketball and football, had a team building activity, and played leap frog. We get together once a month and this time we chose to do it at the park because the weather is so nice.
Anney LOVES the baby swings....Grandpa and Aunt Reagan pushed her for hours.


Great idea huh...did you ever think to double up on the baby swings. Here is Anney with my cute niece Gracie.....


I promise Travis really had a great time...he just hates having his picture taken!

Anney and her Cheesy Smile!

"team building" activity...Everyone gets in a circle, crosses hands and then tries to untangle themselves.

Grandpa played leapfrog with Gracie, Olivia, Anney and Megan.

Phoenix ZOO!

Yesterday we kicked off our first day of fall break by going to the Phoenix ZOO. Randy took the day off work and came along....It was WONDERFUL having him there. He carried Anney around most of the zoo and if he wasn't carrying Anney, he was pushing Megan and Anney in the stroller. The kids had a great time and LOVED seeing all the animals. If you ask Anney what animals she saw, she can name all of them and the sound each one makes. What a fun day!


The giraffes.....pretty obvious!

I love this picture of Anney's face...She didn't want me to take her picture!

how Anney spent most of the day!

She is counting the zebras...

Petting Zoo!

cute Picture!

Megan

The famous cactus slide...obviously it's a little quick at the end and this is Anney's outcome!

The End of the day....we were in seeing the monkeys and the kids were hot and tired!

saint george Marathon!

Randy ran the Saint George marathon last Saturday....Yes I said marathon and yes a marathon is 26.2 MILES! Why anyone would want to do something like that is beyond me, but he loved the challenge and worked so hard to achieve his goal! He had so many early morning runs and lots of sweaty runs, but it was all worth it in the long run!

Randy and I left the kids home with my sisters and mother in law and headed up Thursday night and stayed a night in Vegas before we made the trek to Saint George. We had gotten a hotel off priceline for $45 and we kinda assumed it would be a dump.....We stayed at the Golden Nugget hotel and let me tell you we have stayed in A MILLION hotels and this was the nicest hotel room we have EVER stayed in.....It was a two room suite, 2 -50 inch plasma screens on the wall, 2 bathrooms (one even had a TV in it!) Jacuzzi tub, kitchen, etc.....IT WAS AMAZING! I wish I would of taken pictures but I left my camera in the car that night. WE got up the next morning, had breakfast and headed towards Saint George. It's only about 2 hours from Vegas so it was a quick trip. When we got there Randy checked in at the race expo, we attended a mini workshop class about the marathon and then we went and drove the bike and run course for the Saint George Ironman next May.....Yes My husband is CRAZY...first he does a marathon, but who in their right mind would ever want to do an IRONMAN????? CRAZY! After that we headed to Outback for Randy to have his famous prerace meal of chicken and pasta. We then headed to our Hotel to check in. We stayed at the Travelodge....it was okay but after staying at the Golden Nugget the night before, this place was a DUMP!

Randy had to wake up at 3 the next morning to be at the race by 4 am. We ended up running into Denny's early in the morning so Randy could grab some pancakes for breakfast before his race. Nothing like getting Denny's takeout at 3 a.m.

The race started at 6:45 and Randy did awesome! He completed the marathon in 4 hours and 29 minutes! Amazing! I sat at the finish line for about 30 minutes waiting for Randy and I was so amazed watching these athletes. Everyone of them were amazing to watch cross the finish line. Some limped in, some couldn 't walk, some ran hand n hand with their spouse, etc.......Then there was the 9 year old kid that flew on in! CRAZY! It was quite emotional watching the whole thing.

I'm so proud of Randy and how hard he has worked...I remember the day 18 months ago that he struggled to run a mile......and now.....he has run a marathon! Good Job Babe and thanks for the inspiration to all of us! I LOVE YOU!

Start of the finish line

The front of his shirt says....."If You're Going TO BE DUMB....."

This is a saying his dad has said for years and that saying ended up being our team name when we ran the Ragnar Race last February.

All done...wearing his medal proudly around his neck!

mom.....LOOK at my BIG bandaids!

can you tell what these are? Anney came to me earlier today and said...."mom, look at my big bandaids!" This kid is obsessed with bandaids...she loves them. Somehow she was under the bathroom sink and found some pantyliners and thought they would make great bandaids! I cracked up laughing and had to take a picture! We love our little Anney!

No More Cub Scouts!

These pictures were taken at Travis' last pack meeting as a Cub Scout.....He is 11 years old now and officially a Boy Scout! He is so excited and is looking forward to his next adventures. He has Incredible leaders that he loves and they are so motivated and he has done so well already. Good Job Travis.....mom and dad are proud of you and all your accomplishments as a cub Scout. We are excited to help and support you on the path to your Eagle! We love you!

Brother Milczarek his new 11 year old Scout leader.

Bishop Montierth presenting Kaden, Kyle and Travis with their religious Knots!

Less then 100 days!

Everytime I get on my blog I watch the little countdown to the right of my blog that tells me how many days until my due date.....It's always seemed so far away until I realized that we have less then 100 days now! These next few months are so crazy with all the holidays as it is, I'm sure it's going to FLY!

Things are still going great with this pregnancy. I can't believe how great I feel and how much energy I still have. I know it won't be this way until the end, but I will continue to enjoy it while it lasts.

We still don't have a name picked out, I really like the "EE" or "EY" at the end of a name for a little girl, so I think i'll start focusing on that! I'll take any suggestions....

Megan suggests about 10 names a day.....EVERY girl name in her class or any girl she meets, etc. Some of them are quite interesting, and some are quite common, and some are just plain hilarious cause she makes half of them up!

If anyone has any name suggestions.....send them this way!

Travis and Taylor want to be in charge!

Travis and taylor are wanting to be elected as student council officers of their school. Travis wants to be the President and Taylor wants to be the Treasurer. Last night we wrote up a little paragraph on why they would make good candidates for their job and we included a picture! The general election is next week and then the primary election will be the week after. Here is what they said......(both of them wrote the majority of this themselves....I had to actually cut some of it out cause not everything would fit on their papers they were given.

This was Travis'

I feel you should vote for me as your President because I feel like I am qualified to be the best president ever! I am a natural born leader because I am the oldest of 5 kids in my family, and I have many responsibilities at home caring for my younger siblings. I also feel that you can depend on me for anything, and you need that in a president. If you ever need anything from me, I will do my best to have it ready as soon as possible. I am a great people person; I can get along with ANYONE so I know I can relate to everyone in our school. I have been involved as a student council class representative and I always made sure my class was aware of what was going on, and I would do the same for the school.

I am actively involved in orchestra, mustang fiddling and video club at Madison. In my spare time I love to go to the sand dunes, play sports, attend scouts, hang out with friends and cousins and just have fun!

Please vote for Travis Ferrin as President and I promise you will not be disappointed!


This Was Taylor's


You should vote for me because I would be a very responsible Treasurer. For example, do you like the pencil machine? If you didn’t have a responsible and dependable treasurer, you wouldn’t have any pencils! Another reason you should vote for me is I am a very good at Math and I am also a straight A student. I also work very well with other students and I love to be around other people.

In my spare time I love to ride quads, dive, swim, shop and hang out with friends and my family.


I promise I will be the best Treasurer. Please VOTE Taylor Ferrin for Treasurer and you will have the best school year ever!