Road-trip to Idaho/Colorado

At the end of July we took Orry on his first road-trip and boy was it a long one! We left in the evening (about 8:30) on July 20th and began our VERY long drive to Idaho Falls to where Jonathan's grandparents on his mothers side live. We made the trip so that we could attend Erin's graduation at BYU-I. Also it made for a great opportunity to visit with family and show off little Orry. Grandma Elliott and Aunt Heathers family also made the trip down. It was so great to get to see everyone! We drove 26 hours straight, stopping only for gas and to feed Orry. He slept most of the drive and only fussed towards the last few hours. We arrived July 21st at around 10:30pm. We had a wonderful time and stayed until early Sunday morning.
We stopped to feed Orry while going through the canyon still in Wyoming but very close to Idaho. The scenery was breathtaking!
Orry with his Great-Grandma Elliott! She really loved her new great-grandson!

At Aunt Erin's Graduation! I can't remember if this was before or after he threw up all over Jonathan and I. Poor guy had a ruff day but he sure did look cute :)
Orry loved his Aunt Heather!

Orry with his Great-Grandpa Kelley

Sunday morning around 5:00 am we left Idaho in pursuit of my sisters house in Rifle, Colorado. We drove through Salt lake and decided to go see the Temple since who knows when we will get that opportunity again.

We really enjoyed seeing the temple and taking pictures! And then continued our trip and arrived at my sisters house that afternoon. I was sooooooo HAPPY so see my sister and nephews. My sister recently married a wonderful man named Shannon and he has 5 boys. They are named Tyler, Trevor, Taylor, Trent and Travis. We were able to meet 3 of his boys! Tyler lives in Utah and Trevor is on his mission in Florida right now so we were unable to meet them. We had a great couple of days going hiking, shooting guns, riding horses, four wheeling and making smores!


Jonathan and Ryan

Ryan, Jacob, Cash and Mom. Cash absolutely loved playing with all of his cousins. He really loved Jacob. He followed him around everywhere yelling Jakey jakey! It was so darn cute.
This is Cash with his new cousin Taylor!

Jacob, Orry, Ryan and Cash
My new nephew Travis!

Michelle, Shannon and Orry

Jacob holding Orry

These boys are growing up fast!
This is Michelle, Orry and Trent

Orry with his Grammy.
We had a wonderful trip and only wish we could have stayed longer.

Now that over a year has flown by...

Well last time I posted Jonathan and I were both still in school and my nephew cash was only 5 months old! Since then....

Jonathan Graduated from Lincoln Tech with almost a 4.0 and PERFECT attendance! I am sooooooo proud of him! Lets remember that he did all of this while working full time! Here is what his daily schedule was;
8:30 am. left for work
7:00 pm. Got off work and went straight to school
7:30 pm. School started
12:30 am. School let out
1:00 am. Got home and showered
1:20 am. finally getting to go to sleep Just to turn around and do it all over again.
Oh and lets not forget that he worked a 10 hour day every Saturday also! I honestly do not know how he did it. And never once did he complain! His work schedule is still the same only he gets to come home after which is wonderful! Although he is working 6 days a week and clocking 60 hrs a week which is crazy exhausting for him! But at least he gets to come home to a home cooked meal every night (almost :).

Also during all of this hard work and school Jonathan lost somewhere around 70 pounds! He looks so great and is still getting used to being so darn skinny!
Here is a before and after!
Before- July 2009

After- July 2011

Pretty crazy huh?

WELL on to even more fun news! On June 15, 2011 we welcomed the newest member of our family!
Orry William Elliott weighed in at 7 lbs 10 oz and 19 inches long! He has his Moms dark hair and dark blue eyes and his Dads nose and adorable little dimples! We have loved every minute of life as parents! Here are some more of my favorite pictures of Orry.


Cash Really loves his cousin Orry! He is always giving him kisses!

I have tons more to update but will have to save that for another time!