Emily's birthday/spring break adventure

If you are a girl over age 10 in the Wells family then you are a very lucky girl indeed!

Jillyn planned a spring break trip to her current hometown of Folsom CA for the three oldest granddaughters during spring break and they did not let one minute pass without making a memory.  It was the first airplane ride that Emily remembers (as she took two when she was very little).  I let her take my camera and she did take tons of pictures but most of these I stole from Jillyn's blog because she is very nearly a professional photographer.  I really wish I could just refer you to her blog, but I need to do some preserving of my own.

 Their first day there they spent kayaking in Jillyn and Randy's favorite little lake near their home.  Emily said this was the funnest thing they did the whole time.

She fell in at one point and that is why she is sitting ON the kayak in the last pic, instead of inside with Laynee!

They went to church and visited the temple grounds and visited some other sites nearby on Sunday.

Coloma Jail and the Beer Garden

In this last picture, Emily had fallen in the water, AGAIN :) 

Monday they were off to San Fran

I was very jealous of all they got to do and see in Frisco,

Grandma really really spoiled these girls.

There was the aquarium,

Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39

A boat trip under the Golden Gate Bridge and out to Alcatraz

and Lombard Street!

They also got to see a magician, have sundaes at Ghiradelli Square and lots lots more.

It was a quiet 4 days at our house and we were glad to have our Emily back, but also glad she got to have such a great experience with her cousins.  Thanks Jillyn and Randy!

Time Flies

I skipped a lot. The holidays happened and they were wonderful :)  We went to Lehi for Thanksgiving and again for New Year's Eve.  Both were very enjoyable trips and I felt renewed and ready for the new year.

Our Disney Christmas blog is there, just out of order, but apparently these are the only two pictures I took the entire time I was in Lehi.

Penny probably has some pictures I can steal of Thanksgiving....or not....
Well we had a baby shower for Ashley just after Thanksgiving and here are a few pictures of that and of Brad and his mustaches. He grew this crazy long mustache for Movember and he got so much attention from it that he wouldn't shave it off when December came.  Ashley is a very supportive and patient wife! :)

I made that fantastic diaper cake!  The theme was baby super heros, baby Superman had an H on his chest for SuperHenry and it was all SUPER cute.

Even grandma and grandpa got in on the shenanigans! 

This was one of us playing kickball on Christmas Day.  I hate kickball.  Spencer's idea.  He said I was the MVP for the other team!

CUT TO..February 12th

Henry David Shelton is born!!

He was in NICU for the first few days and their hospital had this fantastic 24 hr. web cam called NicView and we were constantly watching him.

Evan asked if he could do his homework with Henry!

We also took him to his first college basketball game!

CUT TO...March 2nd

Henry's blessing

We decided the day before the blessing that we should probably be there, and since Jillyn was in town, we took advantage of her help and left at 3 am with Joel and Penny to be in attendance at their 9 am Sacrament Mtg. in Fullerton CA.  The picture below is of all the Priesthood holders that participated, so we were very glad we decided to make the trip. 

Love this one.  Grandma made that blanket.

Henry is a perfect little angel.  He was telling me a story.

Of course Kyle could not let a road trip to SoCal pass without at least getting close enough to taste Disneyland, so we stopped by Downtown Disney for caramel apples and beignets before we jumped back in the van and headed for home.