Ellie Turns Two

Ellie is Two today. She is such a cute toddler. While at Manti for spring break Ellie loved the baby dolls and strollers. That is when I new that that would be her birthday present. We had a few friends over for her party, played pin the tail on the donkey and she opened her presents. She is so cute! I made her a Mickey Mouse cake since she loves Mickey Mouse and it turned out cute!

Playing Army

The Brigade set up "Raider for a Day" for the spouses. I new it would be fun so i signed up. It was even more fun then I thought it would be. There were six stations. The first thing we did was PT and combatives. We learned a few moves and counter moves and now I can practice them when Todd gets home:)Next my group went to Mount where we learned how to enter a building. I really like learning this. We got to practice too. Then we got our MRE's for lunch. Next we practiced the grenade throw where we had to run and dive and crawl through mud. I was very sore after this station. Next we learned about land navigation where we learned to read an azimuth and then find the distance between three different points. Fifth, we practiced litter carry. We divided into two groups and had a race. I was the one on the carrier while the others were carrying me blindfolded. At least they didn't drop me:) Last, we went to shooting. This was my favorite. It is hard to shoot and load a M16 while laying on the ground. After learning this we went into the simulation room. We got to shoot at the screen and on the second time I got to shoot the big gun (forgot the name of it). In the end I will leave the soldiering to Todd...I am not built for it:)

Ellie Starts Gymnastics

Ellie comes to watch her brothers and sister doing gymnastics and wants to go out but can't. She swings on everything she can and likes doing somersaults so I thought now that she is turning two she would have fun doing gymnastics too. So I signed her up. Her first day was a day when the other kids didn't have school so they came along. With the younger kids the parents can help them stay on track and Katie asked if she could help Ellie. She had fun doing it too and I got to take pictures. Ellie's favorite thing was jumping on the trampoline and she really liked swinging too.

Coloring Easter Eggs

We had fun coloring eggs this year. We were a little late on coloring them but we had fun. They were nice and colorful!