A Name and A Blessing

Today was Brynlee Kaye's blessing, given by her daddy Blake. She is wearing the blessing dress that we blessed Kadee in 23 years ago. Bryson looks just like his daddy.....
Kadee's little family.....you've done good Kadee Jo!!!

Big brother giving his little sister a kiss. Kya takes good care of her little cousins!!

The Priesthood Power......

This is my granddaughter Brynlee with my nephew, Maddox Parley....(figure that one out!)

A Big Committment

Yesterday, Jade signed with the Air Force for the next 6 years. I have mixed feelings about it. He can definately get an excellent education from it if he takes advantage of it, and make a career of it if he chooses. The part that scares me the most is the danger involved. Jade is like his dad & brother and has to live on the edge. He wants to be fully involved with military. His first choice that he is going to try for is Pararescue. Pretty rigorous, but something he really has an interest in. If you want to know what that is...google it! Should he not pass that, he wants to do the Tactical Aircraft Maintenance or Aircraft Armament Systems. Google those too, but if you just want to take my word for it, all will put him in harms way. Sigh. We are ready to fully support him in this decision, and I have to admit that I was mighty proud of him when he was sworn in. Love ya Jade Ry!

Brynlee Kaye Ellsworth

I'm a little late on this post, but hey....i'm a grandmother of 6....S-I-X...grandchildren and a busy one at that....so here we go....

Brynlee Kaye came into this world on a special day to Randy and I. It was our 30th wedding anniversary. I took Kadee over to Utah Valley Hospital the night before. She was having horrible back pains that kept getting worse. We went with the anticipation that they would check her and send her home. Only after 10 minutes on the monitor, the nurse came in and said that Dr. Nance didn't like what he was seeing with the baby's heartbeat and was going to admit her. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!! Indications from the monitor was showing either the cord was being pinched off or it was wrapped around her neck. Within a half an hour Dr. Nance came in and broke her water, started the pitocin and gave her the epidural. If after an hour she didnt begin to dialate, then we would be looking at an emergency c-section. (She was only dialted a 1+ and 80% effaced.) It was 10:00 pm. At 11:00 she was a 2, baby was still showing some trouble. Midnight she was a 3 and it is now our 30th anniversary. I was pretty excited to be getting the best gift ever. Baby was starting to show better signs and things were looking good. At 2:00 am the nurse checked Kadee and said she was a 4. I was getting tired and decided that it was time to get some much needed sleep as it was going soooo slow!! At 2:30 Kadee said her contrations seemed to be right on top of each other. 10 minutes later the nurse came in, checked her and said she was COMPLETE! Holy cow...in just 45 minutes she went from a 4 to a 10! Dr. Nance came in, got everything in "position" and with one push her head was out. With the next push her head came out and Dr. Nance told Kadee to stop pushing, and he said...."oh dear, here is our problem". The cord was wrapped tightly around her neck. He told Blake that he would not be able to cut the cord this time. Dr. Nance could hardly get his finger between the cord and the baby's neck to cut it because it was so so tight. Once the cord was cut, out she came! She was so tiny and petite. This experience is the best thing one can witness and I am grateful to my daughters for letting me be a part of a very sacred moment. It truly is a miracle. Dr. Nance said that if Kadee did not come in that night, the outcome would not have been a good one. I absolutely love Dr. Nance. He delivered Kadee and Jade, and 5 of my 6 grandbabies!!
So....the stats of this beautiful little girl

NAME: Brynlee Kaye Ellsworth

Born: August 19, 2010

Weight: 6 pounds 12 inches
Length: 19 inches long
SHE IS PERFECT

Kadee's best friend since the age of 2 Taysia Kaye, this is who Brynlee's middle name is after

Hi Grandpa Tank

My gramma Jo


Hi Uncle Jade

Hi Aunt Cathy

Unfortunately her belirubin was in the critical stage, so under the lights she had to go...in style!

Momma was a little blue that she couldn't hold her baby

Wearing her goggles...

And here she is 1 week old and discharged from the lights!

Happy Birthday Randy!

Today is Randy's 51st birthday. I always make a special post for birthdays or special occasions with pictures to go with it. In searching my archives for such things, I came across this video of Randy and decided I would just use this instead of pictures because this video describes my Randy!!! He has always been a character since the day I met him. He is so much fun, and anyone that knows him, knows how CRAZY the man is, even to this day. I get annoyed with him quite a bit because most of the time he just doesn't know when to STOP!! So, as I was watching this video it solidify's what I'm talking about. Randy is talented at many many things, he's a jack of all trades, can fix anything, he's an adreniline junkie and loves his job, if he's kicking down doors, taking down criminals at gun point, he really should be a canine because he can find the drugs in the best hiding places...even at 51 the man can still play softball like a champ! You should see him smack the ball over the fence and run the bases 90 miles an hour!! No one can beat his outfielding skills, slides, somersaults...WHATEVER......
What this video is about for those of you who don't know, Randy is an actor (true story, he was in a movie with Keifer Sutherland..I think that would count as being an actor, wouldn't you?) and for many many years he was a permanent fixture in the Salem Days Pagent, because he could play any part they would ask him to. He knows how to make people laugh. This is at a practice for the pagent 2 years ago. You will want to pause my music player to the right before starting the video so you can hear it..............
HaPpY BiRtHdAy Randy!!!

4th of July

We had a fun get together on the 4th of July. After church we had a bbq, and then we taught the kids how to play lawn chess. It was a blast, they loved it and can't wait to play it again. I'm going to have to post pictures of that soon..... In the meantime we thought we'd better get a picture with our grandbabies. Next month we will add a new granddaughter to the picture!

Baseball and the Grandkidlets

Back in the day when our kids were little, our summers were literally spent at the ball park! There were times that we had 7 games a week, and that included watching Randy play on a men's league. Now we get to have the priviledge of watching our 2 oldest grandkids play.
Kya plays on a coach-pitch team. For her first year of baseball, she's got the knack. This little girl can hit the ball every time, I'm impressed at how far she hits it!! I can't even hit it that far...really. She is a good infield player too! She knows the game.
Then there's Ribowski!! He played in his first ever t-ball game. We all know how entertaining that can be...they are all over the place, kicking the dirt, picking the grass, or watching the airplanes fly over.
It's summertime, and what a better way to kick it off.......