HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

I have been meaning to post this for a couple of days but have been so sick. So Happy Birthday!!!! I love this pic with you and the grandkids! We all love you so much and the kids just love their Grandma Nancy. Thank you for all that you do for our family, We love you! Should I say how old you are?? Okay I won't be mean. Love Ya Mom!

Wow!!! Isn't this a blast from the past! I found this pic and thought we all looked so cute so I'd thought I'd post it....Also because I feel guilty for not posting for awhile and we don't have any recent pics of anything. My sister looks like I was goosing her or something??

Well we have been told that we need to post something on here. Our lives have been non stop for quite some time and hopefully it slows down. I have desperately tried to avoid reading the Twilight series but.......I gave in, I know I'm so weak! But this is a freakin good book! So I finished the first in a couple of days and am on the second and almost done with that. We have celebrated many birthdays this past month, My grandma's, Marshall's and Mine. Whew!!! We had an 80th celebration for my Gran and it turned out great! I was so pleased with all the work we all put forth it paid off. Gran hasn't stopped talking about it since. Thanks to those who came and celebrated with us and also to those who helped put this together. Well that much sums it up for now. I need to get some pics off my camera and I'll have to post those later cause the book is calling my name............ahhhhhhhh!

HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY GRAN!!!!!

I just wanted to wish my Grandma a Happy Birthday. The old girl is 80 years old!!! What an amazing life you have had. I have enjoyed looking through all of your old pictures and seeing how many wonderful things you have accomplished in your life. I am so grateful that you are my 'Gran'. You have always been there for me. You and I have always shared a closeness that goes beyond this life. I was watching White Christmas the other day and remembering coming to your house for sleepovers and staying up watching old movies on kbyu. And I remember naming all of your blankets that I would sleep with out of food...you had a brown blanket with brown dots and I called it chocolate chip cookie and the afghan Denise made you was neopolitan and so on. You always make me feel special and I appreciate that. The Gospel has been such an important part of your life, I don't know where I would be spiritually if I didn't have you as an example. I know I can always talk to you on a spiritual and uplifting level. I love you Gran and I am so glad that I was blessed with an AWESOME Grandma like you!!!!

My Wonderful Family!

I just wanted to take a moment and say how wonderful my family is. My 'little' brother I look up to and my sister is my Best Friend. And on top of that I have an awesome extended family. Peter has a great wife and children. They are a fun and close family. Carrie is the best Aunt! She is always doing something fun for her nieces and nephews. My Aunt and Uncle are amazing and have two very good looking children. My Aunt cracks me up! I never knew she could be so funny and great to get along with since I have been working with her. And my uncle is the funniest person and always knows the right time to crack a joke or remark. My cousins are both so talented. Parker is professional sportsman and Morgan is georgeous, smart and kind. My grandma is always there to offer me guidance spiritually. And last and certainly not least, My mom who raised us on her own and to this day will do anything for us. We had this picture taken in October and not only are we a good lookin bunch but even though there may be miles between us, we can always come together and treat one another with respect and love as if we saw one another yesterday. I love my family so much and am so blessed that they are apart of my life and that my children have so many wonderful role models. I look forward to all the many bumps and dips and smooth roads ahead of us and to the many more wonderful memories we will share with eachother. I hope this New Year is a blessed one for all of us. Happy New Year everyone!

HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY GABRIELLA BELLE!!

Our little baby is four years old now? I can't believe it. Where did the time go? How can she be 4 already? It seems like yesterday that you were in the NICU with so many lines and tubes and wires connected to you and even though you were the biggest baby and seemed more healthy than the other babies, we just couldn't take you home. Daddy and I waited anxiously to bring you home. I remember having such a hard time going in pregnant and leaving without my baby. We were so blessed then that you were able to finally come home and we are still so blessed today that you are here and healthy and bring so much joy to our lives. Makayla just loves her little sister and will do anything for you to make sure you are safe and protected. She has always watched out for you and continues to do so. So you are now 4 and it is amazing the things you have been through in those short 4 years. You started life out in a bubble, and your sense of humor came true when you would keep us up at night, and would grin just knowing we were so exhausted, your little pranks and teasers you do with daddy get funnier and funnier as you get older and develop your personality. You are headstrong and independant to the extreme but I know that will make you a confident, strong woman some day. You have had broken bones, sprained elbows, bumps, bruises, skinned knees, these injuries never slow you down, they make you more determined to try try again, and I just love that spirit about you! Well Ellie belly, we all love you very much and are excited to see what the next year holds for you or what other surprises you have in store for us. Happy Birthday big girl!


Makayla 22 months, Gabriella 3 weeks old


Gabriella eating cookies or the decorations for them Easter, age 1 1/2


Gabriella age 2


Ellie wanting to go to school with big sis to, age 3


Gabriella Belle Call in preschool age 3 1/2

Okay so again at Jaelann's request, AND AGAINST WHAT I PREFER!!, I am posting pics of me...ugh.

Temple Day with the girls before Shelly went home

One of the Webster's wedding?? Scott or Adam I can't remember which is which???

Playing my favorite game....Nertz...I'm playing to WIN!

At the Call Family Reunion swimming

At the request of Jaelann, I needed to post more pics of Marshall on here. I guess most of them are of the girls that I post and I forget about me and him. I don't like pics of me anyway, so I avoid that if at all possible. tee hee

Cubmaster Marshall at Blue and Gold-theme was chinese new year

4th of July Balloon Fest Breakfast.

Playing in the pool. The girls and Daddy's favorite past time in the summer

Hmmmmm...I don't know if I have an explanation for this one?? Only, pink is definately your color hon!

Camping this summer. Mallow roasting marshmallows?

COME TO THIS VENDOR FAIR! THERE WILL BE LOTS TO SEE AND DO! AND COME SEE ME TO! HA HA

THIS IS AN EVENT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS, ESPECIALLY WITH CHRISTMAS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

It was parent day at Kayla's school on Halloween and we had an awesome time. The kids did a parade when we got here and then we had different projects to do. One table made Monster Munch that went along with a story, the next table had a pumpkin poem read to them and then they got to color it, then they colored leafs with corn syrup and food coloring, another was bingo with m&m's and then decorated cookies. Afterwards we learned the Monster Mash! I love Kindergarten, I wish I could be there everyday, it is so much fun!

Class Picture...check out the bug on the left, that was an awesome costume!

Mrs. Montgomery reads this story every year and it is to a tape that has music. It was the cutest story I had ever heard! I need to get a copy of that.

Taking Minnie to her preschool class...She was so excited to get there I couldn't get in front of her. I wasn't able to go to her class though, I can't wait till she is in Kindergarten so I can be!

More Halloween festivites...
Daddy, Kayla and Ellie carving pumpkins


Ellie wasn't to involved with the process she wanted to dance around the room instead

This is Daddy's favorite time with the girls

Kayla and Ellie carved more pumpkins at Grandma Nancy's house

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Introducing Minnie Mouse and Hannah Montana
We had such a good time trick or treating. We went to our ward's trunk or treating and then went to our friends neighborhood. The girls ran from house to house, literally! I had a hard time keeping up. We got to one house that had all kinds of creepy things, a little cemetary, flying bats, mummy's, frankenstein, witches etc. There was music and lights and it was great. Well the girls were tip toeing up to the door and I kept saying it is okay, I'm right behind you and so they did, they got their treat and then we started back down the driveway. Ellie kept looking back as she was walking and got to the sidewalk as if it was a safe place to say something and turned and pointed at the house and said in a timid quiet voice "that house is stupid". Oh poor thing, but I chuckled at how she said it. We just had a great night.

Minnie Mouse and Hannah Montana


Starring Ellie Call as Minnie



Did you know that we had a superstar staying with us?
Hannah Montana


I just thought this was hilarious...The guy was wearing all blue and in his trunk was a byu blanket with a beat up Utes guy on the floor and the sign says "Butcher Shop". How funny right?

These pics are backwards..I always forget which way to put them?? Anyway we have a ton of leaves every day. We are constantly raking. On Sunday we were doing this again and the girls were helping me. Kayla calls it craking. It is funny to hear her say it. Kayla wanted her doggy to be involved and so she scooped up a pile and took a picture of her dog. The girls were so funny as we were doing this. They had a broom and one would sweep off the sidewalk and the other would use the "crake". I said why don't we make one huge pile and you can jump in them. So we did and they had a blast once they figured out I wasn't going to freak at the mess...They were a little hesitant to just run and jump in them. Anyway we had a blast that day.

We have moved!

Well we have moved, against all of my wishes!! ha ha We have a smaller and cheaper place. It is cute. I can't believe all the junk we have!!!! I have alot of purging to do and I fear it will take forever to do so. I will send an email with an update of our new address soon. But that is the major change in our life right now..just thought I'd give an update since I haven't posted anything recent.

Okay Okay, I'm so sorry! I know I haven't posted something for a really long time. So many things were going on in this little house and not enough time to complete them. But here are a few events that have taken place in the last month. We have had a great summer. We have been able to hang out with family, friends and furry eight legged creatures. So anyway, here it is, the updated Blog of The Call's.

OH MY BIG FREAKING SCARY SPIDER!!!!!!

So here is the story (by the way looking at this picture makes my skin crawl), I went to pull the garbage can away from the wall so I could get the liner out, "ahhhhhhh what the heck is that" I yelled and then rushed me and the girls into the living room where we sat till Marshall took care of it. Well he took a pic before he did anything. He sat there for the longest time trying to figure out what to do. He took our swiffer and went to do it and he yells "It's looking at me!" and I yelled "kill it"! so he did and then he screams "oh my crap it has babies, it is aracnophobia over here!" and all these little babies were just scattering up the wall, the floor the cupboard. So marshall grabbed some bug spray and killed them all. After he got the mess all cleaned up he looked at the camera and he goes "oh my gosh! you can see the eyes of the babies on here"! That is so gross! And there just happen to be this battery on the floor next to it to show how big this sucker was. Marshall calls it the rodent killer. And everytime the story is told the spider gets bigger, but here is a pic to prove how big this flesh eater was!

Second day of school and we have homework.

Makayla had to make a person that looked like her so we did and had fun doing it. She also had a pattern paper she had to do where she made up her own pattern sequences..I helped her with it and I felt so cool, like a real mom! i'm a dork! I know!

"Mom you don't need to take me, I can walk!" A little convincing got her into the car..it is about a mile away..


Ellie wants to go to school so bad. She wanted to try sisters back pack on and pretend for a minute

Here we go again, Can't wait to get in those doors!

First day of school and No Fear whatsoever! Makayla was so excited and she loved her first day. She came running in when Dad picked her up to tell me how her first day went.

Welcome Kindergarteners!!

Just walking right in..no fear!

This was an entire family event. We were all so excited for Kindergarten!

Okay now a little nervousness sets in for about....

30 seconds! She walked right in, went to her hook and then stood to sing National Anthem...I got a bit teary eyed until Marshall called me a boob! tee hee..Ellie wanted to be with her sister so bad.

After the ATK trip we drove over to Golden Spike and saw a short film on how this place came about. I think it is so cool how many amazing events took place right here in my home state. I think it is pretty cool. We watched them put the trains away into their little sheds. The girls loved the trains and thought they were pretty awesome.

The race was on...which train and company would reach this point first. No.119 or Jupiter

Family in front of Jupiter

The last railroad tie and spike placed here, and my funky lookin feet

No. 119 Union Pacific

After we saw the trains we had a picnic in the parking lot. I'm so glad we stopped at all these places. These are things are probably would have never seen if I hadn't been traveling out that way already. This picture is a little dark but they were so exhausted. They slept the rest of the way home!