Fun Family News!

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August 2016

When we got back to Florida I headed straight to Girl's Camp for a few days! This was my first time going as a YW leader and not a YW.

Andrew and Ellie had some good bonding time while I was gone. We are so grateful to our friends who helped watch Ellie during the day!

We celebrated 5 years of marriage!! Andrew planned a cute Epcot Disney date. We ate at Rose & Crown. One of the best meals I've ever had.

Family Pictures from our trip to Utah! 

Ellie's first day of Nursery! She loved it! 

 Exploring Disney on Andrew's Birthday! We ran into the stars of ABC's the Blackish. They were filming an episode.

Andrew got to hear Robert Herjavoic speak at the Disney Analytics Conference.

July 2016 Part 2

After the funeral I headed up to Logan! 

 Ellie loved playing with her cousins. These are the three musketeers!

 Being a mom has definitely changed my role as Aunt Caitlyn but I'm excited that they still like to play with me.

 Ellie got sick for the first time on this trip! I'm super grateful for our family friend who is a  pediatricians who let us come into his office during his busy schedule. I knew Ellie was really sick when she wanted to snuggle with me.

 We celebrated Kaylee's birthday! 

 My dad bought a side by side so we took many trips at night around the neighborhood!

The highlight of this trip is that Ellie learned to walk! Cousin peer pressure is a wonderful thing!

July 2016 Part 1

 I flew out to Utah on the 4th of July so I could make it in time for my Grandpa Nelson's funeral. My flight to Utah was very interesting. Most of the time when I fly by myself I end up in the same row as unaccompanied minors and most of the time they are teenagers around 14. This time I sat next to Lily who was six. She was flying to Salt Lake to visit her dad who lives in Boise. Let's just say I got to be a parent of two kids for about 5 hours. She was a really sweet girl but NOT shy at all. She was into all of Ellie's things the second I pulled them out. I had to have a lot of back up plans of how to entertain Ellie while Lily played with all her things. The flight attendant was really appreciative that I kept Lily entertained the whole time so I got a lot of free food and whatever I wanted the whole flight which was a bonus.

My mom's namesakes. Three generations of Catherine's!

 Ellie had a rough time at the funeral. She hand't had a nap for two days in a row.

 Most of my Nelson side of the family!

 We headed to the farm for a few days! Ellie had a blast hanging out with her cousins and even had her first pony ride. I didn't even have to hold onto her.