surprise!

Last night was Annie's surprise party!  I had sooo much fun!  It was nice to see all the family and friends.  Stephanie and Kayden had gotten there pretty early and were waiting in their car for us (we were on our way).  We got there and that's when we also ran into Kristen and Jason.  It was amazing to have us all there together to hang out and have fun.  Holly was home and her little Noelle was sitting in her little swing and I just had to hold the little darling!  She looked just like her daddy.  She's only about 4 months old and she is absolutely the cutest thing!  She was soo good when I was holding her and Stephanie pointed it out that my baby is going to look like Noelle.  Dark hair, light skin, and hopefully mine will have blue or green eyes... And here's the funny thing:  There was Ann, Stephanie, and Bethany (Ann's sister) who were all pregnant.  And then you had Holly and Eryn (her little Preston was such a big boy! And he's super handsome) who both just had babies so there was like, a "baby atmosphere" (so-to-speak) in the air.  All we did was talk about babies and giving birth and being pregnant, etc.  Kristen and I were seriously taking notes.  Then Kristen looked at me and asked me if we should really have babies...hahahaha! So true.

There's just so much to having a baby!  It's more than just your tummy growing out, inside-out belly buttons, and huge boobs...no kidding!  I noticed that Kristen and I had huge eyes as the girls were sharing their pregnancy stories and the issues that they all had to deal with.  Ooh, and then the topic of "sympathy weight"...and Brian totally has it =D  Annie said he'd get mad if we talked about it but it's just so darn cute!  When Ann eats, Brian eats.  It's good to see a little meat on his bones anyways!  

Sigh, then the night ended too soon.  Alex and I had to go because he had plans with Kyle and Ryan to go out into the desert and shoot their potato guns.  We all met at our house and we went way north on the 95, before the reservation, and we shot at signs and Kyle on a road that led to Mt. Charleston.  It was pretty cold and there was a slight wind that didn't make it any better, but it was still pretty fun.  Each boy had their gun, in some way, personalized.  Kyle's was sweet.  He had a short-barreled gun with a blinking indicator light (which Alex and Ryan used to their advantage as they were trying to shoot potatoes at him while he was running in the dark desert).  Alex had the long barrel, and Ryan's had his name on his (it was a one of those novelty license plates that had his name on it).  Two 10-pound bags of potatoes gone in about an hour.  Hilarious.  And then we did some off-roading and tail-whippin' around the dirt trails we had found in the same area.  

And all before the Sabbath.  Haha, we got home at 11:50pm.

Nothing but love,

Elax & Bearbara Kramah

P.S.  This post says I made it on Saturday...technically I started it yesterday, but I finished it today (Sunday) so the date is a day off. (Just an FYI)