My hope...

Sorry for the lack of updates. We had Brady's family down last week. His mom, dad, Kearis and Tanner Jacob came to explore Portland. We went to Voodoo Donut, which is a very interesting experience with some very unusual donuts you might say. Then we toured a the Pittock Mansion, which was the home built by the man who started the Oregonian in the 1800's. Then we all took a trip to Seattle for the day to spend Saturday with Brady's sister and family. We took the duck tour and went to Pike's place (a market that has been around for 100 years or better). It was pretty cool to see the city and man was it COLD!! The next day was Easter and we had the normal Easter stuff around here. Easter baskets, and some roast for dinner (not a huge fan of ham). I had grand plans of posting pictures for you all, but haven't had time yet. Ella's poor cousin Kennedy was sick before we came and who knew she was contagious still? Ella started her first stomach flu on Easter. =( It was followed by an entire day of puking, one of us helping while the other cleaned the previous mess. The following day was full of recovering and washing of EVERYTHING in the house to sanitize so we all wouldn't get it. Didn't work. I got sick on Wednesday night. Ella is still recovering with some long lasting symptoms (I won't share the details) and I am still feeling pretty yucky myself. Carter and Brady both seem to have stomach aches, so we hope it ends there. We are headed to California in another week so I sure hope it all goes away to time to get ready for that! Brady has a two week training in LA and we are going to hang out with the family while he is there. Wish us luck! I will get around to some pictures after the puking stops.