2012 Holladay Family Pictures

Josh and Sarah Holladay

Lincoln Alexander Holladay 8

Camden Logan Holladay 6   

Elisha Daniel Holladay 5

Sidra Lane Holladay 3

Grace Pamelia Holladay 18 months

Yellow Stone

Wow. We made it. The Holladay's made it to Yellowstone.

We left Thursday June 30th and drove for a couple of hours.

We couldn't wait for what would happen when we got there.

This is Lincoln and Elisha checking out a heard of Bison.

Bison are mistakenly called Buffalo.

The ranger told us that these Bison travel up and down Yellowstone through out the year.

Sidra directing traffic as usual.

Camden and Elisha.

This is the Artists Paint Pots.

The group in front of Artist Paint Pots: Camden, Lincoln, Gage (Jared and Amy Helm's (Sarah's Sister)'s son), Elisha, and Andrew (Jared's sister's son.)

Bison friend.

The Bison visited us frequently at the campsite in Norris. "Chomp that grass Bisy."

And there's Grace. We did fed her during the trip. Truly we did.

Old Faithful is in the background, a Gyser that is known for going off, "right on schedule."

We traveld many miles to see the joys of Yellowstone.

It was worth it, as a kid, and as the parents.

We came back on Saturday, July 2nd with stories to tell and memories to keep.

- The Holladays

Grace is here!

Grace was born October 23, 2010 at 9:33 am.
She weighed 7 lbs and was 20 inches long.
Here's some pictures of the family and Grace.

It's a Girl

Child number 5 and girl number 2 will be here around October 29, 2010. In this picture she is putting a fist over her eyes.
Here is a cute hand.
Here is a little foot. We are glad that she looks healthy. I am living my life's dream and that is to have myself surrounded with little hands and little feet and lots and lots of love.

"Making the decision to have a child-its momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." Elizabeth Stone

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother." Lin Yutang

Birthday Hike

Josh planned the whole day on May 31, his 29th birthday. The highlight of everyone's day by far was the hike to "R" mountain. It took about 20 minutes to get there and about an hour to hike half way up and back.
Sidra had so much fun climbing on the rocks. She is quite the handful because she has no fear and thought she could do what brothers did.
The boys were amazing. I didn't hear a complaint once. This was the adventure that they had been waiting for. There were quite a few slippery spots so we trained the boys on how to just fall on their bums if they kept sliding. That seemed to make them feel more in control. I don't think that we have ever had so much fun together.
Yes, I am about 5 months pregnant, but that didn't stop this mama. It was so much fun. I just love hiking.
We only made it half way up. We would have kept going, but when some other hikers told us that they just had to steer away from a snake we decided to just have lunch and then head back down. Not only was this a great birthday for Josh, but we all had so much fun we didn't want the day to end. Joshua and Daddy we love you!

Our Rexburg Brick Home

This is the shed in our back yard that the children and I just love. It is just so cute and it matches the house.
In our back yard we have a nice deck. We can't wait to have dinners and picnics out here, when it stops raining. The whole back yard is fenced in so that I don't have to worry about the boys playing outside by themselves.
Here is our nice yard in front. The people before us kept the yard nice and easy to maintain.
Here is a picture straight on. We are just renting this house but it feels like our own. It is nice to have more privacy and no one below us.

Tribute to Brothers

A couple of weeks ago, glanced out the window and saw my boys in the tree. I quickly started thinking back to my childhood and how much fun it was to grow up with five brothers. Oh, the fun we had playing outside and even if they didn't want me around I would watch and just be amazed. I have some many memories of brothers and trees, here are just a few.
-Michael making the coolest airplanes and climbing to the top of the tree and flying them down.
-Joseph and his friends making the best fort in the whole world. It was so great I wanted to make it my dream house.
-Charles and Barry and I playing house in the tree house and having all the money(leaves) we could ever want.


What wonderful memories I have of my brothers. I just want all of them to know that I am so lucky to have five awesome brothers. I hope that my sons can grow up to be the fine men that you have all turned out to be. I love you.