Lori Nicole Olsen

Lori Nicole Olsen was born at 2:01 p.m. on Sunday, October 11, 2009 in Layton, Utah to Anna and Curtis Olsen. She weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces, and is 21 inches long. Anna and baby Lori went home from the hospital on Tuesday, and all is well!

River Rafting

41 family members went on the "Ramsay River Run" on Friday. We had a blast!

Here is all of us invading the Wendy's across the street

Pumping up the rafts. Word to the wise: Get them already pumped next time!

Of course we had to climb the rock - slime and all!

Family Pictures

4 Generation Picture

Those of us who ran the 5k Saturday morning

After the 5k (Before we got cleaned up)

At the Farm

24th of July in Monticello!!

We had a awesome turn out in Monticello this year! All of grandpa and grandma's children made it down! We had dinners together, celebrated a couple birthdays, went to the parade! A big group of about 40 went river rafting in Moab. Chad and I were not able to make it so someone that went post some pics or you can see some on my mom's or Keri's blog! Sounds like they had tons of fun! It was good to see everyone. Look forward to more get togethers!!

Joining and Posting on this Blog

I thought I would put instructions on here about how to post messages to this blog. That way nobody has an excuse not to put SOMETHING on here periodically! :)

CREATE AN ACCOUNT
You should have received an invitation from me to join this blog. If you haven't then let me know and I will send you another one. On that invitation is a link with a bunch of numbers on it. Just click on that link and it will take you to a login page. If you already have a google account then just sign in. If you don't, click on the "create your account now" link. Follow the instructions and you now have access to this blog!

TO POST
Once you are logged in it will take you to the "Blogger Dashboard". You will see the Ramsay Family Blog listed on there with links below it. Click on "new post" and it will take you to another page. Put in the title of the post and type your message. To add pictures look at the icons along the top of the box and click on the box with the mountain scene. If you aren't sure what each icon is for, put your pointer over that box and wait a second. It will tell you what that box is for. After you click on the picture icon it will open another box. Click on "browse" and it will take you to your hard drive. Just find your picture, double click on it, and then click on "upload image". When you are finished typing your message then click on the orange "publish post" at the bottom of the page.

POSTING FROM THE FRONT PAGE
If you are viewing the blog and would like to post a message from there, just look at the top right hand corner of the top of the page. You will see your email address and then a "new post" link. Just click on it and type your message

EDITING YOUR POST
If you see your post and realize you need to make some changes, that is easy to fix! At the bottom of your post, next to "0 comments" you will see a little yellow pencil. Just click on that and it will take you to a screen to be able to edit your post.

ADDING COMMENTS TO POSTS
At the bottom of each post you see "0 comments" (or however many comments there may be). Click on that and you will see a box. Type in your comments and then click on "publish your comment"


Hopefully this information helps. If you are still having trouble or you would like to have something else explained in detail, please let me know.

Let's all make it a goal to post an update and a picture or two once a month so we can keep in better touch with each other. Our family is growing and this is a great way for us to stay close.

Thanks!

P.S. Does anyone who blogs often know if there is a way to have the comments show up on the same page under the posts? I thought that would be better than having to click a link and bring up a separate page to view the comments.

Monticello on the 24th

I was just wondering who was planning on going to Monticello for the 24th? I'm excited to be going with my family and I can't wait to see all of you! Reva is also going with her family, as is Liz and her family, and my Mom and Cal. So all the Las Vegas bunch will be there! I've also heard that Jason and Lori, Dan and Aleta, Regan and Wendy, and Jared and Melissa will be there with their families too. Anyone else?

I was talking to Lori this morning and she mention that Jason would like to see if the family is interested in going on a group river rafting trip? That sounds like a blast to me! The more that can go, the cheaper it will be. Let me know your thoughts!

I can't wait to see you all there!

ALEXIS' 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY :)

Okay so I'm giving everyone a 2 week notice to mark your calendars! Alexis is turning 3 years old on July 9th :) I can't even believe it! We aren't completely sure what we are going to be doing for the party, we have a few different ideas and haven't decided.. But we know it is going to be on Saturday July 11th. We aren't completely sure about the time either.. But it will be around 3 or 4 probably. So far that is the time that will work best for people that have text me back.. If there is anyone that would like to come, but that time doesn't work, please give us some feedback! I'd love to have as many friends and family as possible, because last year she didn't really get to have a fun party or friends.. So we want to make it really fun for her! I am going to let everyone know as soon as we decide on what we are going to be doing for sure.. We are just trying to think of what will be funnest for the kids. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. Has anyone had a birthday party anywhere specific that turned out really good? Okay well I'll let everyone know, but just make sure to keep that date open! Thanks guys :)

Is Anyone Out There????

I haven't had much luck getting many family members to join this blog, much less to post anything. Does anyone have any ideas about how we can get this thing going? The personal blogs are GREAT and I love to look at them, but I think it's nice to have a central place to post things as well. I'm open to suggestions, so let me know! Thanks!
Celise

New address!

I don't know if anyone even looks at this anymore.. But I know Josh is getting married soon, so I wanted to post my new address on here for everyone so that we still get baby announcements, wedding invites, etc. The Stricklands new address is 3483 Hawk Dr. Saratoga Springs, UT. 84045! Thanks! People need to start posting stuff :)

Erwin & Marie Family pics....

We had family pictures done in March. It was cloudy that day and a little cold. So the kids were freezing. Alexis was sick and not feeling well. Ami had to drive 10 hours to get here, without her husband who just could not make the long trip. All in all they were all good sports. We had not all been together for a picture since Kelly and Chad's wedding in 2007.