The Ellertson Family

Names and ages: Brad (24), Jessie (23), Jane (2), and Maren (1).

Where are you from?: Brad - Provo, Jessie - Provo

School/Work Information: Brad - BYU (working on Bachelors in Recreation Management and doing the ROTC program), Summer job at Riverside Country Club. Jessie - Bachelors from BYU in Home and Family Living with an emphasis in Family Finance, stay-at-home mom.

Interests/Activities/Hobbies/Talents: Brad - track, golf, pretty much all sports, computer games, camping, guitar, kids, movies. Jessie - singing, swimming, scrap booking, soccer, sewing, computers, cooking, camping, kids, reading, movies.

Fun facts about your kids (if you have any): Jane is such a talker and has words in her vocabularly like perfect, actually, probably, maybe (which sounds weird coming from a barely 2 year old). She also loves being a big sister and is generally a very cautious little girl, which is interesting to watch. Maren just turned one and she loves eating and crawling and sleeping.

Favorite Foods: Brad - Jessie's spaghetti, chocolate covered pretzels. Jessie - mashed potatoes, any dessert with peanut butter and chocolate, all fruit.

How did you meet/get married?: We met our freshman year in high school and dated off and on throughout high school, so we are high school sweethearts. When I was 16 my family moved to California, but I came back to Provo for senior year then went on to BYU after high school. After high school Brad went on a mission (Dallas Texas) and we kept in touch through letters while he was gone. Then he came back and went to UVSC and then BYU. He got back from his mission in August of 2004, we immediately started dating, and we got married in December of 2004.

Birthdays: Brad - September 5, 1983. Jessie - September 26, 1984. Jane - May 12, 2006. Maren - June 10, 2007.

Anniversary: December 28, 2004

Callings: Brad - Elders Quorum Secretary, Young Married Activity Committee. Jessie - Relief Society Chorister, Young Married Activity Committee, Assistant to the Stake Girls Camp Leader.

Anything else you want everyone to know: Brad is in the National Guard and pole vaults on the BYU track team. Jessie just got her ears pierced for the first time, yeah!