moving my blog

Now that we are a family of 6, I am making a new blog....thegordonfamily6.blogspot.com
See you there.

Tied for 2nd

This is our second year attending and the kids did great! Caught lots of fish with their longest both being 12 1/2in. They tied for 2nd in their age catergory. The derby was on May 5th and put on by the Lafayette Police and Jax. Nancy can't wait till she is old enough to win too.

Waiting for Moroni

Well we are still waiting and that is good. The longer I carry the more developed this little guy will be. We will be 38 weeks tomorrow. I thought he might come over the Memorial weekend, but nothing. Nathan thinks he will hold out till his c-section day on June 6th. The doc and I don't think he will hold off that long. I am anxtious, but dont want to rush him out. I am also always nervous about the whole thing. I wish I could deliver normally, but alas never again. I did my hospital pre-registration last week and got the hospital bag in the van along with the carseat installed. I have been working hard to get and keep my house ready for when it is time to go. I have my call list of friends who can help with watching the kids while we are in the hospital and feel so blessed to have them!!! So ready when you are baby. Daddy and I want to hold you in our arms!

SPRING BREAK

DAY ONE: Saturday March 24th
Went fishing with Daddy. We went to four different lakes trying to find some fish to catch. We had success in Erie at Thomas. I am glad we got to have this time with Nathan since he has to study all Spring Break.

DAY TWO: Sunday March 25th
Elaine got pink eye on Thursday last week and I kept her and the kids home from Church so as not to spread it just in case she was still contagous. After this day she will be good to mingle. That evening the kids helped Nathan get the yard cleaned up for Spring.

DAY THREE: Monday March 26th
Change of plans. Instead of going to the Museum we went to a surprise birthday party for mommy's friend, then to the OB for mommy 28 week apt (which I had changed from the past friday to monday because of Elaine's pink eye), and then to a BBQ at our friends home for dinner.

DAY FOUR: Tuesday March 27th
Denver Botanical Gardens at York Street had its free day on this day and we went to check it out for the first time. We enjoyed walking the grounds and seeing Spring come to life. Our friends the Hughes caught up with us in the afternoon and we got to let the kids play at the Kids Garden area for a couple hours before heading home. I got some nice pictures of the kids.

DAY FIVE: Wednesday March 28th
Denver ZOO! Our annual pass expires at the end of March, so I had to make sure we fit in one last trip. IT WAS HARD TO FIND PARKING! We saw most of the animals and a sneek peek at the Elephants in their new exsibit from the construction fence. I let the kids ride the merry-go-round as a last time perk too. That night Nathan and I dropped the kids off at a friends home so we could go out on a Movie night date. We saw THE HUNGER GAMES. I fainted while exsiting the theater though and someone called 911, so I had to wait and have the paramedics check me out before I could go home. Fun :?

DAY SIX: Thursday March 29th
The kids went to their freinds home for a couple hours to have a playdate while I went to a meeting. They had lots of fun doing a water fight in their backyard. The afternoon was spent resting from the last couple days excitment. Later, their friends came over for a late night playdate at our house so their parents could go out on a date to see THE HUNGER GAMES.

DAY SEVEN: Friday March 30th
Denver Nature and Science Museum with daddy. I took it easy all morning, just resting and letting the kids play at home and watch movies. Nathan took the afternoon off to go with us to the museum, so I would be doing it alone (and I think because he wanted to make sure I wouldn't over do it and faint again). The kids loved doing the science labs with daddy this time. We had never done them before.

DAY EIGHT: Saturday March 31st
Lafayette Egg Hunt at Waneka Lake was a first for us. Each year the city puts on an egg hunt for kids 8 and under. It was wonderful (except for the moment when I lost track of Nancy in the crowd). SCARY! We also watched General Conference on the internet at home. ALWAYS WONDERFUL.

DAY NINE: Sunday April 1st
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS :) Played some jokes on family, was pranked by family too. Watched the 3rd and 4th sessions of General Conference on the internet at home. LOVED IT! Matthew didn't feel good this day and spent most of the day sleeping. He had some kind of 24 hour bug because it was gone by the next day.

DAY TEN: Monday April 2nd
Because I wasn't sure if Matthew was better yet, we stayed home and relaxed.

Day Eleven: Tuesday April 3d
REDBOX movies. Elaine looked like she was getting pink eye again, so we stayed home to fight it off. We rented Tooth Fairy 2 and A Mermaid Tale 2 and War Horse (that one was for Nathan and I). We popped popcorn, had treats, and layed out in the livingroom for a movie day. Relaxing before the kids have to return to school tomorrow.


Well I survived Spring Break. :)

December Sledding

Snow Sledding with friends off the HWY 287. Back in December after the near Christmas snow fall. I didn't really sled because I am prego, but I used my legs to slide around with the kids. Nathan and Matthew did all the crazy sledding on the big hills.

Baby #4

Just in case you dont have me to follow on facebook, WE ARE EXPECTING BABY #4! Right now we are 18weeks tomorrow. I can feel the baby moving around and will find out the gender in 17 days. Whoo Hoo! Nathan was able to feel the baby last night. We bought a baby's first Christmas pj outfit and hat the other day. So excited.
Meanwhile, the hunt for a minivan is stressing. With a small budget it is hard to pick which one will give you the most for your money. AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In a few days Nathan will start the next semester. And the pressure of Master's exams coming the following semester is on. Oh and not to mention job hunt, so we have something to do when the year is over!!!!!!!! And before that a summer job to think about so we can make it thru that time.
This is going to be a busy year.

BABY #4 Due June 13, 2012

Our 6th Anniversary

Nathan and I celebrated 6 years of marriage over the weekend. We weren't sure we would be able to go out at first because of stake conference that night, but at last minute a babysiter was had. Nathan came home from school and then I took the kids over to the babysitters house. When I came back Nathan had made me a lovley dinner. We enjoyed our dinner in peace and candle light. Then there on the table hidding under a napkin was a gift for me from Nathan. It was a card, chocolate, and a fresh water pearl necklace from Dillards. I LOVE IT needless to say and wore it out that night on our date. We decided to go have some fun and check out Dave and Busters. We played games and won tickets which we traded in for sunglasses and a mug. Nathan won most of our tickets for us. I wasn't very good. Afterwards we went to Mcdonalds for chocolate shakes. Yum. Normally we would have cheesecake factory but neither of us felt like cheesecake. Next door was walmart so we went in to get a movie, but there was nothing. So we picked up the kids and came home. After putting the kids to bed we spent the rest of the night together in continued peace with a movie. How blessed we are to have a family and each other to share this life with and be sealed for time and all eternity so we can be together in the heavens also.

So Much to DO so little TIME

It seems to be that I wanted to Blog as a type of journal for me and yet I never seem to make the time to do it still. Good thing I have a good camera and do scrapbook or I might never remember anything our family has done. Well here are some of the recent highlights of our family times.
We spent June and the first week of July in Utah. Nathan worked for his brother. Then, we went on an RV trip for a week with Nathan's family. We celebrated summer birthdays with everyone. Later on Nathan and Matthew's actual birthdays we celebrated even more. While waiting for the new school year to start we took the kids to theme parks and the zoo. They got passes to the theme parks for doing the summer reading program. Then, school started. Matthew went into 2nd grade and Elaine started Kindergarden. Nancy is enjoying her 2 1/2 hrs of single attention while Elaine and Matthew are gone. I try to get her to take her nap since Elaine does afternoon class. Nathan has also begun another semester in his Master's program and teaching. In September we celebrated Elaine's birthday. Our car it 200,000 miles. Oh and Matthew fell at school and broke his arm near his elbow. He just got his 2nd cast off. He wore the first one for 2 weeks and had to put a second one on for 2 weeks. We went to our first MLB game and watched the Colorado Rockys play the Giants. It was lots of fun....especially because a friend from church gave us the tickets and they were CLUB seats. Awesome! The past months also included going to the Peach Festival, Lafayette Days, Ward Pool party, and Nathan's plant hobbie began. Well my birthday came in October and now the seasons are a changing! I actually turned on the heater last night. Time to take the AC units out of the windows. Nancy got to have a fun play date with her friend Adam at the WOW museum last week also. Good times. Coming up we have baptisms to attend for people at church, I am throwing a bridal shower, and 2 babyshowers, plus attending another babyshower. Halloween is coming and Super Saturday! Yea.

Water Fun In Alpine Utah

There is a little water playground a few blocks away from Uncle David's house. We walked over to it with some of the little cousins. They had lots of fun, but only for a short time because we went just as the sun began to leave. Still a good time though.

UTAH FOR THE SUMMER

That's right. We are in Utah.....Nathan is doing landscaping work for his brother at his new house in Alpine. We brought our cat too. That made for an interesting car ride. Nathan and I counted how many different state licence plates would could spot. We got 35 of the states during our 9 hour drive. We are having a good time with everyone.

Matthew's Field Trip

I helped on Matthew's Field Trip today to the Lafayette Florist and Eats and Sweets. He had fun and got chocolate ice cream.

Ward Cook-Off Party

The priesthood put on a family cook-off tonight and Nathan won most votes on his Empanadas for the main dish section. It was lots of fun!
Meredith, Me, and Tiffany hanging out

Matthew playing kickball

Ward Members eating and chating

Nathan taking a break from the kickball game

GREEN CHILE CHICKEN EMPANADAS!!! (this photo is from the day after when we had to make more to eat again beacuse they were so good)

Nathan and Elaine back in the kickball gameNancy enjoying her desserts!

JUMP MEN JUMP!

YEAH....JUMP!
PULLL! There was not very good traction on the grass.

RING AROUND THE ROSIES!

Longmont Golden Ponds

After a morning of chores and two days of being indoors, due to rain, we were ready to head out and enjoy the beautiful day together.

We packed a picnic lunch and ate together at the ponds. Yummy turkey sandwiches with avacado spread and cheese. Plus, cheese sticks, yogurts, goldfish, and juice boxes.

There was a cool waterfall going on beause of all the water that was built up from the rain and melting snow in the mountains.
This is a statue of V.V. Golden. Quote "A day fishing is a day added to life."

Land was donated to the City of Longmont by the V.V. Golden Foundation. Vernon Golden, who had mined gravel on this site, donated the land to Longmont citizens as a place to fish, walk and enjoy nature. THANKS VERN!

Father-Son Camping Trip

The boys missed the Stake campout due to illness over the weekend, so they went out last night to the Flatiron Res. and camped and fished together. They took dinner and smores, and then grabbed doughnuts in the morning. Matthew missed school today so he could spend time with daddy. I sent my camera with them so they could capture their time together. Matthew told me he had a good time with daddy and caught two fish on his new fishing pole he got earlier this month.

Fishing with Daddy

Since Nathan has been done with school, we have been going fishing in the mornings with the girls while Matthew is in school. Here are some photos from our time together on Monday 5/16.

Nancy reeled in this trout with daddy. She was so excited. I taught her to tell the fishes she is going to eat them and they are going to taste yummy.

Elaine caught a trout too with daddy. She loves going fshing!!!! These ones are from Monday, but man oh man she got to reel in one after another the Friday before...I just did not have my camera.

It was cold for a couple hours in the morning when we got to Thompson Res. so the girls hung out in sleeping bags together to stay warm.

Fishing Derby at Waneka Lake with the Lafayette Police

On May 7th we took the kids to the Fishing Derby at the Lake by our house. We registered Matthew before hand and since he was one of the first 100 kids to sign up he got a free fishing pole. Elaine and Nancy were not old enough to register. We let them all fish together with daddy. The kids caught one fish and Matthew turned it in for them. They got second place and a cool little fishing trophy. As part of the activities we got to take free boat rides. Nathan took Nancy and Matthew out on a Dragon Boat. I took Elaine out on a Pelican Boat. She wanted to go out on a Flamingo but it was being used. They also did a fishing clinic had another little progrom with birds. We had lots of fun.

Portraits of my loves

WHAT SWEET LITTLE CUTIE PIES!