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.