Thanksgiving Vacation

Well, good news. I'm feeling MUCH better this week - functioning and everything. Now on to the diabetes aspect of the pregnancy. Don't stop praying!

I thought I'd share our Thanksgiving photos. We went to Monterey the week of Thanksgiving. The kids had the time off school, Dee had the extra vacation and our friends offered a place to stay. We couldn't pass it up! None of us had been there before but we absolutely fell in love with the beaches. We did the aquarium (expensive, but worth seeing once in a lifetime) and Suzanne and the boys met us for the afternoon at an awesome park. The next day we did the 17 mile drive (Dee drooled at all the golf courses) but the best time we had was at the beach. The weather was incredible and the sand was so white and warm. We played all day at the beach although the water was too cold to swim. I put a clip on here for mom she wanted me to make sure the "ocean was still going in and out even if she wasn't here."

After our fun in Monterey we moseyed (traffic was horrendous) to Sacramento to visit Gordon, Kristi and the boys and spent actual Thanksgiving there. It was wonderful with lots of food and laughing. I love the holidays!

Exciting news!

It is official. We are expecting our fourth baby around July 14th. As excited as we are, I am also SICK SICK SICK, so I haven't up dated our blog for a while. Mostly being "up" at all has been hard. I've lost 10 pounds in a week and although so far this week is much better I'm still taking it very slow. I'm trying not to complain since this baby is such a blessing and we've been hoping for it for a while. Dee, McKenna and Tyler are as excited as can be, but when I asked Ellie if she wanted a baby she said, "No thank you. I don't really like babies." Boy is she in for a surprise! I'll post more about our holiday travels with pictures later this week. Stay tuned!

Halloween and more

We've had some busy weekends the last little bit. First we went to Sacramento one weekend, then Salt Lake last weekend. It was my nephew Greg's farewell (see handsome picture...and he's going to Mesa Arizona by the way). It was the quickest trip we've ever been, 24 hours on the road and about 24 hours there. It was awesome to see the family, however brief, and we wouldn't have missed being there for Greg.

Since yesterday was Halloween, I thought I'd also post cute pictures of the kids. McKenna was Hermoine from Harry Potter, Tyler was some sort of karate/Jedi/ninja and Ellie was a princess which is a far cry from the Spiderman she started out wanting to be. You can't see it in the pictures, but she is still wearing the red cowgirl boots. Classic. Pete (our dog) was a football player - not as excited as the kids! We had a great holiday and the kids got a load of candy.

I'm having a hard time internalizing the fact that it is now November. It seems I missed a few months somewhere. It probably doesn't help that the weather is 83 degrees (no, I'm not complaining) it just feels different this year. Doesn't stop the Christmas music though! This is a picture of the one of the few trees in our yard that changes it's leaves. Beautiful- I love fall!

Starting to blog...

I've finally done it! After poweroutages, pictures not attatching and other "I'm a computer dork" moments, I've finally got this blog up and running!

After reading Amber's blog all the time and realizing I love keeping up with their family, I thought I'd join the world of blogging and try it for us. Hopefully this will be an easy way to keep those of you that are far away up to date.

We had a crazy busy summer and I thought it might slow down once school started, but it's just a different kind of crazy busy. However, we're enjoying the ride! I was able to see my new nephew Enos last weekend (only video camera, no pictures) and loved every minute of it, but was reminded how quickly my kids are growing! Here's their first day of school pictures and one of Ellie in her kilt and cowgirl boots. Talk about personality, she never takes the boots off.

I'd better post this before my computer starts to actually smoke!!!