Does God Hear Calls?

I am finally halfway through this pregnancy! So far, so good. I am feeling baby move every day, and it never ceases to amaze me that there is a little being thriving inside of me. :) It's a miracle that never gets old. We have an ultrasound next Wednesday, and I am hoping to discover whether we are having a girl or a boy. Don't ask though, cause we won't tell if we find out. It's going to be a secret. :)

 Jenna and I are both hoping for a girl. She just turned five, and thinks two brothers are plenty and that it's tough to be the only girl. We were in the sauna at my mom's one night and she was talking about her "baby sister" that is going to be born in the summer. I told her God might decide we need another boy instead of a girl. This must've worried her, because she put her little hands in her lap, looked up to the ceiling and prayed " God, please make our baby be a girl baby." Then she looked at me and asked "Do you think he heard my call?"  I hope so dolly! I hope so! :)

Aaron is really liking his job, it's made him kind of famous in our area as they stuck his picture on about five bill boards for the hospital. He's gotten used to it, but I still find it funny when people mention it to him. He is definitely not one to seek attention, so it's funny when all of a sudden his picture is everywhere we go. :) He's rather embarrassed, but it's a nice picture and I'm SOO proud of him. It seems to me like he works less than I did, and his paychecks are twice as much! Those three years of schooling paid off! It wasn't easy, but somehow we pulled through. People told us that we wouldn't regret the tough times as it would be worth it. They were right. Not saying everything is all a bed of roses now, but it's nice to have our home back, and for Aaron to have a steady reliable job with his degree. I'm loving not having to work, it's so nice to be able to be home for my kids. For this we are so very thankful.

Long Overdue Update

It's been a while since I updated this blog!  Instead of a lengthly post, I'll just highlight on what we've been up too.
Aaron graduated from college in the middle of December, and has gotten a job using his surgical tech degree at a hospital just three blocks from our old house. So we moved the day he graduated in a blizzard, but it was well worth it, as we are happy to be back, and Aaron really likes his job.

I am not working full time anymore, actually, I'm not working at all. I am really enjoying being a stay at home mom. We are also expecting baby number four at the end of June. I feel great, and we are excited. Jenna is really wishing for a baby sister. She commented yesterday that "It's tough being the only girl."

Logan is FINALLY walking! We've only been waiting since fall..... he is my latest walker by far. He's almost 21 months. He'll be two in April. It's so fun to see him tooling around the house all cute and slow with a proud smile on his face. He thinks he's pretty great, and so do we.

Jenna is turning  five tomorrow, and she can.not.wait. :) Hard for me to believe my Jenna is going to be five tomorrow. She starts preschool on Monday and she's fired up to go and make some new friends. I think it'll be good for her. She gets bored at home.

I guess thats about it for now, the highlights of what we've been up to. I won't make any promises, but I'll try to update again before many months pass by. Hope everyone had happy and safe holidays! We did! :)

Bond Falls

 My smiley girl. :)

 Jenna and me.

 The falls themselves. They were so pretty this time of the year, but I can imagine they are even better in the spring. :)

 The fall colors there were awesome! :) The drive down there was spectacular too. :)

 I figured out how to slow the water down, the focus isn't the greatest, but I liked how it turned out anyways.

Here is a picture of Travis at his party. Check out the cake! Thanks Alanna! :)

An Update on Life

Hello readers! Have you missed me? I think this is the longest time I have ever gone without updating this blog. Sorry, but it'll be like this for a while. We don't have the Internet at home anymore, so I will just have to sneak into town every once in a while to update. I'll try to make it more frequent than once a month. I promise.

Here is a little update as to what we've been up to in the past month. I am still working full time, my insurance started now! yay! We are pretty excited about that factor. Aaron especially since he needed to start his clinical in the OR at the end of August. He LOVES it!! :) He came home after his first day in surgery saying he wished he knew how much fun it was going to be when he was going to class. It would've made it much more bearable he says. But I am glad he's enjoying it. Only two and a half more months until he's done! It's looking like we are going to be down here until December or January, as he didn't get his externship at P. Hospital. Oh well. Everything works out for a reason. I'm ok with it. Just bummed that it means at least two more months longer of working full time than we'd originally planned. But it's working out well, and why change what works.

Travis just turned three, and he is fired up. :) Saturday was his birthday. He was my baby in a hurry to be born. My total active labor for him was about an hour, maybe less. :) Two hours before he was born, I was in a corn field, picking corn planning for Aaron's grandparent's to come over for dinner. :) Needless to say, we had to take a rain check. My Travis was born weighing in at 7lb 1 oz. Now he weighs 31 lbs. :) He's getting to be so big. I see alot of my traits in him. He's got such a happy personality, but unfortunately he's inherited my clumsiness. Aaron says he'll trip over the next color in the carpet. It's not that far of a stretch saying that either. ;) Trav wanted a dinosaur cake for his birthday ( he's been real into them lately) so his awesome ( you really are!) Auntie Alanna made him a cool dino cake. He loved it. We got it on Friday and the party wasn't til Sat. Every time he walked by the cake, he had to hop up on a stool to check out that cake one more time. :) It was cute.

School started today for Jenna and Travis. They are both going to afternoon pre-school four days a week. Today was the first day. I was wondering how Travis would do, as he was nervous of the buses last year, but he did great! They have the cute little pre-school bus that they ride, and when it pulled up, he hopped right on like he's been doing it for years! I was a little sad when they waved goodbye through the window, but then decided I am going to enjoy the quiet during the day with just Logan at home. He took a three hour nap today with nobody around to make lots of noise to wake him up! At best he used to get about an hour long nap. I got almost a whole book read, and lots of laundry done. :) It'll just be him and I from eleven to four thirty, or two on the days that I work. Just think! I can go do my grocery shopping with just a baby in the front! No more burying kids in the back of the cart. :)  They came home with big smiles today, but now are showing signs of getting pretty tired. I doubt they got a nap today, so we should probably go home and put them to bed, as they have school again tomorrow. I will try to get pictures of their first day of school and Travis's birthday party up ( mostly for you Jen!) this week.

Oh on one more note, we went to Bo*d Falls this weekend and got lots of nice pictures there. I'll save that for another post however. See you next time!

At the Camp

All of the L**s*n grandkids were there!!!

We went to the camp for the weekend, and a great time was had by all! All of the L grandkids were there, so we got an updated picture. :)

It was a hot cocoa day

I have mixed feelings about our summer dwindling down. I love summer, and always try to enjoy it to it's max, and we did that the best we could on our hot days by heading to the beach. But now I can smell fall in the air, and it gets me a little bit excited for several reasons. One, being that we're on the last step to Aaron being done with school. He started Monday, and has his schedule all figured out through November. Two, because I can have hot chocolate for breakfast. I had it this morning with Cinnamon toast. YUM. My favorite. So for those of you moaning and groaning that summer is almost over, I hear you. But I'm still excited for this final chapter of Aaron's schooling! :)

A little bit of everything!

I can't seem to keep up on my blog this month! Sorry, but we've been enjoying the weather immensly!

Logan was sick all day today, and all last night. He wasn't running a temp, just puking. Jenna and Travis had it too, and today Aaron came down with it. I'm hoping since I was at work the majority of the time everyone was sick, that I won't get it. I was told that Logan was starting to perk up later this evening.  A good sign for my tomorrow. :)Levi just turned 7! And on Saturday, I think Zacharty turned 19! :) Maybe 2o... I can't remember. :)

Jennie and Ricky are back in Kiana now, I miss the diggens out of her! Next time I see her, hopefully it'll be up north back in my house! It'd mean I would see alot more of her and her hubby next summer than I did this one! It was a busy summer though, with working and Aars going to school. Hope your having fun up there again! The kids miss you bunches!


And last but not least, Aaron started school today, yay!!!!! The last step to being down with school! We are pretty excited about it!