Good News in Twos

Cheesy title, I know, but it fits. We've had a fun month. First, the most exciting news is that we are going to have another baby! David and I are so excited. We have our first appointment next week to make sure everything is all right and to find out a due date. It'll be in March sometime. The picture of me and our girls is to show that I am exhausted most of time, but David is wonderful to do all he can when he gets home to relieve me. But, exhausted, sick, and happy...that is us.

The other news is that we are moving. David has a temporary position teaching Seminary at Weber High, so we are moving to my parent's house for a better commute, until we are permanently placed. Mom and Dad have fixed up the upstairs for us, so it'll be great. Rachel and Katie think we are the luckiest people in the world to be moving in with Grandpa and Grandma!

What we do...

Katie, Rachel, and Me Reading Books
Katie as Druzilla
Rachel as Anastasia

Many people ask me what I do at home with all my girls. I love being home with them, and although we fix dinners, clean the house...bla bla bla...we also have a lot of fun. We read a lot of books, swim, play at parks, and sometimes get creative. Today, we played dress up. Rachel's hair was really cute at first, and it looked okay when I got the camera out. They wanted to be Anastasia and Druzilla. So, I got out the Cinderella books and tried to duplicate their looks. These are just some pictures of our dress up day, and other pictures of our fun together at home.

The Garden

We have had so much fun doing a garden the last 5 years. I think we get better at it each time. This year, we let the girls do a lot of the planting. It looks like the carrots were planted too deep, and the watermelon was a little too handled. But, the rest came up pretty good. David's pride and joy has been the raspberries in the back. Rachel has been the picker, and Sarah has been the raspberry tyrant. She takes the berries, whatever color, and smashes them in her hand. She's so darn cute, so we let her. Rachel and Katie think the whole garden thing is fun, but they miss the carrots this year, we'll have to be more careful next time.

Sarah - 18 months

I thought I would write some quick things of my little 18 monther. Sarah is so fun. Her first word was DADDY, of course. But now she also says, Mommy, Katie, Rachel, Thank you, Please, Yes, No, Drink, Tad (baby Tad the frog), and Love you. She just started Nursery, thank heavens, but is having a hard time. You'd think with Rachel and Katie loving her all the time, she'd like some space where she could take over an area. It'll grow on her, I'm sure. I wish I could get all of Sarah's looks on film, because she's got quite the personality. Strong willed and knows that she can do anything here older sisters can...which usually gets her into trouble. I love her!

Balloons for Heaven

Funny story. We got a lot of helium balloons from the Carnival, and Rachel and Katie played with them all that day. I saw Rachel walk outside with a couple of them, and Katie followed. Then Katie comes running back in, and looks so excited and happy and says, "Mom, Rachel just gave a balloon to Heavenly Father and Jesus!". Then she ran back outside, and a couple minutes later she comes back crying. "Mom, Heavenly Father and Jesus need to give the balloons back!" I don't think we'll be giving any more balloons to the Heavens for a while.

Options for Independence

We had a great afternoon today. I got a call from a friend who said there was a carnival going on at Merlin Olsen Park. We went down to check it out. Options for Independence is a way to help people get back on their feet and the carnival was for publicity. It was a dollar a person, and every person got a lunch, balloon, popcorn, snow cone, hats, prizes...and a lot of games. I should have taken my camera there because Katie had a blast going down a blow up slide! Rachel did get her knee scraped up and refused to smile for a picture, and Sarah was so exhausted when we got home she went right to bed. David and Katie were the models with the lute we got!

Moose Tracks

On last Saturday morning, at about 12:30 am, I got a call from my Dad. I was sure someone had died, and I think we're lucky no one did. He had hit a moose on his way down from Logan Canyon. He was driving home from a boys camp and the moose came out, Dad swerved, but the moose went the same way. The miracles are...no one was hurt...except the moose and the car was undamaged besides the windshield and drivers side rear view mirror. Dad is a miracle!