2014

We have had a great year!!
Julian got a new job for his birthday!!  He is now working with a great group of guys setting headstones and providing the burial vault for people when they die.  It is different but he has found a lot of peace being in all of the obscure cemeteries.  We were so happy living in Ammon.  It was really windy but the people were so friendly and fun.

My moms breast cancer came back.  We weren't sure where and how bad so we decided to go on a road trip to Ohio.  Lisa my sis and her family live there.  They were baptizing her oldest so I felt impressed to go.  It was amazing seeing the country.  We saw the openness of Wyoming and the different landscapes in Colorado. Then on to Kansas and Missouri, Illinois, Indiana (I saw my first experience with lightning bugs. It was MAGICAL) Then onto Ohio. We saw the Kirtland temple.  It was different.  Then we were able to see Lydia be baptized. On the way home our adventures kept coming.  We went through the Tom Sawyer cave (very fun). Then on to Carthage to the jail that Joseph and Hyrum were murdered.  It had a feeling of forgiveness about it.  It was nice. Then we went to Nauvoo!  It was my favorite!  I have 4 little boys and there was so much for them to enjoy while we were there.  I loved it. We went to as much as we could in a day and a half.  Then we went on to our home.  We found a little gem in Iowa Train land USA.  It was a perfect way to get up and stretch.  Then the long trek through Nebraska and Wyoming.

The week after we came home to be with Julian again we found out that we were moving.  We moved to Preston!  It is a wonderful little town.  We are in a beautiful 100+ old house.  It makes me want to be more of a home maker.  I keep finding myself wanting to make homemade rugs, and dreaming about moving on to a ranch and raising cattle or something.  Funny

The boys played soccer this fall.  It was so much fun to watch them.  I am the luckiest mom!  They are doing well in school.  Gavin was Bapized it was a wonderful time.

 Hiking cress creek

 My Birthday was a pink pony princess pinata party

 Easter egg hunt!

 Last day of school (Sweaters?!?)

 One last bike ride (we sold it)

 Gavin's ice cream cake (Julian decorated it)

 Fun

 Zander as goalie

 Gavin did well!

 Baptism Day

2013

 Zander graduated from Miss Rebeka's preschool!

With his good friend Noah

 Gavin Graduated from Kindergarten with Ms Zinzer

 Most of Gavin's games looked like this. I couldn't believe the bad weather.  He played awesome though

 My brother Jon and his family came up and we went on a tiny hike at the foot of the Teton's 

It was a lot of fun to have them here.

 Here are the grand kids!

 We found a cave to go through

 We went camping at bear lake and went through Minetonka Cave. 

Here is my mom.  She is wonderful!

Wesley Maurice

Well we did it!!!  Wesley was born 12-12-11!  He is beautiful / Handsome and wonderful!  He was 8 pounds 14 ounces and 21 inches long.  He was born in Pocatello with the nurse midwives.  They are the rockin best!  
(the birth story)
I am strep B positive so in order to make sure we had the medicine long enough Julian and I hung out in the delivery room long before I would have normally.  I hate being in there and being monitored all of the time.  So I got my meds and then we had to hang out and wait three hours for the midwife to come and break my water.  (that way the medicine has time to take effect.)  She came in and said ok lets have a baby.  Broke the water and 20 min later the contractions started.  I labored in the bathroom holding onto the hand rails and Julian rubbed my low back.  Then he started to come. So I hollered for her to come and she got some cool clothes ready because I was getting really hot and also a hot cloth ready to help the muscles relax where he was crowning.  ( that helped a lot actually)  I could tell just one or two more contractions and he would be here so we went to the bed in between contractions.  I climbed up on to the bed and got onto all fours.  (I read somewhere that if the baby was sunny-side up being on all fours helps open the birth canal more and the hips to allow more space and helps eliminate shoulder dystocia) I pushed a few times and the head came and few more good strong pushes and his body came.  THey said that He had his arm next to his face so I felt glad that I felt prompted to go onto all fours.  He was my biggest and yet one of the easier of the births. 

Thanksgiving

I am thankful for my boys!  I am very lucky to have them around in my life. 

Fall 2011

Fall 2011
We have had a wonderful fall.  Gavin turned 5 in September.  He and Zander started preschool and are loving it!  Julian made a Donkey so we could pin the tail on.   I was able to walk a 5k with my Sister and cousin.  We made awesome capes that said "Super Mom"  We figured it was fitting enough since between the three of us we have 9 kids.  For Halloween we were a mid-evil times family.  With Julian and I as a King and Queen and the boys - well cute as always.  Just a few weeks more and we will have our fourth little boy home with us.  We can't wait!!!

Summer 2011

Our family on top of Red Hill Pocatello Idaho

 Julian Graduated!!!

 Swimming lessons - Gavin

 Zander

 Wyatt!

Gavin going off the diving board!

Cool goggles!

Zander going off the diving board!!!

Gavin playing Soccer

 

Gavin and his coach!

Yellowstone Park

Yellowstone Park Labor day weekend.

WHewww! It has been a wonderful summer.  Julian graduated from Idaho State University.  Gavin played soccer in Poky and he was wonderful.  Our whole team was.  Julian and I were the coaches and it was so much fun and very rewarding.  We moved back to Burley and now we are playing as hard as we can.  We did swimming lessons with Julia and her three wonderful kids and the boys are doing AWESOME!!!  Gavin and Zander are starting preschool in the morning and Gavin will be playing soccer again in Rupert now on a team with his favorite cousin Zachary.  It is going to be a wonderful fall!  Oh and we are having another little boy in December.  Happy day!