Joys of the Season

Our December started off in full swing. The 1st for mutual we did Secret Santa. Usually we go to Walmart and get toys and clothes but this year bishop decided to just do food. The youth were kinda bumbed by it but I seen a lot of them laughing and racing off to get the next item. The next night a couple of us leaders dropped them off to the families. It was fun and a good way to start off the month. On the 3rd was our ward Christmas party. The Young Women are in charge of doing Santa's bags. I went and picked up the stuff for them the day before. Chantea thought she was pretty special because she helped Santa out. We got to the party early so we could load the bags and the kids helped until enough Young Women got there. They were thinking they were elves. =) We did a little better with the whole Santa thing this year. Elayne is going through a shy streak and wouldnt sit on his lap and so of course the picture didnt turn out great. Chantea said from the start she wasnt going to but she sat by him and that was an improvement. The party turned out pretty good. Afterwards Elayne wanted to put her pjs on by herself and thats what the picture is of. She wouldn't let me take them off so I put the feet on her hands then she realized they werent on right. On the 4th I had a doctors appointment and we are having a boy. Just so everyone knows we told no one that I was pregnant until that day. Everything has gone fairly well so far. I had some bleeding a few months ago and they did an ultrasound to check and make sure everything was good. They found a spot where the bleeding came from and so I had to go back in and have that checked out. They checked it out in October and there is an internal membrane. The doctor said its nothing to worry about but if it stays it can limit the baby's movement. So they did this last ultrasound and its still there but its out of the way. I have to go back in on the 18th for a follow up ultrasound to get a better look of his heart and the front of his face. He didnt want to cooperate. He kept putting his arm over his face. Livvy and Alex were pretty excited when they found out. They both screamed. My due date is April 25th. Hopefully everything continues to go well.

November

November is the month to think of all your thankful for. I am definatly thankful for Jeremy and all he does for me and the kids. He is a hard worker and a great person. I could go on and on but will leave it at that. I am thankful for having great kids. They are healthy and keep me on the go. They are pretty good kids most of the time. I'm grateful for family and friends, good health and the area we live in. I am thankful to be able to work with the Young Women and learn more about them. They are some neat girls. There is a lot to be thankful for but I'm not going to take all day naming them off. Our Thanksgiving was good. It was our turn to go to my families dinner. Jeremy left early that morning and went hunting with my dad and Nate. Nate ended up getting his bull elk and they were back in plenty of time. The food was good and we all ate too much like normal. The guys decided to try some ice fishing on dads pond. They ended up not catching any but I'm sure they had fun. Livvy and Alex enjoyed there extra days off of school. November just sorta flew by.

October

October is a busy month for us. We've got a lot of birthdays right off the bat. Kirby's daughter Brynlees is the 1st, his son Tayson is the 9th, Chanteas is the 10th, Jeremys is the 17th and my dads is the 28th. Then General Conference is the first weekend and we always go camping at Birch Creek. Most the time it is cold. It didnt fail us this year. We even got snow. Chanteas birthday was good. She wanted Littlest Pet Shop toys on her cake so it made it easy for me. She wanted to go to Sizzlers for her birthday dinner. I think she had a pretty fun day. Jeremy's hunt opened so he spent some time up in Caribou doing that. He didnt get anything but he still has fun. He just had a spike elk and a deer tag. He did get to go to an elk ranch and shot a cow with his bow. That was the first time he's shot anything with it. Jeremy spent his birthday hunting. Probably a better present then I can ever give him! Some of us ended up catching a sick bug. Livvy caught it first and luckily got it on a Friday so she didnt miss too much school. She was throwing up for a few hours then was really tired. Chantea got it next and thankfully didnt do much throwing up. Alexandra got it on Halloween. She threw up once early that morning then was just really tired. I tried talking her out of going trick or treating but she felt good enough (besides the really tired part) to go. We didnt do a lot because of that. She ended up feeling sick again Monday and threw up all over the couch. Christa was over so she got to see what its like to have sick kids. =) Jeremy got it after Alex and was sick for a few days. Elayne and I got lucky! I am just hoping we are done with it. Halloween was good except for Alex being sick. They carved pumpkins the day before and had fun drawing on the faces so I could cut them out. Livvy and Elayne were witches, Alex an angel (she decided she was a snow angel since there was some snow) and Chantea a cheerleader. They didnt get as much candy as usual but thats alright with me. I didnt dare be out to late with Alex not feeling well. They didnt care anways. They had fun and thats all that mattered. The first picture is of the first snow we got and of our new fence that Jeremy, James and Darwin built. It looks great!

September

Alright it has been since summer but I finally got my pictures downloaded. My computer wouldnt download them. I found a nice button on my camera that did it all for me. Just took me that long to figure it out. Now I get to try and remember everything that has been going on. For Labor Day weekend we always go to Bear Lake. The kids have a blast. This year I found them some kewl floaties. Livvy had a walrus, Alex a gecko and Chantea

a whale. The weather was much better then it was last year. No snow!!!! We did get some rain but thats a normal. Elayne had fun holding a big dragon fly. It was cold and wasnt flying yet. After awhile it got warmed up and took off. Bear Lake is a nice way to basically end the summer!