Our Very Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas day! The girls woke up around 6:30 despite Brett's attempts to make them sleep in by setting all the clocking back by any hour in the house. But honestly, we couldn't sleep either. They loved all their presents and spent literally ALL day playing on them. Our family present was Rock Band and it has been so much fun. Later during the night my family came over to eat and we had a lot of laughs with my mom and aunt Cheryl trying to play it. It was great to be able to spend a day with family and have fun. Hope everyone else had a fantastic Christmas!

My Free Time

If I have had any free time the last couple of months, it has all been spent on these balnkets. Kyra asked for a quilt for Christmas which I thought was out of the question because I have never made one before. But I decided to give it a try anyway. I let Kenna in on the secret and when I saw her excitment about how the quilt was looking, I decided to make her one. So these are my first attempts at quilting (besided your baby one Jen, that was in the middle of me making these). You can definitely tell I didn't know what I was doing in some areas, but over all I think they turned out really cute. Hopefully the girls will be excited with what they get! The pink and red one is Makenna's and the blue and green one is Kyra's.

Pregnancy Updates!

I know have been really bad at this lately, but I thought I would try to do all my updates in one. First of all, some of you may be thinking that I am not really excited about my pregnancy because I don't ever write about it. Don't worry this is not true at all. I honestly just haven't had any time to write anything about it. Last week I had the opportunity to hear the heart beat for the first time and it was sooooo cool. It made things feel a lot more real. I was nervous at first because my doctor could not find it for quite a while, but finally he did and it was a good strong heart beat. So everything is looking great! I am putting up a couple of pictures of the progression of my tummy. Not that you will be able to tell that much is going on.


10 Weeks

12 Weeks

14 weeks

I am now in the middle of 15 weeks, so I will take another picutre next week. But I think I am getting a little bigger now!

Reasons to be Thankful

There are so many things that I have to be thankful for this year. I feel like year adter year I am getting more and more blessed with great things in my life. I have a wonderful husband, a supportive family, a fantastic job, a car that runs, and a nice house.
This thanksgiving Brett and I had the privelge of going to Leavenworth to spend time with his parents. It was so GREAT to see them and just to be back in Leavenworth. We had a couple of very relaxing days and ate a lot of yummy food. Of course we went out for the Black Friday sales and had a ton of fun shopping. One of my favorite parts though was that my wonderful husband took me to see New Moon. Even though he was hating it the whole time, it was so sweet of him to take me. Although, I don't know if we will go to another movie any time soon. It was probably the most expensive date we have ever been on. I didn't know it cost $10 just to get in! My goodness. Anyway, the trip was awesome but it is good to be home.

Glori, Pat, and Brett cooking our Thanksgiving dinner.

What a cute couple!

Our display of food. There was way too much food for just 5 people, but the left overs were so good.

Me and Gloria

Finally, some new pictures

I have been wanting to take fall family pictures for quite a while. But with this every other week schedule with the girls, it got pretty hard to find the time. But tonight we were able to go to Coeur d' Alene to see my family for an early Thanksgiving dinner. My mom took our pictures at Tubb's Hill. These are just a couple shots. She took a lot more great ones. But the girls were GREAT about it the whole time which made me very happy. Even though I didn't get the pretty fall leaves in the pictures, they still turned out pretty good. After the photo session, we got to go to my aunts house for some yummy thanksgiving dinner. It was so good to just be around family. I love my family so much and am so grateful for them.

I have been thinking lately about thanks and Brett and I have been talking about it a lot. We reazlied that when we find something to be thankful for in ALL things, we are much happier people. It is such an easy thing to do, and probably something we forget to do too often. I have so many things in my life to be grateful for, way to many to list. But to start I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ, for my husband, for how great the girls can be, for my job, and that my car is still running!

Suprise, Suprise!

Well, I wanted to wait until I was far enough along, but now I think it is safe to announce it. Brett and I are expecting. We are both extremely excited, but I am probably a litte more nervous than he is. Besides being completely exhausted all the time, I am feeling pretty good. I should be due around June 16 (one week after school gets out). Let's see if I can make it the whole school year. Anyway, yay for us!!!

I'm Still Here

I feel like I haven't even looked on my blog for a month. I'm sorry I turned into such a bad blogger. Life has gotten way too crazy with work, church, and the girls' sports. Brett and I literally do not have one free night of the week. So this is what my life has been like lately.

Monday: Basketball games for both girls

Tuesday: Basketball practice for both girls

Wednesday: Picking girls up to bring to mutual and bringing them back home.

Thursday: We have the girls staying over this night. This is our one night we get to stay at home.

Friday: Basketball practice for both the girls

Saturday: Basketball games for Kyra.

So, holy moly I just need a break. It was nice today to have a day off (Veteran's Day).

But anyway, I will try to do better from now on.