Baby Clara

That's right!! another girl!!! We are so happy!!

Sweet innocence of a child...

My daughter has written her own letter to Santa this year!! Thaya told me what she wanted and I wrote it down on my paper. Thaya then copied my paper to her own. It's amazing to me that is just started preschool and is writing letters. She is always asking how to spell different words!! The translation of her letter is

Santa,
1. Pool for our new baby
2. Barbie Carriage/hot air balloon
3. Red dinosaur
4. Play tent
5. New shoes
6. Uno Flash Game
7. Easy Bake Oven
8. Pink Dress
Love, Thaya

I love it, it makes me so happy to see her learn and grow. She is so smart and we are so proud of her!!! We hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season!!

Gall Bladder Surgery

So I ended up having my Gall Bladder out on the Thursday before Thanksgiving, baby is ok. They did another ultrasound and saw the heart beat. Then we did another ultrasound just on Monday, baby was moving around like crazy. Now that I know baby is ok, I am glad we did the surgery, it is nice to be able to eat again and not be in pain. We have an ultrasound date on the 22nd of Dec to tell us what we are having:) I would love to hear everyone's guess and bets on what gender the baby is!! Start guessing guys, and feel free to ask questions to help determine your guess!!! Love to all, hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Guess who saw baby today?!!!!??!!!

I was so happy to see our baby today. I went in to the Dr. to get an ultrasound of my gall bladder, bu I also got one of baby. Our little one would not stop moving pushing him or herself all over my uterus. So fun, the ultrasound tech and I were just laughing watching this little swimmer. Baby Jack has a very strong heart beat, which makes me very happy. Good day today!!! I know some of you are going to see nothing but blur, and some will see a little baby!!!
P.s. no word yet on the gall bladder, hopefully tomorrow we will know something!!!

Halloween

We had so much fun, we took the kids to This is the Place Heritage Village and they trick or treated at all the pioneer houses. They did crafts and rode horses!! Then we came home and trick or treated around our neighborhood!!!

Photo Shoot!!!

I did an engagement photo shoot and i wanted to post some of our favorites online!! I am so excited!

The engineer!!!!

Dilbert - The Knack - Watch more amazing videos here

Make sure you also check out the cartoon strip at the bottom of our page!!!! Hilarious!!!

Ooops....made a mistake!!!!

The doctor said yesterday that I am not 7 weeks pregnant.........I am 8 weeks pregnant!! I am due May 25th one day after my birthday!!!! I am so excited!!!

Thaya's First School picture!!!

She promised that she smiled!!! I love it, I think it is a perfect first school picture!

Amazing....

So Derrick and I had decided to wait but it just doesn't seem to be working when we keep telling people, I am 6 weeks pregnant!!! We can't believe it, the Lord has really blessed us. Thaya is very excited, she told me that there are 2 babies and a T-rex in my tummy:) We have already had an ultrasound and baby looks good. I go in on the 13th to know more!!! We had to tell, when you go 4 years for each pregnancy it's hard to keep it a secret, keep us in your prayers. Love you all!!!

Thaya's first day of school!

On September 1st, Thaya had her first day of school!! She was so happy to go walking with the big girls next door to school and then we got to the school, her face went white and she wasn't so sure. She did great though and she loves it, she askes everyday of it is preschool day. Her and her friend fight over who gets to be Miss Mari (their teacher) when they play pretend. I am so proud of my little girl. I can't believe she is so big!!!

I do this alot, but here is an update ....

So we went on our trip starting with the Grand Canyon. On our way there, Derrick hit a jack rabbit going about 80 miles per hour. Thaya loved to Grand Canyon, she didn't want to even go to the bathroom for fear we wouldn't go back to see it. Then we were on to Mesa to visit Derrick's cousins, Flint and Jan. Thanks guys for an awesome stay!!! We always love spending time with you. Flint also took amazing pictures of our family. Thank you again Flint, no one takes better pictures!!! Then off to Tucson to spend sometime with my parents and grandparents! As an added bonus, Chase and Archer (my cousins) were there. Plus, our friend Stacey flew down there to spend a weekend at my parents place. We had an awesome time. We ate great food, went to the movies, went to an activity fun center, (thanks grandma!!)a tea party for the girls and many more fun things. Our dog Ruby did lick a Colorado river toad, which are poisonous, and got really sick. My dad and Derrick basically water boarded her and saved her life. The vet said that was the best thing they could have done, it is basically like having an acid trip and dogs have a hard time regulating their heart rate. She is fine now. We then made the long drive from Tucson, across New Mexico stopping in Roswell to see aliens, which is definitely a scary place, to Lubbock, Texas. We stayed in Texas for 2 nights with Will Broun and family. We saw some windmills and some saddles:) There was not much to do in Lubbock:) I did play Rock Band with Will and his daughter Alicia and I actually sang karaoke!!! Crazy I know!!! At least i was better than Will;) Then we traveled home trough Colorado stopping in Alamosa and Monte Vista. in Monte Vista we found Derrick's grandparents unmarked grave, thanks to the cemetery caretaker!!! Then home. We were very exhausted. We started painting the exterior of the house and are still working on that. We went camping with Katie, Ben and baby Sophie the weekend after we got back. Oh, but before we went camping I threw my friend Amy a bridal shower with our friend Kathy. It went well I think, I hope Amy enjoyed it!!
Grand Canyon..

Thaya at the Grand Canyon..

Derrick's Jack Rabbit...

Thaya camping at the Jacob's lake campground..

Flint pics
Thaya Jumping. I love this pic..

I love my parents, right Thaya??!!!

Black and white of Thaya

Me and Derrick...

Family love..

Thaya on Bench..

Tucson at night..

Archer

Mom and Derrick doing geneology, oh, the spirit of Elijah!!

Tea Party with Grandma and Great Grandma

Grandpa Ampa and Thaya pool buddies..

Even Ruby wanted in the pool...

Stacey in the pool..

Thaya swimming..

Broun family in Texas..

Pictures with Grandpa Bender

Rockband!!

Will taking a pic

Thaya, Alicia and Molly at the prairie dog park in TX

Thaya and Daddy at treasure falls in Colorado

Amy's bridal shower

Don't worry, Amy still lovesw me!!!

Ben and Sophie catching fish..

Thaya's first catch

Thaya and her first fish..

Katie and Sophie camping..