Summer time goodness!

I married such a good lookin man! This is at Saratoga Splash days.. They were flying kites!
Saratoga Splash days! The kids got to inspect the fire truck and try on the firemans' hat!

Tried getting some good pics of Ammon in our yard.. He said there were just too many bee's and wouldn't give me any good faces.. oh well maybe next yr.

My dad and I!

Grandpa and Cait!

Megan is eating again!

The kids and Megan took some pretty good pics this day!

Auntie Megan and the kiddos!

My handsome 5 yr old!

My cutie Cait that is about to become a big sister!

All in all its been a busy yet fun summer. We mostly are just sticking to home but enjoying our yard and house and family that lives close by since I can't really go do to much till I have this baby!

Hope you are all having a great summer too!

Dez Graduates!

Dez is my neice. I cant believe she is getting soooo old! Just kidding! Life for her is finally about to begin! Lucky girl... now we just need to find her a good looking, hard working wealthy guy and get her marrried off! lol! Anyhow, in case you are wondering yes my brother's graduation and her graduation were the same day just different times.. It was a fun yet exhausting day!

Colin's Graduation!

Colin is my youngest brother and he graduated from West Lake High school. As soon as he gets off on his mission there will only be one left child at home... well unless Megan decides to live with my parents till she gets married someday... haha! Anyhow, this is the first graduation that one of my siblings aren't missing due to missions and so forth. So it was a long day but it was alot of fun!

A day late and a dollar short.. oh well..

I know that I am about a month behind on posting here.. but please bare with me... somedays it is just a struggle to get out of bed in the morning. Baby and I are doing fairly well for the most part. I still have morning sickness at least 2 days a wk. But I am almost done and the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter! Baby girl is still measuring small, but is doing fine. Blood clot is still there but not causing to much havoc.. yet anyway... Things have just been super busy for us since school let out and summer began... Well anyhow I think I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Hope all is well with everyone!

Small update!

So had a Dr appt. last friday, everything is still pretty much the same baby is measuring about 12 days small now and is only about a pound and a half, and about the 24th percentile. Which the dr said they like them to be closer to the 50 percentile by this stage. We are hoping she will grow enough and that things will turn out just fine. I got the run around big time on friday and ended up spending wayyyyyyyyy to long at the hospital for all my other tests that they had me do. But all in all things turned out ok I was just really worn out by the time the day was over. I now get to see the perinatologist every three wks in stead of evey four weeks. I am now almost 28 wks so only about three months left hurray!!
ps.. any name suggestions.. we still have yet to pick out a name for her!

Cait and Bridger

Caitlynn has a new best friend! They play together so well and are sooo cute.. Bridger is a neighbor boy who lives in the neighborhood right behind us. They love playing together! I just couldn't pass up the chance to post such a cute pic. This was from the other night when Bridger had to go home so Cait could go to bed.

Charlie

Our puppy is I believe like 6 and half months old now and I finally got a pic of him! lol! Him and Ammon are such good pals Charlie sticks to him so well and then when they get tired the Ammon and him lay under the trampoline to cool off.. its soo cute! Someday I will sneak a picture of it!

26 wks pregnant!

Oh joy! I am finally getting a belly! Need I say more..

Our Family Fun!

Ammon jumping on the tramp!
The kids being silly!

Mommy and Cait!
I know this one is a little blurry I am still learning.. but I still think its cute and funny! They both wanted to sit in this chair and so I made them pose for this pic!

Ammon is a pretty good gymnast!

Cait posed like this all by herself! So cute!

Here are a few pics that I have taken with my new camera! I know I know I am obssesed! I can't help it I have been on bed rest and am happy to just be limiting myself. But also it's so fun to play with my new camera!

Spring has sprung!

Ok even though this weather has been craptastic! On the few good days I have been able to go take some fun pics with my new camera around my yard.. oh how I am enjoying this new camera of mine! The ones of Cait were taken over Mother's day weekend at my mother in law's house in Mona! Ammon wouldn't let me take any of him though he was afraid of the bees!

My birthday!

I am not really wanting to post any pics of me blowing out my birthday cake this year. Wayyy to many candles on there. I am getting up there in my age. Needless to say I had a super great birthday this year. I am on modified bed rest now and was able to go to dinner with my hubby by ourselves... It wasn't the greatest food ever.. mostly I think because lots of food still make me really sick, but I sure had a good time. Then back to our house for cake a ice cream and a small crew of people for my party. After mostly everything was done and almost everyone had gone home Aaron came to me and said I got you one more thing. I opened it and began squealling with delight! Literally! I would say this picture speaks for itself. I have wanted a really nice camera for a really really really long time! I am still not sure how Aaron was able to swing this but I am sure happy about it! I am learning so much about cameras. Well it was a good day! Thanks hon!

Easter 2010!

Ok I know I know I am wayyyy behind.. But here are a couple of pics of the kids on Easter Morning. Even though it was cold and wet it was still a really great day!

Spiritual thoughts and reflection.

I woke up today feeling very happy and content with the way things in my life are going right now. After having to struggle through the past few weeks of bed rest and not doing anything, I am now able to do a little more. I am begining my second week of what I refer to as freedom. I was able to attend sacrament meeting today. As it began I felt the spirit very strong. There are alot of really great people in our ward. I learned to today that there are many around us struggling with things that are much worse than what we have been dealing with and in a sense I am grateful for the struggles we have had.. they are minor in comparrison. I feel humbled by those that have helped us in our time of need even though they probably have struggles also. It makes me think that I should strive to serve more to help others around me more often. The spirit bore witness today of the atonement of Jesus Christ that it is Real and that each one of us has the opportunity to repent and come unto Christ. That the Lord loves us each so very much. That the love that he has for us is unconditional, and pure. Sitting in sacrament listening to those who bore testimony today was truly unlifting and humbling all at once. A young man in our ward who was getting ready to serve a mission got up to bear his testimony, and he talked about how he had made some mistakes, and wasn't able to serve yet, but that he still loved the gospel and the Lord and that he was willing to repent and make it better. Was truly humbling... I think that took a lot of courage and as I looked around I don't think there were many dry eyes. I thought to myself how much the Lord must love this young man, and how hard it must have been for him to get up and do and say all that he did. But the compassion in the room was so great. That I hope that this young man really does know that the Lord does love him despite his mistakes.
I know without a doubt that the Lord lives and loves each of us. I am truly blessed. Aaron and I have been blessed with things that I never thought would be possible. I know and have witnessed especially over the course of the last year and half, that time and time again the Lord is continuing to bless us and help us. It might not always be in the form I think it should be in or in the time frame I am hoping for. But with time and some patience the Lord has blessed us more than I think sometimes I deserve. I love being part of this church and knowing that I have the opportunity to be with my family again someday. The security that brings me is a blessing and a comfort. I am truly grateful for the service that we have recieved over the past few weeks, the phone calls the visits the help with my children, all of the support and prayers on our behalf. I have felt the blessings come. We are very blessed.

I know I haven't updated on here alot lately but get ready I have some great new pics to put on here and well I will update this more later on in the week!

Good News! FINALLY!~

Today I saw the perinatologist. Still have a blood clot in there. It is however getting smaller and not so threatening. I am still high risk for delivering an early baby and so forth..but because I haven't had alot of bleeding these past few weeks they are letting me get off bed rest slowly. Still no lifting anything to heavy and still have to do alot fo resting. But as long as I am not having contractions and or bleeding then I can be up and doing more. YEAH!
One bad part was that baby is measuring 9 days behind... which is the first time she has measured behind. They are a little concerned but they said for now things look fine but that can change quickly and to just be careful. We are also waiting on some blood work results for my antigine count which will also play a part in if I have to go back to bed rest or not. But for now I am happy to be able to be up and doing a few more things.
Thanks everyone for all your love and support and prayers!
I will keep you posted!

New addition...

Ok Ok it's not what you think...
Over the weekend we got a 5 month old golden retriever puppy for FREE! He is pure bred I can not believe it!.. Well the kids named him Charlie. If I am ever able to snap some pics I will up load them on here, but as of yet I have not gotten any pics. My mother in laws friend gave him to us, he was the last in the litter that didn't get sold and she just wanted him to have a good home. So special thanks to Shawna! The kids love him so much. Timing couldn't be worse with me being on bed rest still. But its still fun none the less, and the kids love walking him around the yard, and with the weather getting nicer I can actually sit outside and watch and enjoy my kids and the dog.
With spring in sight Aaron has already begun work on the yard.. my hubby is happiest working outside and making our yard a work of art, only a few more weeks and he will be building a bigger dog run for the dog as well as a shed. Its going to be a project but the dog will need more space as he gets a little bigger, and well our garage is getting so packed with yard stuff that we need more space.
Well, anyhow I will maybe send the camera out with Aaron here soon to take some good pics our Charlie puppy... even though he is big he is still a puppy. Lots of fun!