Oh what fun!!!

I love December!! I haven't enjoyed the snow. We live right next to Zeke's Elementry and boy, it just isn't worth the gas or the effort to drive over to the school. But walking in the 0-10 degree weather hasn't been fun either. But not only is it good exercise for me but we don't waste gas. But the elements aren't in our favor sometimes.

Christmas is different this year. We aren't going to my family's, and we have different priorites with money. We went in with Brig's family to split a cow for meat. So this weekend my sister-in-law is bringing back 900 lbs of beef. We get 300 lbs of it. I am so excited to have that much meat (not sure if I have enough room), but it's made Christmas different because instead of putting 300 dollars into Christmas we put it to the meat. So, Christmas is smaller this year than what I'm use to. But I got my box of presents from my mom today and we have hiding presents that my grandma had for us, so there will still be a lot of presents under the tree. We gave the kids 2 gifts, and really, with everyone else's contribution not to mention the presents my kids got over Thanksgiving, we are so blessed.

So I'm 17 weeks pregnant and getting pretty excited about it. Again I'm hoping for a girl, and Brig's hoping for a boy. The PA said that I must have an onery one because he couldn't find the heartbeat with the doppler for a bit. He really had to search. But it was there loud and strong. He also said that I am still down 8 pounds since I first came in. So I'm doing extrememly well in the weight department. I've been feeling great and am super greatful for a husband who is really making sure I don't work to hard. When I've done major cleaning he comes home greatful for my working hard but then he tells me I'm grounded to resting for the rest of the night. Oh, well, I told him that he's gonna be my coach this time around and he's taking it seriously. The last 2 labors I'd listen to the nurse better than Brigham and since I don't know the nurses or the hospital this time he's taking responsiblity of being my coach so we can have a great experience. I'm excited.

We had our Christmas party with the ward and here are the pictures of the kids with Santa.


Zeke was more interested in the bag of candy than Santa but we all know the priorities! LOL Kizzy asked for a big bag of candy, he asked about a doll and she said no just candy. Silly kids.

Thank you all again for your love and support. I'm feeling really blessed right now. Thank you all.

Thanksgiving!

We had such a good trip over Thanksgiving. I was able to keep my stomach under control, and keep well rested. Brigham was wonderful at making sure I got enough water and rest. I some how didn't gain any weight over Thanksgiving. I had 2 dinners one at mom's and one at dads and I still didn't gain.

I really enjoyed being near my Dad and Marsha, what sweet examples of how to have your marriage. They truely enjoy being near one another. They just have an aura about them that screams happiness. We got to celebrate Christmas there and it was wonderful to see Jason and his girls, Jessi, Deanna, and Keegan and his wife Bethany. Oh, and their sweet baby girl of 2 1/2 months Nevaeh. I'm glad that we are already pregnant because being around that sweet baby and smelling those sweet baby smells and seeing the sweet spirit made me want one so much. My dad has lost about 80 lbs and looks so good. He no longer can say that his belly is bigger than the pregnant women. I appreciate how much time and effort my dad puts into each of my kids. Zeke will sit on his lap and Kizzy loves to play with him.

We also had a great time at my Mom's. Brig and I wanted to do something to help their situation. (Neither of them {My mom and Rich} have had a job in a while) We couldn't afford to buy them a bunch of food or anything like that so instead we took time to cut and split wood so they could burn in the woodstove. Brigham would cut it with the chainsaw and I would make sure it was stacked until Brigham said I was working to hard so he made me just put wood on his "Log" that he was cutting on so he didn't have to search for the next peices. Nate would split any peice of wood that was too big to fit it the woodstove. He was awesome. Sometimes we would ask if he needed help and he would buck up and say no. He did pretty much all but one or two peices without Brig's or Keegan's help. For being only 14 I was so impressed with how much he's grown. We had alot of fun playing different games and talking with my mom and family. We also had a bit of sadness going through some of Grandma Lois's stuff. She died in May but it still seemed fresh looking through her stuff.

I don't know how I ended up going to Boise for 6 days and not take many pictures. The only one worth showing (kizzy took alot of nonsense pictures) is one of Kizzy holding Nevaeh.


Sorry it's so dark my camra flash died.