33 Weeks and LIFE

Well I can't believe how time has been flying. I can't believe it is the 1st of March today. Here is the best shot I got of myself today at 33 weeks. I will have to have Jaman take one of me sometime. Life has been busy but good. We have just been doing the normal everday life. Life consists of school for Taylor. Running her back and forth. I just recently went with her on a field trip to the library. I could not find my camera that day. It was fun to see her in her element with all her little friends. Bridger having school one day a week. I had sharing time for primary this whole last month and this next week. I will be happy when that is done. Talk about wearing. I am trying to get my turns in before having this baby and taking some time off. I do love being in the Primary Presidency. I love being around all the kids and their smiling faces. They make me laugh. I also love being able to be with my kids on Sundays and know what they are learning and be able to focus on it more during the week. Jaman has been busy with work. Usually the first of the year is slower but we have been so blessed and he is has been busy. On top of being busy he got himself a guitar and has been teaching himself to play the guitar. Our anniversary is this month and I tease him I would like a song by then. We are looking forward to a wonderful month. We get to celebrate 8 years of great marriage. We are hoping to go somewhere for the weekend and have my parents take the kids. Jaman is worried to go to far due to having a baby. We will for sure do something with just us before baby boy joins us. I treasure those times together. They seem to be far and few when you have kids. We are excited for this new bundle of joy to join our family. Physically I am so ready. I am ready to be able to bend over and have my body back to normal. His room is ready and clothes are starting to get sorted and washed. Mentally I have mixed feelings. I am so scared for this number 3. Everyone has freaked me out. I am thankful for the wonderful friends that have told me otherwise. I am hoping it goes more their way. I do know that having an almost 4 year gap will help. Taylor and Bridger are pretty independent. They get themselves dressed, get their own snacks, and use the bathroom on their own. So hopefully we will adjust well. I know the sleep is going to kill me. The kids have been sleeping the night through for quite a while. The kids are so excited for baby to come. They ask everyday if it is almost time. Taylor comments everyday that my belly keeps growing. In fact the other night we were playing hide and seek with them for our family night game. It was Jaman and I's turn to hide and their turn to find. Bridger looked in the hall closet that has our vacuum in it and is pretty good size. Then I hear Taylor say "Bridger mom is not going to be in there she won't fit anymore." Jaman and I could NOT stop laughing. I didn't think I was that big but I guess in her eyes I am. I am so ready for it to be warm and for summer to be here. We love the summer around here and live outside. So here's to hoping for spring to come really fast. And I would be lying if I thought I would blog before the baby comes. I am soaking in all the time I can with my two kids and husband.

A getaway weekend

We wanted to get out of the house one weekend during the winter and take the kids for a fun weekend. I found a fun hotel in Utah that had an indoor water park for kids. They LOVED it and we had a lot of fun. Minus waking up to a screw in our tire. Luckily there was a tire shop just down the road. Our tire was fixed in 20 minutes. We ate, slept, played, and shopped. It was fun to do something fun during a dreary Idaho winter.

Updated Picture of my Joys!

Just a recent picture of the two joys in my life. I love how they keep my laughing and enjoying life. Most days are filled with laughter, brother/sister fights, crying, and whinning. It is not bliss each day but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

New Years Eve

Jaman's mom called about a week before new year's and asked what we were doing. He said we were going to go to their house. His parents were in the process of remodeling their kitchen so she asked if we would host New Year's. He said sure. So all of his family came and stayed. All 5 bedroooms had couples and the basement was loaded with kids. We had a lot of fun. We stayed up so late playing games and eating. Oh did we eat. Everyone brought food and it was coming out our ears. Lots of lauging and great memories. The basement was such a mess we had to slide everything out of the way for kids to sleep. I was just fine with that. Messes in my eyes are memories. I love love our families. I love being able to be an hour and a half away from each one. That we can spend a lot of time with them. Holidays are always a reminder to me of how blessed I am with such wonderful people in my life.

Grandkid Nativity

One of my favorite things that my Dad and Mom do every year is a nativity with the grandkids. My mom should get a lot of the credit because she gets all the kids dressed up and that can be quite the task with so many grandkids. Brider played Joseph and Taylor was an angel this year. I am thankful that my mom has this desire. I love that she wants all her grandchildren to know the true meaning of Christmas. I love this tradition that my kids get to be a part of with their cousins.

More Christmas

We then moved on to opening presents. We had a good Christmas. I think the kids got a little bit too spoiled. Jaman spoiled me as usual. We had just got a new family car so the deal was to not really do a big Christmas for eachother. I held my end of the deal but Jaman didn't as usual. I should know by now. We let the kids play with all their stuff while Jaman and I made a yummy Christmas breakfast. Then we slowly got ready for the day and headed out to my parents for Christmas Day.

Santa

This picture of Taylor is literaly at 4 am. She came running in our room so excited she could hardly talk. It was fun to see how excited she was about the magic of Santa. We let her look at her stuff and then made her a bed on our floor hoping she would go back to sleep. Who were we fooling. She just kept asking is it almost morning yet. So Jaman got up with her and let me sleep.

Bridger on the other hand is a lot like his momma and loves his sleep. We finally let Taylor go and wake him at about 7:30. He was so excited as well.

Christmas Eve

Well this was the first year since we have had kids that we decided we wanted to do Christmas Eve with just our little family and stay home and wake up on Christmas at our house. And we LOVED it. One of the counselors I serve with in the primary told us of their Christmas Eve Day tradition and we decided to try it and I think we have a new family tradition. We got up that morning took the kids to IHOP for breakfast and then to the movies. It was a lot of fun being a little family and spending timewith just us. Then we went home and spent the rest of the afternoon together. We did a mini nativity with them so we could teach them the true meaning of Christmas. I love the wonderful spirit you feel when you do this. Taylor always takes it so serious and I love to know that she is soaking it all in and gaining a testimony of the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. In the evening the kids had a big bubble bath and opened their Christmas jammies. Then after a Christmas Book they were off to bed awaiting Santa.