Christmas Time and 26 weeks Pregnant

We had our Christmas party with my family and of course had so much fun. I love the this time of year and can't believe it's almost over.

Sweet Isabel, I love the simple way you think!

Tonight as I was getting Isabel into bed, she got on her knees to say prayers. She told me we needed to ask Jesus to give us good dreams. I agreed and mentioned that was a good thing to ask for. She proceeded to tell me that a few days ago Jesus must have run out of good dreams and had to give her a bad dream because he didn't have anymore good dreams. I told her He has plenty of good dreams if we just remember to ask. She continued on with the prayer:
"Heavenly Father, please bless Mommy and Daddy to have good dreams, and please bless me, Isabel, to have good dreams, and please bless my brother, Joshua to have good dreams. Thanks Heavenly Father, I love you. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen."
Ok Mom, you should sleep good, I asked Jesus to give you good dreams too.

I love my sweet Isabel!

Randoms of lately

Joshua just hanging out with Daddy on Thanksgiving. He is such a Daddy's boy!


Here I am at 24 weeks. It sounds a lot better to say 6 months instead of 24 weeks. Really, either way I feel like I've got a ways to go. Can't complain though, it could be worse.
Just excited for Olivia to get here.


Princess Tea Party!!
What a blast we had.
Already looking forward to next year.
I wish she would never grow out of this stage.
I want her to always be into dressing up and princesses!!

Sure love my sweet little Isabel!
Can't believe she's almost four!!!!

20 Weeks!!!

I'm made it to 20 weeks!! Half way done, if this little girl decide to go full term.

We had a lot of fun the last couple of days doing the Halloween thing this year. Isabel was Bat Girl (per her request), and Joshua was a monkey. They had fun carving pumpkins and trick or treating. It's weird to think that next yer I will have three kids to do Halloween with. Another little girl, we can't wait!!!
Nick's work has been slowing down. He's got a couple more weeks of planned work and after that, he will sit and wait for snow.
I've been working a couple days a week and still love it!!
Isabel is growing up so quickly, I can't believe it! She is so excited for a new baby sister and I know she is going to be such a big helper.
Joshua is growing up as well and tries so hard to talk. He thinks he's talking but we can't understand. Everyday we decipher another one of his words. It's a slow process, but hopefully we can communicate on a decent level by the time the baby arrives.
Hope you enjoy the pictures. There probably won't be anything new posted until the next holiday, which is Thanksgiving. How knows, maybe I will get crazy and post pictures as my belly grows. We'll see

IT'S A...............

IT'S A GIRL!!!! We just found out we are having another girl. We are so excited. It's amazing how seeing the baby on the screen and knowing what gender it is makes it all seem real. Isabel thought it was a girl all along and she was right. I thought it was a boy, but the one dream I had of the baby was of a girl. Now we just have to wait four more months for her to arrive. In the mean time, I have to decide how I want to set the bedrooms up. I don't know which two kids I want to share a room. Any ideas would be appreciated. Good thing I have four months to decide.

We've had so much going on lately that I don't realize how badly my blog needs to be updated. We have really enjoyed our summer with family and friends and it's nice to see the seasons change to fall. Isabel has been really busy playing and she just started clogging. She does really well but I'm not sure she loves, so we'll keep her in and see how it works. Joshua is growing up so fast. He's 17 months old and I was excited for him to turn 18 months so he could go to nursery BUT I just got called to the nursery. So, I get to be in nursery with both my kids at least until January when Isabel finally gets to go to primary (she's so ready). Nick has been really busy with work but as the seasons change, his work tends to slow down from landscaping to winterizing to snow plow. We love this time of year because we get to be around Daddy more. I've started work and LOVE IT!! I'm really looking forward to working regularly through the winter which I've never done because I've always been in school. I love being a nurse in the well baby nursery. I'm still plugging along with the pregnancy and can't believe I'm only 14 weeks. I hope once I start working more this pregnancy will pick up the pace. I should find out around the first of November if it's a boy or girl. We have no preference to either, just excited to find out. Anyhow that's the quick run down of whats going on in our family for now.

Fun times.......Fun pictures

We've had so much fun this summer. The best part is knowing I don't have to go back to school!!!! Now that I'm an official RN with a perfect job of working two days a month, the fun can continue through the fall and winter. We've some great times with friends and family and with school out of the way, let the fun continue. Summer is Nick's really busy time so we look forward to fall and winter when he can be home more. This is when we will do more vacations. We have a lot of exciting things coming up, my parents will be coming home ffrom their mission in November for a few months and my friend Kim is moving back from Hawaii. Oh yeah and I also get to start my new job at PMC in the well baby nursery. I'm really excited for what the future holds and am so greatful for what the past has brought.

Family Fun

We've had so much fun this summer with family!! I wish it would never end.

First tooth at 14 months old

Finally, Joshua has gotten his first tooth. A little late, I know, but we'll take it. He looks so funny when he smiles now, but it still makes me laugh.

This slip-n-slide has been an awesome investment

At Ross Park with her friend Kaybree

At the Sacred Grove


Nick and Isabel running down the Hill Cumorah