Flag Football

My brother Tyson is in charge of coordinating the flag football teams at the Rec Center. A few months ago he was telling me about it and mentioned that I should sign Ryker up. So I did. Actually Tyson did it for me since he's in charge of it.

 

Everything was all set up until the day we got home from Maui, I got a phone call from Tyson. He told me that the guy that volunteered to coach Ryker's team wouldn't pass the background check. Eek. So Tyson was in need of a coach for Ryker's team. He then asked if Jesse would be able to coach. So he agreed to do it.

 

The first game was cancelled due to bad weather. So the first official game the team got to play was this last Saturday. But Jesse had to work and so did I. So Mike and Heidi stood in for us.

 

Tonight was our second game and Jesse and I were able to attend. Ryker had so much fun on Saturday that he has been talking everyday how excited he was to play again. I was excited to watch him play and Jesse was excited to coach.

 



 

The team played really well, but they lost. They didn't care though. They all just had so much fun! Ryker was the biggest cheerleader on the field. He was so excited for each of his teammates when they did something well. I love his personality that makes him instantly love and make new friends. I really think that he loves to be apart of a team. Even if the team doesn't win a single game this season Ryker won't care because he is just having fun playing the game.

Our Final Goodbyes...

Yesterday morning we officially closed/sold (whatever you call it) on  our cute first home. So surreal. After signing the papers I had to go to work. But while I was working Jesse, his friend Kris, and my parents worked on the remaining of the house. My parents were so wonderful and cleaned the house from top to bottom. If anyone ever needs a good cleaning guy... call my dad... he knows how to do it right. 

 

Anyway, one of Jesse's plans yesterday was to get the chicken coop apart to the point that he could take it up to the new house. He's been saying it wouldn't be a problem. But I got a phone call from him while I was at work and he had bad news for me. I guess he built the coup alot stronger and sturdier than he thought. And he couldn't get it apart without destroying it. Hence his phone call... because by that point he said it was in pieces. :-( So the bad news was that we would have to find a new home for our 9 chickens.

 

All I could think about was that Ryker was going to be crushed.

 

I got home from work around 5:00pm and everyone was outside talking, My parents had just finished cleaning while Jesse and Kris were finishing up their projects. I said thank you to my parents and to Kris for helping us out all day. Honestly what a blessing it is to have family and friends willing to sacrifice their time to help us out.

 

I asked my mom to snap a quick picture of us in front of our First Home. (Looking at this picture makes me emotional, ahhhh).

After they left I walked decided to walk through the house. I didn't even make it 10 steps into the house before my emotional dam broke. Those who know me, know that I'm not an emotional person, but there was no way to fight back all the emotions I was feeling as I walked through our physically empty home that was filled to the brim with so many memories. Even the ones you'd want to forget seemed to fill my heart with joy.

Every room I walked in my crying got uglier and uglier. Especially when I went into the nursery. Oh man. All the memories of being up through the night, checking on sleeping babes, teaching them to pray for the first time, reading them bedtime stories... the list goes on.... I had to stop myself and move onto the next room before I completely fell apart.

When I left the house and went into the backyard I met Jesse with tears in my eyes. Then Ryker saw me crying and came and hugged me. Then he started crying.... I looked at Jesse and his eyes were red so he came and hugged us. So just imagine us in a group hug just crying on each others shoulders. It's kinda comical when you think about it. But at the moment we were just feeling the sadness and reality that we wouldn't be in that home anymore.

And poor Ryker was so so sad about giving our chickens to a new owner. My heart went out to him. We gave 6 of them to our next door neighbors and 3 to another neighbor. And Ryker just cried and hugged each chicken goodbye.  Cy was sad too, but not nearly as much as Ryker.

What an emotional and tiring few days we have experienced this past few days. It's been tough to handle, but we know that the Lord has guided us in this direction and so we know that what we are doing it right. Even though it feels really hard right now, I'm sure we will look back with fondness on this event. We'll be able to piece our lives and our home together to make new memories.

We'll build a new coup at our new home and in the Spring time next year we will get new baby chicks. That feels very far away (especially to a 7 year old), but I'm sure it'll be here before we know it.

Tonight will be the 2nd night at my parents home. I'm grateful how gracious they have been to let us stay with them. Especially since they are trying to sell their home still. Hopefully we won't be too much of a burden.

We are thinking that we should be closing on the new home on Tuesday (April 28). And then we'll have to get the house in order and cleaned. Because it's been vacant for months the power and water isn't even on. So we gotta get that figured out and then give it a good cleaning before we move everything from the garage into the house.

There is a lot of work ahead of us, but we will make the most of it.

Last Night In Our First Home

All day yesterday we spent boxing up our house. And man is it alot of work. Also what a realization of how much we have. It's crazy. And quite overwhelming if you ask me. But we just worked hard and got alot of it done. Mike and Heidi came out and helped alot as well.  By the end of the night I was beat, but we still weren't done.

Today we were suppose to go sign papers to close on this house, but our realtor called us around 10:00am and told us it wasn't going to happen. Blah. So it got pushed back to tomorrow at 10:30am. So that's good.

But today I was feeling tired and rather emotional from this whole thing. I should be excited about it but I fought back the tears all day. I'm sure by the time I finish this post the water works dam will be broken and I'll be a sobbing mess.

I am not usually an emotional person, but for some reason I am today. We have made so many memories in this house that I'm finding it really hard to say goodbye. We started our family here and put so much work into it. Our hearts and souls were poured into this little home of ours, and it's really hard to close those chapters of our lives and move on to the future ones.

But for some reason opening up empty kitchen cabinets is where it really sparked my emotions. And the rest of the day I had moments where I felt it coming on and I just couldn't let it out yet.

We had guys from our ward come to help us tonight. Plus friends and family members. It was fantastic. The guys cleared this house up so fast. I was impressed and very grateful for their hard work and strong muscles.

As the house began to clear and the night began to fall I got the boys showered and ready for bed. The rest of the guys took the last load up to the house and everyone else went home. I was alone in the house. I went to check on the boys in their beds. Only thing left in their rooms were mattresses and their bedding. A wave of emotions hit me again with the realization that this will be the last night we sleep in our home.

Why am I having such a hard time with this? I should be so happy about moving. But I really am struggling with the whole process of it all. It makes me never want to move again. I'm sure being pregnant doesn't help. I just need to look for the positive in all of this. That should help. Right? In a few months this will all be past us.

Farewell to our first home. It's been so good to us. Looking forward to the future!

It's Happening...

The past day or so Jesse has started to box things up. I've been at work so it's been nice to know that he could take over and help out with getting things ready to move. Not going to lie it makes me a little sad and anxious having the house being boxed up and in disarray. But that's just how it's going to be the next few weeks. So no point in complaining about it. Just let it happen and go with it.

On Tuesday we will be signing papers to sell our home. Yikes. I can't believe how it snuck up on us already. After we sign papers we are going to be moving our stuff out of the house. Because we aren't closing on our new home until the end of April we will be moving in with my parents for a week until we can officially move into our new home.

Because the new home is currently vaccine they have agreed to let us move our stuff into the garage until we sign the closing papers. This is very nice of them because it'll be very nice to only have to move our stuff once, and not twice.

We are going to be living in a state of limbo for awhile. But that's ok. We will just take one day/project at a time.

It's really nice that Jesse is on his 6 day break right now, so we can get this move done. Tomorrow and Tuesday are going to be very busy packing days. Neither one of us has anything planned besides that. So I'm hoping we can get a good chunk done tomorrow. As for today we are taking it easy. Especially since it's Sunday, but we are getting a little break before the crazy begins.

As stressful as this all is, it's just part of life. And it'll pass. Everything has been working out so well that we know that this is the path that Heavenly Father wants us to be on. So I really shouldn't complain because this is what we are suppose to be doing right now.

It was our last Sunday in the Bountiful 7th ward today and it's sad. During sacrament Ryker said to Jesse and me...."It's a shame to leave this ward."

So true. This has been the only ward that Ryker and Cyrus have known. So I think it's hard for them to say goodbye to it. But thankfully because they are so young they will transition into the new ward and make new friends just fine. Even though we are going to be in limbo for a week we think that we'll be going to the new ward next week. Might as well right?

Well hopefully all goes well this week. I'm sure it will. I'll keep you posted.

Bearing Testimony

Jesse had a shift today so the boys and I went to church today. Nothing new really, that's been our lives the past year and a half, so we are used to that. Only thing different today was I was going to be subbing Cy's Sunbeam class. The lesson was about Easter. I had mixed feelings about it because it's not always easy to get 3 and 4 year olds attention and to hold it long enough to give a spiritual lesson.

 

But once I started talking about Jesus these kids were so into it. I showed them pictures of Jesus in Gethsemane, teaching the Sermon on the Mount, etc. But the picture I should them of Christ on the cross they all gathered around me to get a closer look and they were so quiet. It was like they could feel the reverence from that picture. It really struck me. I was so impressed that these little people could feel and know the importance of this picture. Oh it was a sweet moment.

 

They even kept their attention of the rest of the lesson. It was fantastic.

 

Well after the lesson we went to sharing time and then headed into the Chapel for Sacrament Meeting. Yes you read that right, we have a backwards block. It's been like that for 10 years for us, so it's going to be weird going to the regular way in our new ward.

 

Anyway, as we were partaking of the sacrament I got thinking about those Sunbeams and how much they impressed me. My heart started to feel full. Then it dawned on me... It was fast and testimony meeting. And right then I knew I would be bearing my testimony.

 

I'm not posting about this because I am trying to brag that I bore my testimony, just wait there is a reason behind all this story.

 

As I was gathering my thoughts on what I would say it occurred to me that this would be our last testimony meeting in this ward. Then my heart filled up, almost to explosion. It felt like the Spirit was screaming at me to go up. I couldn't ignore it. So I went up.

 

I could see Ryker in the congregation looking up at me again with that proud look he gives me. And he had tears in his eyes. This tender kid was feeling touched.

 

When I sat down in between the boys, Ryker wouldn't let go of me. I could feel that he was just ready to burst. Checking to make sure he was ok several times and he said yes. Finally I asked him if he felt like he needed to bare his testimony. Now usually when I ask him if he wants to do it he never wants to, but on this day he decided that he wanted to. So he got up and walked to the front. An older woman had beat him to the microphone, so he sad next to the Stake President and Bishop Olsen.

 

As this older women went on about who knows what? Ryker is anxiously waiting for his turn. I could tell he was nervous, so I started to feel nervous for him. Then I started to feel impatient that the woman wasn't done yet. I don't think I listened very well to her testimony because I was so focused on Ryker.

 

His turn finally came and my heart felt so proud of him that it could burst. He just nailed it. You never would have guessed he was nervous and he bore such a sweet little testimony. So proud of him.

 

When he sat down with Cy and I, he mentioned to me how good that made him feel. Even though he was really nervous. What a stud. That fear is strong and to get over it and bare testimony was a moment I hope never to forget. I was dying that Jesse wasn't there to witness this.

Ryker has always had a tender heart and sweet spirit. And I am so proud of him for bearing his testimony today. I just have a feeling he is going to be such a good solid example to his younger brothers, friends and family members for the rest of his life. He's a special kid.

Legacy Duathlon 2015

I am kinda sentimental about this race because it was my first race that got me into the love for racing. So when it was coming around I really wanted to do it. Even though I was pregnant. And.... I really wanted Jesse to do it with me. So what did I do? I signed us up.

 

First race of the season and I really was excited about it. But being pregnant I knew that I just wanted to do the race to just do it. Not really caring if I placed or not. Just finish and say that I did it being 4 1/2 months pregnant. So I signed Jesse and I up for the short course. Which is what I have done the past 2 years. I decided I didn't need to do the long course quite yet. Maybe next year? And Jesse only wanted to do the short course anyway. So it was perfect.

 

Saturday morning came and I headed down to the transition area in NSL. Jesse would be meeting me there because he was coming from work that morning. Talk about a tough man... working a 24 hour shift and then coming straight to the race.

 

I had everything there all set up ready for him to just come, change his clothes and get going. He had taken his bike to work because he had a flat tire that needed repairing. So that was the only think missing. But other than that he was set.



I found lots of friends at the race that I was excited to see. From left to right: Me, Jesse, Chad (I met him at GPP), Ryan Dailey (from the Top Gear Team that no longer exists... sad day), Jeff Lewis (Top Gear team and works out at GPP as well), and Jeff's son Jonah. They were all doing the long course except me, Jesse and Jonah. Chad, Ryan and Jeff are doing the St. George Half IRONMAN at the beginning of May. So that's exciting for them.

Anyway, so Jesse and I started about 10 seconds apart from each other and we were able to stay together mostly the whole time. On the bike ride we took turns being in the lead. But I loved having him with me the entire time. The second run came and I had transitioned a little faster than he had but knew he would catch up to me on the run. Because let's be honest, my running is slower now that I'm caring this extra weight. But Jesse never caught up. I guess he had a bad cramp in his calf and he had to stop and stretch it out.

I finished with a time of 1:04:58. Jesse finished with a time of 1:06:49. Not too shabby. When I got my slip of paper with my time it tells you what you are in your age division and at that moment I was 1st in my age division. Um? Come again? My goal was just to finish this race and here I was placing. And being pregnant. Shocked is the only word that comes to mind of how I was feeling about it.

Jesse placed 5th in his division, but because 2 of the guys in his division placed in the overall category he got bumped up into 3rd place. So he too got a medal. YAY!!!! We both took home a Gold and Bronze for our family. I'd say it was quite the accomplished morning for us. So very proud of Jesse.

My brother Tyson had brought the boys to cheer us on. Unfortunately he didn't make it in time for the boys to see us finish. They arrived shortly there after. Ryker was really bummed because he had made a little sign that said "GO MOM AND DAD!" How cute is he?

But either way I was so happy to see them there. And when they got there I could already see their proud looks on their faces. I love that about Ryker, he really was so proud of us. I hope that he will keep that attitude when he is a teenager. Haha.

Oh how I love this little family of mine.

3 Boys!!!

The day we had been anxiously waiting for had finally arrived. AHHHH!!!!! We picked up Ryker from school and headed straight to LDS hospital where the appointment was set up for. We had to get there a little bit earlier to register and then wait for our name to be called.

A month ago when I had set up the appointment I had set it up after school hours so that the boys could go. They warned me that at that time there was a rule enforced that kids 12 and under were not aloud to be in the hospitals because of flu season. The receptionist said by the time my appointment came around the rule might be lifted. So I had prayed that it would be lifted and when I called the day before (Mon) they informed me that it had been lifted! Thank you Heavenly Father.

 

The boys were all really excited as we were driving down to SLC. On the drive down Ryker was asking us what we were all hoping it would be. Of course Jesse was hoping for a girl but would be happy with a boy as well. That was pretty much the unanimous vote in the car.

 

When we arrived at the hospital we had to do a little bit of waiting. I looked up at one point and saw this image. I got a kick out of it. Especially Cy. Ryker was reading his book for school and Jesse was playing on his phone. So Cy picked up a magazine and joined in. It made me laugh.

I would say though that we had about 90% of our friends and family vote that we were having a girl. Things about this pregnancy have been different that the other boys pregnancies and I only had a girl name picked out. So Jesse and I had started to convince ourselves that it was a girl.

Well we were all wrong. Right off the bat the technician saw that we were having a boy. And it just made me laugh because I was thinking everybody is going to be so surprised. Haha.

As we sat and watched our little guy moving around and the technician checking out every thing about his brain, heart, kidneys, bones etc., we couldn't help but feel excited about this little man joining our family. 

Do you see the "foot print" in this photo?

This one is him with his ankles crossed.  (On the left is the knees and on the right are the two feet, his ankles are in the shadow) Oh Ryker loved when we saw this, he made sure that the technician took a picture of it. So she did. She was so good with the boys. Cy really liked hearing the heartbeat, so he asked to hear it again and at the end of the appointment she let him hear it again. They were just tickled during the whole time watching the screen. I got a kick out of them.

This is the same picture as the one in the collage. But I just love it. His profile is perfection. It makes me so excited to see what he looks like in person. 

On the drive home I was asking Jesse if he was sad we weren't having a girl. I loved his response. "How could I be sad when we are being blessed with a perfect healthy boy? I would be very ungrateful if I was still wishing to have a girl. This boy is perfect."

I totally agree. I know we would have be happy either way. But it truly is a blessing from God that this little guy is perfectly healthy and I can't complain about that.

Now the thing is coming up with names. We don't have any picked out. Haha. Thankfully we still have 20 more weeks to figure that out.

Happy Easter

Because of Him we get to celebrate Easter. We get to reflect on His sacrifice that he made for each of us. We reflect on how he made it possible for us to repent and be cleansed with His atonement. We reflect how He broke the bands of death. We reflect on the knowledge that He is Risen and that He Lives!

With that in mind I get to spend this Easter day with these two munchkins listening to General Conference and finding Easter eggs in our backyard. Then tonight we'll go up to the fire station to have Easter dinner with Jesse. I'm excited for that.

The boys were excited to see that the "Easter Bunny" came in the night. This year the baskets were a little bit empty, but they didn't seem to mind. They were just thrilled that they got something. Which is a good reminder to me that less is more. No need to go over the top.

We went outside to search for the dyed eggs we created from the other night. They were really excited to search for them. It's fun to watch them get excited every time they found one. I had to referee a little bit to make sure it was fair between the two of them.

After our egg hunt I made breakfast for the boys. Last year I made these bunny faces for breakfast and Ryker actually remembered it from last year and had requested that we had this for breakfast. This could become a tradition for our family. The boys were all really excited to eat their bunny faces.

I am loving having a relaxing Easter Sunday. It's great to be able to watch church on TV and to hang out in our jammies. It's the best.

Home Inspection

While we were in Maui our current home had the inspection done on it. After that happened the buyers came back and said they wanted us to have straps put around the water heater and the furnace inspected closer.

So on Thursday morning we had a guy come and inspect the furnace. As he wash looking at it we told us that it is 26 years old. Sheesh. We knew it was old, just not THAT old. The unfortunate thing is that the furnace is burning too high of BTUs. I don't know exactly what that means, but it does mean that it's too high to be running anymore. The possibility of Carbon Monoxide poison was pretty likely. Even though we had a carbon monoxide detector right next to the furnace the guy said that the CO doesn't leak out there, it leaks out into the vents and rises. So the smarter choice would have been to put the detector up high. Who knew?

Jesse and I were wondering if the cause of my everyday headaches were because I was getting CO poisoning. EEK. I thought they were pregnancy related, but they would get better as I would be at work and then I would wake up with one every morning. So I was probably breathing it in while I was sleeping and then waking up with a headache. Kinda scary huh?

The Heating and Cooling guy told us that he can't allow us to let this furnace run anymore. So it's off right now. Thankfully it's been pretty warm lately, so we aren't freezing in our home.

The guy quoted us for a new one. But Jesse decided to talk to his Captain at work that does Heating and Cooling on the side. His captain quoted us $800 cheaper than what the other guy said. So that'll be good.

He's coming tomorrow to install the new furnace and then we'll be back in business.

Easter Weekend Riding

Jesse's friend, Dave (whom Jesse used to work with when we first were married) invited us to come to his family's stable to come see the new baby horse that way born. So we went last night. Jesse took the boys there first and then I met up with them after I got off work. When I got there I was greeted by the boys riding on a mule while Jesse was pulling them around. They had several mules in a stable and one horse in another one. The horse is the one that gave birth 4 days before.

 

While Dave and his dad were saddling up the mules for us to ride, we had the chance to go see the 4 day old baby horse. And of my goodness was it cute. And such perfect timing for Easter weekend. 

We then spent the next hour or so riding around in the small pasture. At first the boys took turns with Jesse and I riding.

Ryker wanted to take a turn by himself and somehow he ended up being on the biggest mule named Pearl. And surprisingly he did so well controlling that mule. He even got the mule to trot a few times. We were all so impressed. And of course he was having the time of his life. He has such a love for animals that he was in heaven being able to ride Pearl.

To give Cy a faster ride Jesse had to pull the mule with a rope. I was laughing at him just bouncing around on that saddle and giggling so hard I thought he might fall off.

As the evening progressed they unsaddled the mules and put them all back in the stall and brought the Mama horse and baby our in the pasture to let the baby run around. As the mother ate  this baby ran around in circles at full speed. It was so cute to watch it playing. Truly childlike.

We thanked Dave and his dad over and over again for inviting us and going to the effort to get all these mules out for our family. The boys had the best time ever. It was such a fun night.



Egg "Dying"

On Wednesday when we went grocery shopping to fill our empty fridge. While we were shopping I had the boys pick out an egg dying kit. And I told them after I got home from work on Thursday we would dye some eggs.

 

When I got home from work and had the following conversation with Ryker...

Ryker:"Mom, are we dying tonight?"

Me: (Laughing inside, but thought I'd go with it) "Yes, we are dying tonight."

Ryker: "Yay! That'll be fun!"

Me: "Ya, we ALL are dying tonight"

 

Still not catching on to what he is really saying, Jesse chimes in and asks Cy "Do you want to 'dye' tonight?

Cy: "Nooo...:

 

Finally Ryker looks at Jesse and he says "Not that kind of dying. Egg Dying"

 

We all got a kick out of it.

 

As always the boys had the best time decorating the eggs. I'm sure if we had 3 dozen eggs they would have loved to decorate that many. But we only had 1 dozen for them to decorate.

I get the biggest kick out of seeing Cy concentrating so much on a task.  He looks like a mini Jesse. I just love it.

I didn't want to take away too many eggs from the boys decorating, but I did make one.

Easter Sunday will be really relaxing and laid back. It's Conference Sunday so we'll get to watch church in our jammies and sleep in. Sadly Jesse has to work, but he invited us to go up to the fire station for Easter dinner. So that'll be fun.

Maui Day 9 (Final Day)

Last and final day. Dang it. Thankfully our flight didn't leave until 9:53pm Hawaii time. So it gave us the morning and afternoon to get a last minute play time in the ocean before we had to leave. We decided we would just go snorkeling around Black Rock again because it was a short walk from our condo.



Trying to finish off as much of the groceries as we could before we left to go snorkeling. We tried to eat as many eggs as possible. We didn't want to waste too much food. We did end up leaving several water bottles and a half a gallon of milk. Maybe the next tenants will like that?

We walked over to black rock and got right in. I was feeling more eager than normal to get in. I think it was because I knew this was our last day and I needed to get my fill.

Again within minutes of being in the ocean we spotted a sea turtle, yet again. That means we saw some EVERY SINGLE TIME we went snorkeling. It's pretty awesome. I had dreams of swimming with them before and to see them this many times in a week was nothing short of amazing.

We made our way around to the "Blake Rock" and there were tons of fish. And a few people. Not as busy as last time we were there, but I think it was because it was earlier in the morning. I tried to practice diving down more that day. Jesse says the only way to get your ears used to it. So that's what I tried doing. Still I can't go down as far as he can and I feel like it's hard to hold my breath the deeper I go. 

 

We were kinda looking for a little thrill yesterday. When we were at Black Rock last week, we saw people jumping off of it. So we wanted to try it today. So Jesse started climbing up and I followed. It was tricky getting out of the water up on the Lava Rock and then walking on it barefoot was not pleasant on the feet. 

Jesse climbed to the highest point and jumped off. From down in the water it doesn't look that high, but when you are up there it really feels high. When I went I jumped from that lower part off to the left in the picture or Jesse's right.

Jesse and I both felt like a little nervous about me being pregnant and jumping off too high and something happening to the baby. Again, better safe than sorry. I stilt had fun though.

We stuck around for a little bit. Jesse jumped 2 more times and then we swam back to our side of the beach. I was feeling sad because I knew once I got out that would be it.

We hung out on the beach until we couldn't handle the sun anymore. Then walked back to our condo to eat some lunch. By the time we made it to our condo and warmed up our leftover Calzones from the night before I had reached the point of nausea and couldn't eat much. Thing with this pregnancy is if I wait too long to eat than I get sick. But once I eat I eventually feel better. But I had to lye down and take a little nap waiting for it to pass. Then I felt much better.

After I woke up feeling better we got our books and found 2 open lounge chairs up on the grass. So we were kinda in the sun, but not as hot as if we were down on the beach, We stayed there for a few hours before it was time to go get ready to go.

We needed to shower, pack, go to Safeway to buy some crackers, get some gas in the rental car, get some dinner, drop off the rental car, shuttle over to the airport and then check in. Phew. All work and no more play for us.

As we drove to the airport and I looked out over the ocean seeing the sun starting to set and I couldn't help but feel emotional that we were leaving. It really had been so much fun being there, I wasn't ready to go back to reality. I was eager to see the boys, but sad to leave such paradise. We have got to go back someday and take our boys with us. It would be so awesome.

We boarded the plane and was feeling ugh about a redeye flight. I don't do well anyway on redeye flights, and being pregnant makes it worse.  It was a long 4 1/2 hours to LA. But we made it. I don't think I slept hardly a wink. I was ready to lay down in my own bed. Even yet I wanted to just lay down in the isle to get comfortable.

It wasn't until we got to LA that I curled up on the floor and fell asleep for a brief moment before we had to board our final flight home. Thankfully this one was only an hour and 18 minutes. And because I was so tired I konked out before we really got cruising. I was grateful to get a little rest.

When we landed we got our bags and waited out by the curb for Heidi to pick us up. The boys were in the back seat and I got to snuggle in between them. We were all so excited to see each other. Ryker wouldn't let go of my arm the whole drive home.



When we arrived we gave Heidi her thank you gifts and the boys their souvenirs. This picture is of them wearing their Maui shirts we bought for them They loved them because of the shark and turtles that were on them.

Looking at this picture I feel like they aged a whole year while we were gone. Why is that? We were only gone 9 days. So why did they seem so big? Oh it almost pains me to think of how fast they are growing. But at the same time I enjoy it.

After Heidi left, Jesse and I crashed on the couch. Man we were feeling really tired. We had lost 4 hours of day time today. So we were really tired. We put a show on and the boys both came and snuggled up on both sides of me. They stayed there until I fell asleep. I loved that they didn't want to leave my side.

Jesse and I slept for about 2 hours. Then Jesse has spent the last few hours on the phone trying to set up days to get our new house inspected. I ordered a pizza and had it delivered while he was doing that. We have no groceries so I resorted to pizza.

I was cleaning things up a bit and the boys went outside to play. Before I know it Cy comes back in and says to me with the sweetest voice "Mama, come outside and swing whiff us. It's a nice day!" Ahhh, how can you say no to that.

We swung for a bit and then Jesse and the boys kicked the soccer ball around for a bit. Now we are headed to the grocery store and to Lowe's as a family. Haha.

It's good to be home. Now we are ready to move forward with the move that will happen around the end of April. Lots of fun change.

Next TUESDAY (April 7) we will be going to our 20 week Ultrasound and we'll get to find out what kind of baby I am carrying. I'm so anxious to find out.