A birthday and a graduation!

Emma in her Graduation stuff.

Emma's graduation dress that grandma Mary got her. She looked very grown up.

Yes I made the cake. I know shocker huh?

Last week our little man turned 4. It is hard to believe that he is already 4. He is a funny and smart little boy. He knows almost everything about John Deere, and what every different kind of tractor does. He LOVES to work outside with his Daddy and his Papas. He is a man's boy.
He starts preschool next year and is really excited about being a big brother!

Emma also graduated from Kindergarten. Frankly I find kindergarten graduation to be a little silly, but it was cute to see her up there with all her friends. She got the Super Reader award. She is an amazing reader. We were so proud of her. She has grown into a great young lady. She is ready to start 1st grade, and was a little bummed when I told her that she had to wait 2 1/2 months before school started again. The girl LOVES school. ( thank goodness!!!)

A day at the Zoo!

Saturday was the first really nice day that Emma had off from school, and I wasn't feeling crummy! We packed up our stuff and headed to the zoo. Aunt Caralee, Grandma E and Papa Dale joined us for our adventure. We had a great time exploring our local zoo, we haven't been there for over a year and a lot had changed. It was one of those days you want to last forever!

The Great Bambino!!!

Emma is playing T-ball this year. She has really taken to it and is the best thrower on her team. She does get a little board when she is put in the outfield ( who doesn't?). Next year she will be old enough to play coach pitch, but as she says " I'm just not sure about someone throwing a ball at my face." She still is Em through and through!

So after the miscarriage in November we found out that we were expecting in December, yes we were very surprised! Here are the 3-D ultrasound pictures of our baby boy. Yes, a boy. We are very excited! After seeing theses we are even more excited to see him in September.

The news is out!

So. . . as most for you know, Ryan and I have been trying for over 2 years to get pregnant again. There were a lot of doctors appointments, tons of tests, and a lot of disappointment, but we are FINALLY expecting!
Really, I still am in denial mode. It hasn't happened so many times that when the little plus sign showed up on the pee stick I couldn't believe it. I even called Ry into the bathroom to look at it. After taking 3 more tests and getting all positives I started to believe it was real. There are still so many things that can go wrong between now and Aug 1 ( the due date), but I am grateful to know that we can still get pregnant, and right now that is all I am thinking about!
We are beyond excited! And other than feeling crappy and grumpy and tired, I feel good. :)

the greatest thing

I love making things for the kids, and this was the latest! I got the bags at Michael's for a dollar! The patterns are from a pumpkin carving book, and I used regular fabric paint that I already had! The kids love them, and the best part is they store flat! No more plastic pumpkins!

HALLOWEEN!

Three days of Halloween was too much for me! I am glad that this year is over. It started Friday. Emma received an award a school for being caring on the playground. I am so proud of her. Everyone at school says that she is the most caring little girl. She has befriended a little girl in the special day class, Melanie, Emma understands that she is different, but as she says, "Mom it just means that Heavenly Father loves her so much!" She is a very loving little girl.

Later that evening we went with some friends to trick-or-treat main street. Every year the businesses on Main street invite trick-or-treater's. the kids had a great time. After that we had dinner at our friends house. They had a pinata for the kids to beat on. It was great fun!

Saturday evening the ward had places for the kids to trick-or-treat. It was great, since Halloween fell on a Sunday the kids got to do the normal trick-or-treating thing.

Jake insisted on being a robot, so he and daddy put his costume together. We got more comments on his robot costume than anything else.

All in all it was a great weekend, but I am glad that it is over!