Nice to see ya...

This is me blogging. Blog, it has been awhile. I was disenchanted with you, and frankly felt I had no time to write at all. I have since recovered and am now back, maybe, for a little while. This is what is going on.

Since October:

Ammon has been doing awesome in school. We had a great trip to The Red Umbrella Farm for Christmas. We have a Grammy living with us now. This has been a particularly exciting development. She came out in December and is living in our newly finished attic. She has been going to school, playing with the boys and meeting a pretty awesome guy. We love having Grammy around! (This has also meant weekly date nights for Jimmy and I!)
Luke is running and says over 200 words and he's not even 20 months old! Ammon is in speech therapy outside of school and is loving it. Jim has finished his second year of residency and is currently studying for the board exams on April 28th!
We found out in January that we are expecting another baby (another good reason for my lengthy absence.) We had at one point suspected twins, but an ultrasound cleared the air and we are happily expecting only one baby. This one should arrive sometime at the end of September. I have decided to see a midwife for this pregnancy and I plan to deliver at Westlake hospital which is on the other side of town. I've decided to do this because unlike UH they strongly support natural labor and delivery and have the equipment to help in that process. Please ask me questions about this decision! I am WAY excited about it.
Other then all of that, life is pretty chill. I'm finally starting to get over morning sickness. Spring is on it's way and we have big garden plans! We're excited to find out what the baby is, but we'll have to wait another 6 weeks before we do. I'll keep ya posted. We just keep livin. I'd love to hear from you all, sorry I've kept you waiting!!!

Growing up...

I just watched Ammon ride off on the school bus for the first time, with a huge grin on his face. And then I cried.

The Chair

It all started on garbage day....we found this little treasure waiting for the garbage man. We had to rescue it.


After a little surgery and sanding...


Then TA-DAAA! Lovely! Pretty fancy huh?

Jimmy was a big help *Thanks sweetie!*

notes:
1. I am now a spray paint groupie. It had always scared me before but now, I'm a fan
2. High density foam is REALLY expensive. yikes!
3. Totally fun to do with honey as you need two pairs of hands for much of the process :).

My name is Buzz Lightyear

I come in peace...

boys! :)

What we're up to...

Learing to speak Persian, Immunology, Feeding sister missionaries, beginning to run, building bunk beds, potty training, Chemistry, learning to play the cello, ping-pong olympics, starter sewing projects, teaching cooking club, Algebra, harvesting cherry tomatoes, weight lifting, breathing, Anatomy lab, paying off our car, Autism/Spectrum evaluations, Making new friends, watching movies, Flashcards, new clothes, finding time for family, and loving life!

What a summer

I know, it's still August and summer isn't over yet. For us, however, school has started which means summer has ended. It has been a memorable summer. One of the best so far. We saw alot of eachother, had many adventures and a little bit of fun everyday. It has been a great way to spend our last "summer break" together. I would apologize at my lack of blogging during the season, but we were just having too much fun. I'll share with you though, don't worry. It's just a little late in coming.

July started off with a trip to Missiouri and a big birthday party!

Luke was not shy...





Ammon was a little more dainty



The Farm was great and so beautiful! It was so wonderful to see all the COUSINS!!!








At home we've just had as much fun as possible! Jimmy has a new calling as the ward mission leader (which he is REALLY excited about!) We have wonderful missionaries in our ward right now so it's wonderful to work with them.







So sweet with his baby...


We have the COOLEST family home evenings!









As far as firsts go, Luke is now running through the house and loving that he can FINALLY chase Ammon around (much to Ammon's delight) Ammon is almost potty trained and has quite the vocabulary these days! We're hoping he will be able to start preschool this fall and Luke will hopfully start talking soon! We love you all! I hope you had as wonderful as a summer as we did!

sunny days with silly boys...

first hair cut!


Looking sharp!



our first pod harvest