CHARITY TEACHING
Charity taught her first Beehive class lesson. She and Emily Porter did it together. They did such a good job. I was so proud of her. They had to teach with Bro. Jacox there even! Talk about pressure! They talked about why the Book of Mormon is important in our lives. I thought they did great! 4-19-15
NOTEWORTHY
Jack stayed in Sacrament meeting the ENTIRE TIME!! Seemed like something I should document :) 4-19-15
SPORTSMANSHIP
Brad gave the FHE lesson this week and taught about having good sportsmanship. It's something that we struggle with a lot, so I was glad he felt the need to address it. He did a great job, great discussion, and then we went out to practice what we had learned while playing baseball. It was a lot of fun. It was girls against boys and the boys killed us. We're at that point in our family that we need another girl! Erika made Rice Krispie treats for her treat, she was so proud of herself! 4-20-15
JULIE
I felt very privileged to be able to go to breakfast with Julie on Wednesday. She has been in town since her Dad died and came up this way to visit the grave with her Mom and Lacie. So we all went to breakfast at Grannie Annie's. It was so much fun! I LOVE their love for life and their perspective. It was so uplifting to talk to them and to hear about their thoughts on their dad leaving. It seems so unfair that he had to go so quickly, without any warning and that they didn't really get to say goodbye. They focused on the fact that he didn't have to suffer. Which is true. That is good. I loved hearing about all the little miracles they've encountered during the week to make the transition more smoothly. They truly are amazing people. I loved it. I hope I can say, with confidence that "I had ___ wonderful years with the man", about Nate when he dies, and be happy with that. Course, I told Nate I get to go first. But anyway. I got to share my news with them at breakfast and they were of course so happy for us and wanted to help think of names :). I have always loved telling Julie and Lacie for that matter- they make it so fun. Never a weird comment about how many we have. I wish I'd told Julie sooner though, that makes me sad that she wasn't one of the first I told. She's always been one of the first. Even before Nate in one case, I believe. It's tradition! Oh well. She was sweet. I feel very blessed to know their family and have them in my life even if it's only every once in a while that we actually get together. 4-22-15
MY NEWS
I told someone this week about my baby girl, someone who I had been very nervous to tell, and it went really well! I was pleasantly surprised. I need to stop being so nervous. 4-22-15
FIRST GAMES OF THE SEASON
The boys all had their first games on Wednesday. We've had so little practices, thanks to the weather, I wasn't sure how they would go, but I was pleasantly surprised. Nate took Brad and Luke (and Charity) to their game. They said it was a lot of fun because their pitcher was so good. Brad got hit by the ball so he walked. But they won 4-1. That was fun for them. I took Noah and the rest of our littles to Noah's game. His game was a little rough, a few undesirable things happened, but I think he still ended up having fun. And you always get a treat after so that's all that matters right? He did get a hit his second time up to bat, that was really exciting! He ran all the way to second on his hit, but had to go back to first because the player on second hadn't moved :). So cute. It is so fun that he is on Josh's team because then I get to sit and hang out with one of my favorite people and talk the whole time. Oh, and order my cute little slave, Kelly, around. She was SUCH a lifesaver this game!!! What would I do without that girl?!! Good times. 4-22-15
MEETING
I just have to document that Bro. Jacox complimented me on how well we trained our Presidency. He kind of went on and on and it totally made my day. Before the meeting was over, he'd complimented (profusely!) how well our little beehives, Charity and Emily, had done on their lesson on Sunday. He was really impressed with them! That was cool too. It's nice to get some positive feedback every once in a while. 4-22-15
KELLY NEWSLETTER
Kelly had her last Newsletter meeting. She's had a lot of fun with that all year, I'm so glad she had that opportunity. She did great. They have the old ones come back to interview new ones next year, so she gets to do that once she's a big 7th grader! All these signs that the year is coming to an end. 4-23-15
LAST DAY OF SWIMMING
Erika had her last swim lesson. She passed off all the requirements for level Pre-2 and can move up to 3! That made her very happy. She has been doing so well! We've decided to take a little break to give her skin some time off- she's had a lot of interesting rashes and such, I'm assuming from chlorine, so hopefully this helps and she doesn't just forget everything she's learned. We went and saw the llamas by Grandma's house afterwards. 4-23-15
FRIDAY
I had nothing on my calendar until the baseball games that evening, so that's basically what I did! It was nice. Nate took Jack and Erika on a walk, which they loved, I always wish I'd gone with them when I don't, but I got some much needed alone time. A nice recharge. So it was all good. 4-24-15
RAINING
Bradley and Luke's game in the rain went really well. They got as far as 4 points behind, before the end of the game, but then pulled ahead and were able to tie at 6 points!! Pretty intense I'v heard! I only got to watch a little of their game. If only things had run more smoothly while I was there, I really only saw a few plays. But I took everyone else over to Noah's after 20 minutes or so, and unfortunately, Noah's team didn't get to play a game! The other team never showed up even, so our coach just had the boys practice a little. I think Noah was disappointed, but after how his last game went, I was just glad he wanted to be there to begin with. Hopefully we can get some better weather going in the next few weeks! I have to admit, I loved the rain! And we need it! 4-24-15
21 WEEKS
So, I've spent most of the evening last night, and this morning stressing about my baby girl. I really haven't felt her move this whole time. Dr. Thackeray specifically said, we don't need to worry about the movement and how consistent it is til about 24 weeks, so I keep reminding myself of this, but I'm still stressed and praying constantly! I know it's probably because of all the happenings around us right now, but it's really easy for me to worry about whether she is going to make it all the way here or not. I am trying to stay strong. I can only do what I can do anyway. Things just go the way they go. So hard for this control freak. It has been a lot of fun to really feel her move lately. She feels so little and so low! Whenever I feel a contraction, my uterus feels so small. It's funny. I don't remember having as many contractions this early on with Jack, but seriously, my memory just isn't that good. Especially right now. I'm forgetting all kinds of things lately. I'm still pretty nauseated all the time. I am not sure how to combat it this time. I have the hardest time eating. Food just doesn't taste good. And I usually get gas (this is like gas of death, not just normal gas... hurts SO BAD!!), heartburn, or nausea after I eat. Slightly unmotivating. So I'm working on that. I hope it goes away soon. I can't help but think that my insides are like spaghetti by now, all jumbled up and in the wrong places. That's my theory. I still only have the one name in my head. Nothing else can top it! I don't know if that means it's her name, or I'm just being too picky. I hope she gets the name she's supposed to get is all :). I love her so much already! It's been so fun to think about having another baby lately. I don't feel nervous about the transition at all for the kids, I know they're going to do great. I feel myself wanting to get things ready already, with her room and stuff. I don't think Nate's going to go for that though. We'll see :). I am anxious for my next ultrasound. I'd like a little more confirmation on the gender :). We'll see. We're on the way down though, that's the great thing!! Only 18 more weeks!! 4-25-15
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