Home Sweet Home

Well Polly had a most exciting birth so I thought I should document it while it's still fresh. I had taken up tennis a year prior and was having so much fun (and really wasn't looking forward to being homebound after getting a taste of freedom with Daisy in preschool and no babies at home. I was trying to get in as much as I could before the baby). My team is made up of ladies from my ward. It has been so fun having tennis to socialize and exercise 2-3 times a week. We joined a beginning tennis league and I was determined to continue playing as long as possible. My team captain scheduled me to play the day before my due date, and everyone knew I might not make it but I had a goal to play if the baby had come yet, no matter how slow I was. I had also continued to play several times a week before this match. The morning of the match came and I remember getting ready and feeling a very low contraction, not really in my belly at all, but felt more like right at my cervix. I thoug...

Well Polly had a most exciting birth so I thought I should document it while it's still fresh. I had taken up tennis a year prior and was having so much fun (and really wasn't looking forward to being homebound after getting a taste of freedom with Daisy in preschool and no babies at home. I was trying to get in as much as I could before the baby). My team is made up of ladies from my ward. It has been so fun having tennis to socialize and exercise 2-3 times a week. We joined a beginning tennis league and I was determined to continue playing as long as possible. My team captain scheduled me to play the day before my due date, and everyone knew I might not make it but I had a goal to play if the baby had come yet, no matter how slow I was. I had also continued to play several times a week before this match. The morning of the match came and I remember getting ready and feeling a very low contraction, not really in my belly at all, but felt more like right at my cervix. I thoug...

This handsome boy turned 12 and was excited for his first temple trip for baptisms. He really enjoyed it and wants to go back as soon as possible. So proud of him!

Wow it has been a year since I posted on this blog! A year since I've chronicled our family... that's pretty sad. So much has happened since last January! We had a lot of adventures, finished the house and moved, started a new school year, found out a surprise #5 baby would be joining us... So much to update!! Rather than overwhelm myself trying to think of all the things I need to write about from the last year, I'm just going to record my feelings tonight. Justin gave me an extended weekend off. The kids had their last day of school before spring break today and they left shortly after school up to Seligman to stay the night with Dale & Joanna. Tomorrow morning, Dale & Daisy will stay with their grandparents while Justin takes Brighton & Adaira on a backpacking adventure in the Grand Canyon. They will be carrying all their own food and supplies and sleeping on the trail and at the trail campgrounds. They plan on hiking out Monday and coming home Tuesday morn...