It was a big day!

this little guy...


went to nursery for the first time today!

I decided to stay in with him for the first day to help out (last week there were 16 kids) and see how he did with all the other children. He did great and probably wouldn't have even noticed if I wasn't there. It helps that all his friends are in there and one of our good friends is the nursery leader.

But I have to admit that I got a little teary eyed (shocking, I know) as i watched him sit during singing time just taking it all in. I can not believe how fast the last 18 months have gone by. And I'm scared to think of how fast the next 18 months will go.

Pack it up...

With Steve's graduation quickly approaching, I've decided that I should start packing things up and getting more organized so when the time comes for our move, we will be one step ahead. Although we still don't know where we will be headed, what I do know is that the bigger my stomach gets, the harder it's going to be to bend and lift and twist to load things up. So everyday I think about all the things I could pack up that we won't need for the next few months while we wait for another for our next big move.

Jack decided he would help me decide on another thing to pack up...


I guess the movies are next on the list.

Oh, and yes, those are VHS movies amongst that pile. It's a good thing they are pretty much extinct because Jack has pulled just about every one of the rolls of film out of them and he carries them around like a bag.

I used to try to stop him, but then I decided that I would much rather him mess with those then the DVDs, which might have a couple more years on them.

Easter

We had a fun Easter weekend. We started if off on Friday night with a little Easter egg hunt with a few of our friends. The dads were in charge of hiding the eggs, and they did a good job of keeping them easily accessible for the kids.


Jack checking out all his loot.

The kids moving in for some candy.One of the many attempts to get a picture of jack with his friend gus.
Unfortunately this was the best we could do. He was so much more into checking out all of his goodies then taking pictures.

The next day we met our friends at the Annual Spring Jubilee in a neighboring town. It's a fun atmosphere with vendors of all types. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures, but we had a great time walking through each of the booths and seeing all the different creative ideas. We made it home just in time to settle in and spend the rest of the day watching Conference.


On Sunday, we started our day by opening our Easter baskets.
Then we headed over to our friends, Brian and Alisha's, for brunch. Among all the yummy food, there were plenty of fun things for the kids to do. They transformed their back deck into a play area, equipped with a tent and a kiddie pool filled with toys. Of all four of the kids playing around the pool, I predicted Jack would be the first to end up IN the pool. Sure enough, he didn't let me down, he leaned a little too far and knelt right in the pool.

Soon enough the shorts came off and they were all in the pool.


Once one of them sat in the water we decided the shirts had to go as well. And that's how we got to the babies in only diapers playing in the pool. Then it was home to settle in for another day of Conference.

What are great weekend!

Tennessee

One of the locations Steve's looking for jobs is in Knoxville Tennessee. Since my dad is from there I spent most every holiday and most of the summers there before we moved to California. Since living here we've been able to travel out that way to visit quite a bit. It's been nice being closer and being able to go on little trips to visit family. It has especially been nice for Steve to be able to meet that side of my family which we were so close to growing up. I've also enjoyed showing him some of the areas that I have memories of as a child.

A few months ago, Steve decided he wanted to head out that way to meet with a few people for potential jobs. I of course was more than willing to go see family, since we don't get to see very much of that living out here, so we packed up and headed out. We stayed with my cousin Julee and her husband Brad. Steve was able to meet with the people he wanted to and get in face in front of a few other people as well. We had a great time.

One of the highlights of the trip, and the only day I took pictures, was when we had a picnic at the lake. It was the perfect day for it and Jack loved being out and able to run around.

he loved chasing after the kids on bikessteve and jack enjoying the viewwith my cousin Julee

We had a great time and can't wait to go back for another visit. Thanks for being such great hosts Julee and Brad.

sugar and spice and everything nice...

that's what little GIRLS are made of!

We're excited to welcome a sweet little girl into our family. I thought it was a pretty good chance that it was a girl, because my pregnancy has been quite a bit different this time around. I've been a lot more sick with this one then I was with jack. But at the same time, I didn't want to get too excited for a girl, and then find out that it's a boy (which would have been great too, of course). And then to top it all off, I had a dream last night that it was a boy. So I really had no clue going into the ultrasound. But we sure were excited when she told us it was indeed a girl.

It's so fun to think of how Steve will be with his little princess. The first thing he thought of was going on daddy/daughter dates. How sweet is that?? I can't wait to dress her in cute little girl things, and to finally be able to put those girl things to use that are currently stashed in the nightstand in jack's room that I bought before I was even pregnant with him. And of course jack doesn't completely know what's going on yet, but I'll be sure to prepare him for his duties as big brother and I'm sure he'll do a great job. Until then, we're shifting gears a little and on the hunt for cute girl things... and I couldn't be more excited to mix it up a little bit. So if you know of any good websites for all things girl (and boy of course), pass them on.

guess who's going to be...

a BIG brother??

that's right, he is!

And we find out tomorrow if he'll have a brother or a sister...

so stay tuned