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Thank you so much for all the excitement and support. We are excited for this addition to the family.

I am about 3 months along. My official due date is December 1st. But, after delivering 2-3 weeks early with the other 3, my doctor pretty much is guaranteeing a November baby.

It has been a rough couple of sick months, but I am feeling better (just in time to start expanding). Thanks again for all the love and support!

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My Monkeys

3 little monkeys
jumping on the bed
soon to be 4
what more can be said

A thought that describes my son...

"I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to what I was thinking." — Shelley Curtiss

Nick is home!!!

We are so excited to have Nick home from the Zurich Switzerland Mission. We had so much fun preparing for his arrival. We prepared posters and had balloons ready for him as he entered the baggage claim area. I must admit that I haven't been this excited for something for a very long time! The anticipation was killing me. I even was getting mad at how many red lights we hit just to get to the freeway. I thought we would never get to the airport.

But sure enough, true to missionary form, he made us wait and wait and wait. With every dark suit that started to come down the escalator there was a deep breath to start cheering. Finally, it was him and we cheered, whistled and clapped to welcome him home!


We all took turns giving him a hug and reintroducing the younger nieces and nephews (3 of them for the first time). It was so much fun. We are so glad to have him home. Our family is together again!

WELCOME HOME NICK!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Welcome home Nick!

Nick will be coming home this Friday the 6th due to some medical issues. At this time it is not serious. However, there is enough concern and the fact that he is only 1 transfer away from his original release date, that his mission president decided to send him home a little early having served an honorable full mission.

We are so excited to have him home and we are in the midst of a whirlwind of preparations.

I will be hosting an open house for Nick on Sunday the 8th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm if you would like to come and welcome him home. Please feel free to pass this information on to anyone he might know.

Thanks for all your support for Nick!

Jenn

How would you respond?

It has been a couple of days now, but I have chosen to blog about it now because of two reasons. 1) I found a minute to sit down and blog 2) I can actually laugh about it now!

My children struggle on school mornings to keep moving at a pace that will get them out the door on time. This results in me standing around like a drill sargent telling every little thing to do next. It drives me crazy.

This particular morning this week I blew up and started yelling at them about how I'm the only one that cares about being on time. Jeremy turns around, looks at me , and says....

"Mom, I didn't sign up for school"

I give up!

Back to Reality

We just returned home from a wonderful WARM weekend trip to California. We had planned to visit Jared's sister, Renita, about 6 months ago and since then it has been an off again, on again trip. But we were both at wits end and figured with the kid's extended school break, this would be a good chance to go. I don't think it could have come at a better time. The infamous Salt Lake Valley inversion hit right as we were leaving. We traveled from 30 degree weather to 80 degree weather.

We left at 5:00 am, drove straight through to arrive in Moorpark around 5:00 pm. The kids did great, but were grateful to escape the car when we arrived. Two days at the beach, Ashlea's (my niece) volleyball tournament (1st place - YEAH Ashlea!!!) dolphin sightings, a beach bonfire, and watching two incredible sunsets fade into the ocean. What could be better!

You have to check out the footprints picture. Everyone always asks if Hailey always walks on her tiptoes. The answer is always yes and now I have the proof. I love it!

5:00 am this morning... a long drive home and as we came into Provo, the inversion welcomed us home. Talk about feeling claustrophobic! Oh yes... back to reality