Homecoming Talk and 2 mission Calls

We flew in Saturday Night, Mary Jane Picked us up from the airport and we drove straight home to see these two Handsome dudes open up their mission calls. 

I love this picture. If only you knew how much. Bennett was called to the Iquitos Peru mission and reports to the Peru MTC on August 12th. Jackson was called to the Osorno Chile MIssion and reports to the Mexico City MTC August 12th.

It's going to be quite the adjustment year for my sweet family! My dad retired. Connor comes home from a mission; jumps back into life and college. I am having a BABY. My sweet brothers leave to serve the lord and Walker will be a lone survivor at home. So this summer my parents have all four boys at home, a grand baby coming and then everyone readjusts to our own courses of life in  August and they only have one kid at home.

Here we all are on the day Connor spoke. He gave a wonderful talk. The spirit was very strong.  

We all wore the traditional tongan clothing to church ( except Kade, who couldn't muster wearing a skirt. lame) I had to take mine off during sacrament because of my tummy it would stick straight out like a weapon. We all had a good laugh at my expense! 

This is the first picture I have of Kade and I while pregnant. Only took six months! 

All day Sunday I sat out in the backyard and chatted with family and soaked up as much sunshine as possible. Got this goofy video while laying out there. 

I love this shot. It's how I remember this house, always full with people I love. 

Walker and I dog bombed in this photo. Poor puppy kept sniffy my tummy. He KNOWS, 

Mary Jane's kiddos stuck by me pretty much the whole day. It was sun fun to see them and chat with them.

Walker and I eating rootbeer floats by the fireplace ( because in normal places it is warm during the day and cools off at night!.. darn idaho never gets warm and is always cold) 

Monday; We went to see the cute beach house my parents bought and then went to the beach. 

I have never seen sooo much wildlife at home! We saw a seal, dolphins, and a WHALE! I have never seen one at home. 

Oh how lovely is this shoreline? I miss it all the time, and the smell of the salty water. 

Here is Jackson goofing off riding a wave in. 

We didn't have enough time to run home after the beach so we didn't get in. But Kade enjoyed a good nap!

We haven't gotten a picture of all of us since my wedding. So good to be back together! 

We grabbed lunch at this Mexican restaurant called South of Nick's and it was amazing! 

After we drove straight to the Airport. I may have cried a bit. Sometimes leaving is easy, but this time knowing how short time is with the twins, it was really hard. I think the older I get... the harder it is to leave, I miss them all so much and we only get more and more spread out as the years pass. Soon enough we will be out of Rexburg and be less isolated( and cold)! 

Connor is home!

I flew out on wednesday to see  Connor

 I had a layover in SF so that meant some awesome Boudin bakery. 

I wil spare you the details of my flight. it wasn't pretty. 

the tongan club from BYU-H came out from the north shore they made poster s (the even stalked him on facebook and printed out pictures) and sang hymns in tongan for Connor. It was so amazing of them. 

here we are waiting... it was unbearable

my mom got the first hug!

then my dad, then all of us siblings at once. WE sure love him! 

this is connor saying hi to grandma

first family picture

Connor wanted some taco bell!

The rest of the time, we hung out while he went to school.

this picture is from the bench in his backyard... lucky kid!

I am so proud of him! it was hard to leave, but glad to know he is home safe. 

love you buddy!

London Gets Married!

London got married! I still can't believe it! She got got married on Jan 3 2015. 

so fun to have so much of our family together except the two missionaries! 

here were are waving hi! 

it was so fun to tell so many I considered family about the baby! While we were in town, we shared the sex of the baby with all the walkers and all my family! We all gathered in the Kitchen and took a vote and then told them and I am pretty sure the neighbors could hear everyone. 

I know the picture is turned but it was too cute to not share! I got to tell my Cousins and they were so cute about it and then of course went to find their favorites up stairs. 

It was also Walkers birthday on Jan 4! He turned 13 and I can't believe it! Happy Birthday buddy! We sure love you! 

Baby Bailey!

oh my goodness, this all still feels so surreal!

So the story. ( if this is over-sharing to anyone, I completely understand)  In the beginning, November, I swore up and down I was pregnant. I just knew it. So when I tested and it came back negative, I had a complete meltdown. As in I did not leave the house let alone our bedroom ( it was a Sunday). We had been doing a few rounds of fertility drugs( femara) and this was the first cycle I got excited about.  Its been a large blessing to us to be able to see the effects of the drugs working on my body. We have tried to be level headed about the whole thing and not get overly excited, with my health we had no clue what to expect. So I had a doctor's appointment set up for the 17th. So I went in and had an ultrasound. There was an egg in my right ovary and something in my left they weren't sure about. So I rescheduled to come back in January to get everything checked out again. My doctor pulled me off the fertility drugs and my thyroid medication until I had my thyroid ultrasound in a couple of weeks. I have a nodule on my thyroid, {have a had a biopsy on it since more about that later.}.

So we went to Thanksgiving and I felt the infamous nausea for the first time and blamed it on eating too much. I told my parents about the thyroid issues and life went on. We came back and that Monday morning, I woke up drove Kade to class and on the way home I thought about my doctors appointment and thought to myself ," hmm I should take a pregnancy test. "( the spirit totally prompted me!) So I took the test. I set it down on the counter and turned on the shower, laid out my clothes, and came back in. When I saw it was positive, I froze completely! Then I sat down and cried. Once my brain kicked back into gear, I ran out and bought a bunch of little items to tell kade about when I brought him home from class.

Since it was Dec. 1st I gave Kade an earlyChristmas gift. One thing Kade always teases me about is the baby whether boy or girl would love cars and motorcycles as much as he does... hence the hot wheels.

we shared a really sweet moment before he went to work. 

Anyways we saw baby bailey for the first time on Wednesday Dec 17th. It was an incredible experience to see Kade see the baby and to see its little heartbeat. What a miracle Heavenly father has blessed us with. A true miracle and we have thanked him everyday since.

baby is due july 18th 2015.