This is for you, Kelsey. ;) Love you!

Oh my heavens.
I blogged;
Therefore, I rock.

It's been such a crazy month. Seriously. So much so that I didn't even blog my trip to Utah. Again. But I had to post at least this one picture of my girls with Maryn. How beautiful are they?! I wish Abby had been looking at the camera, but when you have three in your face, it's hard to get them all looking at the right camera. Anyway. This was taken by the reflection pool at the Salt Lake Temple. It's a new tradition for me to take the girls to Temple Square when we fly out there. Temple Square is another place I took for granted when I lived there.... So now I'm going to make it a point to get there whenever we go to Utah. Beautiful, just beautiful.

This picture was taken on Abigail's first day of preschool. So far she LOVES it. She goes three days a week and has made two super cute girlfriends that she loves to talk about. Yes, this was the best face and pose that I could get from her. She is an ultimate spaz. And she wouldn't let me dress her in anything cute.... She was also painting a school bag that day so I didn't want her to ruin anything that was cute. I'll post a new picture of her in an adorable outfit soon.


On September something, 2011, a new member was added to our family: the van. It's a 2008 Dodge Caravan. And I love her. She arrived at 11:00 p.m. and was delivered by some crazy Russian man. She's quiet, beautiful, and drives ever so smoothly.... We're still searching for the perfect name: Blueberry, Big Bertha, Big Blue, etc. Any suggestions?


This is what I stare at as I drive. It's ultra intimidating. When the car is actually on, that little screen turns into a touch screen. I have no idea what 95% of the buttons mean. I'll figure it out eventually. We have small successes each day. Yesterday, I figured out how to turn the air on. Today, the windshield wipers. Who knows what tomorrow will hold!


And this... is my 24-week-pregnant belly. What?! I'm pregnant?! Yes. I guess this is my formal blog announcement. It's a boy. Due date: January 20, but we're planning on February. And we have no idea what the name is going to be anymore. We had Benjamin in mind... but neither of us like that today. Jesse's favorites: Gabriel (yuck), Liam, Gunnar, and Bryce. I've debated Logan, Seth, Jude, James, and Bentley. YES I know Bachelorette evil guy was Bentley, but I still like the name. So... please put in your votes. I need opinions please.

And these are my girls after four hours of watching General Conference today. We LOVED General Conference, but after so many hours of being indoors, it was time to get out and blow some bubbles. :)

P.S. I have almost zero control of Abby's outfits these days. She's starting to look like an orphan. But at least she's a beautiful orphan. :)


Oh Claire. She kills me these days. She loves to sing "happy to you" and "twinkle, twinkle." She's constantly talking or parroting and she pulls THE BEST facial expressions ever. We tried to capture some, but we weren't fast enough... Claire also has a new love of all things babies ever since one of my best friends had her baby boy this month. Claire is always asking to hold him and she just wants to be with him always. It's super cute. And I love Abby too. Gotta give some Abby love. SUPER smart. And she remembers everything. She loves to write her letters and she's doing a great job with reading. Awesome, clever, and imaginative girl. Her quiet time monologues are good enough for novels. Her toys experience some incredible drama these days. Keeps me entertained. ;)
The rains have started and it's freezing my bones, but we're doing our best to be happy. Some days I think I'm really starting to adjust to being here. Other days, not so well. But we're getting there. And at least we're happy, right? My husband is awesome, my girls are amazing, and I have the best friends EVER to be my Washington family. What else could I ask for? (the sun, but really it's not an option). Hahaha... Love to all.