We're Back!!

We're are finally back to the internet world! We have had a busy last couple of months, but the most fun times were the three weeks after Luke was done with school. We went to St. George for a little family vacation, went back to Ohio for Graduation, and got to see most of our families at reunions. We had a great time, but we are glad to be home. Here are a few pictures we took on our a little adventures. The most rewarding time was graduation. Hooray!! Luke is now an official optometrist. It was so fun going back for graduation--I am so proud of him!!

Relocating Again!!

We have moved once again, but are finally settled. Thanks to our friends, Drostan and Jen, we have a large home to rent that is affordable for a three month lease (yes we will be relocating again in 3 months). You are all going to want to rent it after we leave. It is a double wide manufactured home, and we like to call it the swimming pool house. Not to many homes have green/blue carpet with swirls and is over 2,000 sqare feet. The wall paper is gorgeous, let me know if any of you want it when we are through. After all, how many rentals can your kids have room to ride their bikes indoors. Luke's internship is going great, and he is learning a lot. He is a little stressed trying to find a job and get ready for boards, but there is an end it site which makes it tolerable.
We are going back in time however, and will have no internet for the next three months. Here is our quick update. Feel free to call anytime.

Our Sweet Baby!!

Here are some fun pictures of our precious new addition!!

Baby Ty Has Arrived!!

Ty Charles was born on Feb. 12th at 10:09 am.  He weighed 6# 10 oz. and was 20 inches long.  We had a c-section scheduled for 7:30 that morning but thankfully she was able to start into labor after the Dr. broke her water at 4:30 am.  Both Jill and the baby are doing great and we were actually able to bring them home just a few hours ago.  As you can see from the pictures he has blonde hair like his brother Alec and so far he has been a very pleasant baby.  Yesterday I had the chance to spend some one on one time with Ty while his mom was sleeping and as I looked down on that little miracle all the cares and troubles of this world seemed to melt away.  His sweet little spirit talked with mine and we had a nice daddy to son chat.  Jill and I feel so blessed to have this new baby in our home and we thank all of you that have shown so much love and support.

Happy Birthday Alec

Alec is our 2 year old now going on 4 years. When you ask him how old he is, you get all 5 fingers up and says, "I'm 4!" He has been preparing for his birthday for the past month with his brothers help, and just wanted balloons and a monkey cake. He already has too much of an opinion for a 2 year old.

After some coaxing with Luke, Alec got a new kitchen for his birthday.  It of course had to be green and blue, but he loves it.  He got lots of food, and is constantly making me food.  We love having Alec in our family.  He is constantly making us laugh and is doing a good job keeping up with his big brother Ben.  He is always singing songs.  His new favorite is the ABCs.  He really is a fun boy!!

SNOWMAN FAMILY

We have been getting so much snow in Utah this year, and as you can see the boys are loving it.  Here is our fun little snow family, I'm the gorgeous one in the middle that Luke has his arms around.  

We are getting excited to have the baby soon--2 weeks left in counting!!  The boys have been so helpful getting everything ready.  They try everything out to make sure in will work for the baby, included the changing pads that they use to practice changing each others diapers.  Luckily the clothing stays on for pretending.  They assure me that they will be good helpers--we'll see!!

Christmas

The boys were so much fun at Christmas. As you can see everything seemed to revolve around cars!! We shared Christmas morning with my parents, my sister Kara, and Polly's family. It was fun to be home for Christmas.



This is Alec and my sister Kara that we are living with. She is really easy to live with and a sweetheart for sharing her home. The boys already ask where she is when she isn't around. I hope she doesn't get sick of us too fast.