Times have changed

I have not posted much about this latest pregnancy of mine. I do not know why...I think that it could be because when you are on #3, things just are not as exciting anymore. I mean, we are excited and all, but the pregnancy is nothing to focus on...I just want this baby here!!

1. I remember with my first one, I could not wait to wear maternity clothes. I think I was in them by 12 weeks. This time... I am still not wearing maternity pants and I am on week 30.
2. I used to love to stay awake at night feeling the little kicks and pokes...but now.... I wish this kid would stop moving!! I want my sleep!
3. With the first one, I went out and bought the carseat and stroller within the first trimester. This time, since I sold everything after Paige, I still have not bought a new one and have no idea which one to get.
4. I had the nursery all set up months before my first one arrive. Now... I have no idea where this one is even going to sleep. Do I get rid of my cherished "toy room" to make a nursery and leave the other two bedrooms the same. Do I move Jacob and Paige together into one room to leave a "toy room" and nursery? Do I put her in our room and forgo our cherished sleep? These are things I think I should be figuring out.

On top of all of that... I feel as big as a house. I wish I could climb the stairs without being out of breath. I am sick of having to pee 50x a day. I feel like I am squishing this kid every time I bend over and I STILL do not have a name. I do not even have my top three. This poor girl is going to remain nameless. Yes, these are now the things I think about. Man, is having #3 so different then #1!

Something from the Lost World

I found this article today on MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24880941/?GT1=43001. It is simply amazing to me. A never before discovered tribe was found deep in the jungles of Brazil, near Peru. The tribe people reacted when a plane flew over their village by raising their arrows up in the sky at the plane. Is this the first time they have ever seen a plane? I can not help but wonder what is going through their heads at that moment. This shelter and yet protected world that they live in. The everyday problems they experience are so much different then the things we worry about today. I am sure the worry about the more real things... food, water, shelter and health. AMAZING!! Simply Amazing! They paint their bodies with red paint. It truly is something you would see in a movie.

Where have I been?

In preperation for our move, we are selling our investment properties!! YEA!! They have been a true blessing for us the last 8 years we have been doing it, but I can tell you...I am not going to miss those late night calls or unexpected vacancies. We have two of them on the market right now and I have been doing it myself. I feel like I have done this buying and selling thing enough times, that this should be a piece of cake, but I really was not prepaired for how it consumes my days. All the phone calls... all the showings.. waiting for the offers... countering the offers... waiting for the response... I am tired.

I am greatful that it has been easier then expected. We have been flooded with calls and walk throughs, but I am still very tired. We have an offer in right now on one of them, I am waiting to counter due to the fact that we have had alot of interest and I am hoping I get another to play against it. At least things are moving forward and in this market, I am greatful.

More to follow...

My poor Paige

You hate to see your kids sick. As a parent, I want to do anything to take the pain away from my kids. My poor Paige has been struggling with a real bad cold the last few days. She has been running a high fever and gets the cold shakes really bad at times. I do not think she has been out of PJ's for three days. We have a small couch in our room that folds out into a bed, the kids know that this is where they get to sleep when they are not feeling well. I little perk for them...to sleep in mom and dads room. Only, we get to stay up all night listening to the coughs and cry's. Not alot of fun for mom and dad, but we do it all for our kids.

After a long day of following me around whining, coughing, and crying, I found her passed out on the couch downstairs. My poor sick little girl!!

Congradulations Katie!

For those who have not heard, my baby sister is officially engaged!! I say officially because they had a temple date, a reception center, the wedding dress and photographer all picked out before she got the ring. Talk about cart before the horse!

Anyway, his name is Jeremy Bailey and he is from Orem. Funny enough, he is going to be a Police Officer and has plans of working at the prision with Neil. We are excited for her and for Jeremy to be a part of our family. Neil is glad to have a brother-in-law with such similar interests. I know you can tell that he has the same build as Neil too :)!!

They are set to get married on July 11th in the American Fork Temple. Did I mention that she is going to have to save me two seats in the sealing room, because I am going to be 9 1/2 months pregnant? Yea, fun times for me. I need to make sure I am placed in the BACK of all her wedding pictures.

Congradulations Katie and Jeremy

Don't you love it?

I have been waiting to see an article like this one come out. Of course I always had my suspicion about Brooke White and David Archuleta, but never heard any confirming news that they were members. It is nice to see the church so nicely represented in the reality television niche and see those good and faithful members properly represented in the media.
Click here to read the whole article.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/135758?GT1=43002

We are home!!

It only took us 20 hours in the car and three days to get home!! Good thing it was a van we bought in Dallas, not a mini, I may not have made it. I do love this van though! How can you not? It has everything you would ever want and need!! In fact, I think it has too much.

The kids did great on the trip. I was really surprised / relieved!! Jacob discovered he liked to color and practically finished a whole coloring book during the trip. Good things this van had a DVD player otherwise we would have been left playing the license plate game or something. Paige did have her moments... when we would go to get back in the car after a stop, she would cry out "NO MORE CAR SEAT!" and "NO MORE SEAT BELT" in pain!

We enjoyed a few stops along the way and getting those hotels with swimming pools! All I can say is that it is good to be home!!

I think this trip helped us to decide that Texas is a place we could live and a place our children could grow up in. We liked that there was diversity and a new way of life. Although I knew that we could find the church anywhere we went, we heard good things about the wards and stakes there. We have narrowed our search down to three cities that we would like to move to

1. Plano


2. Lewisville


3. Mesquite

Now, it is just seeing if we get hired there. Neil decided to go into the Police Station in Lewisville, just on a whim. Although, he as not dressed properly, he decided he would just explain and see if there was a recruiter there he could talk to . He ended up being shown into the Chief office where he sat with him and another Sarget for an hour talking. All the time, the kids and I were in the car wondering what happened to him. He had a good talk with them and it they made him feel welcome. Things look promising. We will see what happens from here.

I love this place!!

For years I have always made fun of Texan's. They always seemed to think that their state was its our country. When you met someone from Texas, they were always very proud of where they lived and were not shy about telling you. I used to laugh deep down and roll my eyes at the thought of it... I did not do that when I would tell someone I was from Utah. You would not see me straighten high in my chair and adjust my shirt and say "Yes, I am from UTAH!!"

Well, although I love our great state here, I now understand a little more about Texans and why they love their state so much. Not only can you get really good Mexican and BBQ food, the place is beautiful. Just look at this greenery. It was green EVERYWHERE!! It was absolutely beautiful everywhere you looked.

It was different not having mountains to give you directions, but the hills seemed to roll and the flow in every direction.

The other thing I really loved about the area was the homes. They were all BRICK homes. None if this stucco or vinyl siding crap. Nice ALL BRICK homes!! They were all very pretty homes. Here are a few we took pictures of.

We did fall in love with a house there. Who knows if anything will come of it or if we even get a job there, but look at some of the nice features it has. It comes with a theater room, which is nicely located just of a family game room. The stair case is to die for!! I loved it. It was so open. There were two bedroom off to one side of the house where our two girls could share and another bedroom on the opposite side of the house for our only boy. Well, now that I know I love the houses, I love the area, and I love the food, we just need to find a job.

Six Flags

One thing Neil wanted to do while we were there, was go to Six Flags Amusement Park. I knew that it would not be that exciting of a day for me since there would only be about 15% of the rides I could go on, but we had fun anyway. Oh, I did get an "expecting discount" which saved us $6.00!! Glad to get that savings :) Jacob is still a little scared of the big roller coasters, but he had fun going on some with Dad. Here are a few pictures from our day.