March Randomness

The kids built a fort one Sunday when they were bored and the next day ended up being a Snow Day!!! So fun to be a kid!!!

This is my graduation gift and I got it early.  

We love it and are so excited to have the gift of music in our home.  Now we just need to sign up for Piano lessons.  We are so happy with it!!!

UD Women's Soccer Game

Jenna is part of a non-profit organization that we got inolved with through the school called 

FLOC or For the Love of Children.

They met up at the University of Dayton to watch the Women's Soccer game.

This is Jenna with a friend from school and with Beth Mann from FLOC.

Beth is one of those amazing people that I am so glad I have gotten to know.

The game was so much fun and the weather was beautiful!!!

UD Won 3-0

The kids had a great time and were really well behaved!!!  We even got a little sun burned!

After the game the players met with the kids and then gave them t-shirts! 

 The kids had fun.  Afterwards we went to lunch downtown at a really awesome Pizza place!

It was a wonderful day!!!

St. Patty's Day

Peyton had to make a Leprechaun trap for school and this is what he came up with!! 

 The night before St. Patty's day- the kids had a sitter and they made a trap.

The next morning there were some green treats and gold coins.  But, no leprechaun!

 The Leprechaun is nicer than mom- giving them Lucky Charms to eat for breakfast.  And when they poured the milk in- it turned green!  It was a fun morning!

Since St. Patty's day was on Sunday this year- we all wore green to church.  I wish I had taken a family picture!! 

 Later I had fun plans for dinner, but was just too tired and not feeling well so they didn't happen.  

March 6th- Snow Day!!

We got a little bit of snow this year, but it seemed to never be a good time to go out and play in it.  We got a snow day where Brandt was home and so were the kiddos!  It ended up being a fun day where we were all home and perfect to go out and play- I got to rest!!

Valentine's Day!!!!

 Happy Valentines Day!!  We had a wonderful Valentines Day full of fun and lots of Love!  I feel so very blessed!!

The kids woke up to some Valentine's treats!

I wanted chocolate covered strawberries, but did not want to spend the money so I made some!

It was a fun day! I am glad I felt well enough to make dinner.

The kids are sad over the broken heart I gave them!! 

Our Exciting News....

We feel so blessed and have seen another Miracle in our lives to be able to announce that I am expecting.  Baby #3 is due September 9th!  We are over joyed!

Now the whole story:

Last August I ended up having some strange symptoms and wondered if I might be pregnant- It was not in the plan just yet and then the symptoms were getting worse.  I felt nauseated, bloated, really tired and sick, and then a pain started on my left side and kept getting worse.  I talked to my Bishop who is an OB on base and we did a blood pregnancy test to rule out ectopic pregnancy and a urine test to rule out other things.  Everything came back negative, but the symptoms would not go away.  I did go see a family practice Dr. who I was not thrilled with and never did order an ultra sound- but, we did come to the conclusion that it was a cyst that had ruptured on my left ovary.  The pain did eventually go away.

Well, it happened again in October, than in November, and then in December.  Each time was on the left side and caused severe pain and nausea symptoms.  In December I went to the ER where they did an ultra sound and saw fluid around the left ovary and said that again another cyst had burst.  So the first week in January I ended up meeting with my Bishop as an OB and he concluded that this may be endometriosis and that the best way to cure it and help me get pregnant in the future would be surgery.  So we set up for laparoscopic surgery for January 15th.  I felt that it needed to be done, but worried about it since I would start school the week before.  I wondered how I would be able to do handle everything.  We did a lot of fasting and praying.

On January 7th, which is our 6 month wedding anniversary, the Bishop calls me and tells me he is cancelling the surgery.  I was confused and asked why.  He tells me they found something in my blood work and before I could really worry- he announces to me that I am pregnant!!!

I was scared and excited.  Not at all what I was expecting, but something both Brandt and I wanted.  We had planned that after being married for 6 months would be a good time.  And it fell right into place.

I called Brandt and he was stunned as well and wondered if he was allowed to be excited just yet.

I had many blood tests and a few ultra sounds and have been watched carefully and the baby is doing great!  

We are so excited!!