We found out we are having a Girl!!

We are excited that we are having a little girl. We had the routine ultrasound, but we didn't find out what the sex was. The tech put it in a envelope and I gave it to a friend and she out a bunch of balloons in a box, and 1 of them said it's a girl. I was surprised, I thought I would have another boy for sure. I have enjoyed getting ready for this baby. Going through all of Londyn's baby clothes, blankets and such.. Londyn is really excited to be getting a sister. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone by. I only have 10 weeks left, it seems like yesterday I found out I was pregnant. I have been reading books on natural childbirth and listening to hypnobabies to get myself ready for a natural delivery. I have some anxiety about the whole thing, but I did it with E and it was amazing and I know I can do it again. Mind over mattter!  We had a 30 week ultrasound on friday and it was fun to see the baby, to see her profile, and to see the kids expressions. We took them with us so that they could see there really is something in my tummy! Well hopefully I will update sooner than 4 months! Until then adios!

More random pictures

Here are some more pictures of our summer..

A car show uptown Oxford.

 4th of July, Oxford style..

 A trip to Columbus to see Londyn's BFF and her family

 Londyn and her BFF Deva

 Brick, Nash, and Henry Getting in the action

 First day of school for Brick, 2nd Grade

 Londyn's first day of 4th grade

 Henry's first day of school Kindergarten

 This is the cute boy I get to spend every day with while the others are in school.

 Henry's first day of school

 E wanted me to take a picture of his hands.

We played lots of legos this summer....

And for some reason I didn't get any pictures of Jonah on his first day he will get his own post next week.

Wow has it really been 4 months

I can't believe it has been 4 months since I last updated the blog. I feel like so much has happened since then. I will try and recap the best I can. In June my sister took me to the Bahamas. It was so enjoyable, we found a great restaurant that huge portions and I think we ate there 3 or 4 times. It was so nice to be with my sister, relax and enjoy some time away from my family. The kids survived just fine, and there were no holes in walls. It was an adventure getting home, but I made it. The kids seemed happy to see me and I think it is safe to say there is no way to ease into being going for 5 days. It was good to see them and my sweet husband.. While there we had some rainy days, but it was so relaxing for me. Enjoy the pictures..

 The back side of our hotel.

 My Sister and I outside the best restaurant

 Our beach at our hotel

View from the airplane as I left...

When i left there I didn't k now if I ever had a desire to return to the Bahamas, but after I came home I realized I do want to go back again. I love the relaxing atmosphere,  I will probably never want to take my kids there because it is kind of expensive and they would want everything. But I would love to go there with William. And Of course i would love to go there with my sister, and sister in l aw Erin... Love the Bahamas...

Henry's graduation

Our sweet Henny penny graduated from preschool last night, I can't believe he will be going to kindergarten in the fall. He just seems like he is not old enough, but he is. He had a hard time doing preschool, he cried almost every time I left him, of course it was for show he stopped almost instantly. He made some great friends named Xander and Fletcher. His teacher was Londyn's, Brick's, and his. She has been teaching for 32 years and is retiring this year due to health reasons. I am so glad they had her in their life she is an amazing, kind, loving person. She was for sure made to do preschool, she had the knack.

 Henry and Mrs. Johnson

 Receiving his diploma

Henry with some of his friends!!!

Money can buy happiness

A $20.00 bill bought us some happiness the month of March. One Sunday I was sitting in church and Londyn was picking at everyone, pushing, do the normal Londyn stuff that makes you want to scream. Anyway I told her I didn't think she could go a whole month without hitting, pushing, kicking.. She said yes I can.. Anyway I was amazed she did it, that month our house was so peaceful, there was no name calling, no screaming, it was nice. Then the month came to an end, now we are back to normal and it sucks! I was happy to know that she can control her anger, it just takes money. Unfortunately it takes money for her to do it.. I tried to explain to her that our house is  more peaceful and calm when she doesn't act that way.. Well it was nice for that month.

I probably should have posted this before we heard about the rejection from the job, but I didn't. I have felt a little stressed and overwhelmed. But we are expecting our 6th baby in December. I haven't felt like I have been able to get excited about this pregnancy. I am excited, I was relieved last week when we heard a heartbeat, and saw the babies heart beating. That took so stress off of me, i was so worried that it would be like last time and would lost the baby. Maybe I can get more excited now that nothing is happening in our lives, but the daily grind.

Crumbling down

William had an opportunity to interview again with BYU-I for a temporary Faculty position. It was a 1-3 year gig. He really was hesitant about applying again because they didn't offer him the other position a year ago, but with lots of pushing for me he did it. He made it to the top 2 this time, then we had to wait 6 gloriously long weeks, that were filled with excitement, apprehension, wonder, and comfort.. I didn't know if we would get it or not. I hoped we would get it, so we could have some more stability in our lives, but we didn't know for sure. Yesterday was the day, the day we would hear. Henry had his preschool graduation, we made it through that, and then the call came, we knew by that time they had chosen the other person. It was closing time at BYU-I and we just knew. Of course they said they offered the position to the other person, of course we weren't suprised, why would we get it. We have been so used to rejection, why would this be any different? We held it together till we got home, had scripture study and prayer and then William and I lost it. I didn't know not getting this job would affect us so much. Was it because they rejected us the first time, was it because we still had some more enduring to go through? I don't know but I do know at that moment and for the next 12 hours it felt like our world came crashing down. We slept horribly, woke up to a dreary morning, and it felt like we were literally picking up pieces of our life and putting it back together. Elder Uchdorf talked about how we are to be grateful in all circumstances.. How in the world could we be grateful for this, yet anther rejection? I kept thinking about that last night, I was most definitely for the Carmelitas i had made, that we were still breathing etc. Maybe we dodged a bullet by not getting the job..Who knows? We might never know, but it sucked that we didn't have to choice to accept or deny the job. So once again  my amazing, handsome, husband got a second place medal when he very well deserved first. He likes to think the person who got it needed it more that us, I just think they suck and they don't know what my husband is capable of. So for now we will continue to pick up our pieces of our life and try to be grateful we wont be moving this summer.